Providing advice in the health and care sector calls for specialised knowledge in virtually all relevant legal areas.

With our highly specialised inter-team expertise in all property-related matters and approval, funding and procurement issues, we advise hospitals and university clinics, owners and operators of senior citizen residential and care homes, medical care centres (MVZ), medical centres and doctor’s practices, pharmaceutical companies, logistics companies for medical devices and medical technology, companies specialised in the full supply of hospitals, senior citizen homes and other facilities, welfare institutions and associations, the pharmacy sector as well as service companies in the rescue service sector (emergency rescue, patient transport etc.).

Our main areas of advisory services are:

• Support in land-use planning procedures for the settlement and expansion of health and care properties
• Advice on project approval and in dispute proceedings with neighbours
• Assessment of health care properties in terms of emission and immission control law
• Advice on aviation law with respect to helicopter landing pads
• Construction requirements of the Special Construction Ordinance and other specialised laws (e.g. Medicinal Products Act, Housing and Participation Acts etc.)
• Fire protection and accessibility
• Energy supply concepts such as decentralised energy supply, contracting
• Statutory requirements for the rescue service (emergency rescue, patient transport etc.), in particular authorisation of patient transport
• Advice on grant and procurement law for the renovation or extension of existing buildings and the construction of new buildings as well as ongoing maintenance measures (laundry, cleaning, transport services etc.)
• Letting/leasing of hospital buildings and other buildings and premises on hospital grounds