International
From Switzerland, at the heart of international business.
Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Zug, Lugano: Switzerland brings together international organisations, corporate headquarters, the governing bodies of world sport and a financial centre open to the world. We support those whose interests are at stake here, and wherever they extend.
Ongoing situation? Write to us and say so: your enquiry will be read as a priority.
- Who it is for
- International groups, international and non-governmental organisations, federations and clubs, executives and public figures whose interests cross borders.
- When to call on us
- Before establishing a presence, carrying out an operation or travelling abroad; as soon as a matter that began in one country reaches another.
- What you receive
- A single point of contact for several countries, correspondents chosen locally, dated and timed reports.
Why Switzerland
A crossroads where interests from all over the world meet.
International Geneva
International organisations, diplomatic missions and non-governmental organisations work there side by side. What is prepared there concerns stakeholders from every continent.
Headquarters and trading
Many international groups have established their headquarters or their trading activities in Switzerland. There, their executives are observed from several countries at once.
World sport
The International Olympic Committee, FIFA, UEFA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and many international federations have their headquarters in Switzerland. Some of sport’s rules, competitions and disputes are decided there.
The financial centre
Banks, insurers and wealth managers there serve a clientele from all over the world, for whom reputation is protected like an asset.
Confidentiality
Swiss discretion is known throughout the world. It is also the rule by which we work.
This reputation rests on rules: the Federal Constitution guarantees the protection of privacy, and the Federal Act on Data Protection governs the use of personal information. We apply the same principle to every assignment.
- A confidentiality agreement, signed at the outset of our work together.
- No clients, no matters and no results named, here as elsewhere.
- Information shared only with those who need it, and nothing recorded without your consent.
- Reports marked “Confidential · Restricted distribution”, delivered only to their intended recipients.
What we do
One team, whatever the country.
Outside Switzerland, we work with correspondents selected for their competence and their professional ethics. You keep a single point of contact, who coordinates each of them and is accountable for them.
- Cross-border matters
- A crisis that begins in one country and is taken up in another: a single position, held in the same way before the press and the authorities in each country.
- Setting up in Switzerland
- Understanding the institutional, media and economic environment before establishing a presence or carrying out an operation there.
- Travel and delegations
- Security for travel abroad and for delegations received in Switzerland: reconnaissance, routes, local contacts.
- Due diligence
- The true background of a partner, an investor or a foreign executive, established from open sources.
- Reputation across several countries
- What is said about you from one country to another, monitored continuously and dealt with before the narratives diverge.
- International organisations and sport
- Federations, international organisations and non-governmental organisations: public statements, crisis management, event security.
Typical situations
What we handle.
Examples of situations, not cases we have handled: we never name our clients.
- An investigation published abroad is picked up by the Swiss press the following day.
- A group based in Switzerland must respond to allegations targeting one of its subsidiaries.
- A foreign delegation is coming to Switzerland for a sensitive negotiation.
- An international sports federation must announce a contested decision.
- Before committing, a foreign investor wants to know the true background of a Swiss partner.
First conversation
Let us talk while there is still time.
A confidentiality agreement is signed at the outset of our work together, and the first conversation commits you to nothing. A partner will reply within the working day, by the means you specify.
Or by email:contact@vestapartners.ch