Étude du Ritz practises two complementary professions: the bar, across every area of the law, and the notarial practice.
Lawyers with complementary skills and specialisations, we act in every area of the law. We advise and defend you, whether before administrative authorities, the courts of Valais, the Federal Supreme Court or arbitral tribunals.
Civil law governs relations between private individuals: family, succession, ownership and property rights. It underpins the most common situations in life, and often the most sensitive ones.
The law of obligations covers contracts, civil liability and employment or tenancy relationships. It affects businesses and private individuals alike.
Law of obligationsDebt enforcement and bankruptcy serve to recover claims and follow strict rules and short deadlines. We advise creditors and debtors alike, without delay.
Debt enforcement and bankruptcy lawIn criminal matters we act both for the defence and for the private prosecution, from the first investigative steps onwards.
Criminal lawPublic law governs relations with the State and the municipalities: building permits, spatial planning, public procurement and taxation.
Refusal of benefits, reduction of a pension, dispute with an insurer: social insurance law calls for a firm command of administrative procedures with short deadlines.
Social insurance lawWe draft and execute deeds relating to real estate, companies, family matters and successions, and handle the entire process through to registration in the land register or the commercial register.
A notary is a public official: they draw up authentic instruments, advise the parties impartially and ensure the legal certainty of the transaction.