An Omnilex initiative
Counsel turns the legal moments every Swiss and German startup hits — terminations, new hires, and special cases — into productized services. Built for COOs and founders who need it done by today.
The problem
An employee gets sick the day after you give notice. Your CTO wants to hire someone in Berlin by month-end. Someone announces a pregnancy and you're not sure what you legally have to do in the next 48 hours.
You email a lawyer. Two or three days later you get a quote. You jump on a call. A week after the original problem, you have an answer — and an invoice for CHF 1,200 to 4,000.
Most of that work isn't judgment — it's pattern-matching. Sperrfrist rules. BVG cutoffs. Bundesland-specific clauses. Things that don't need a senior associate's brain at CHF 600 an hour.
Counsel does that 80%. In 2 hours. For a fixed price.
Three packs
For when someone has to leave.
For every hire that isn't a copy-paste of the last one.
Everything else. Async, flat rate.
How a request flows
Counsel / Dashboard
+ New requestTermination — Senior Engineer
Pregnancy disclosure — Berlin team
New hire — Zürich, Vaud
Sick leave during notice
Intake
Live preview of your Counsel dashboard.
How it works
Termination, new hire, or month-to-month Situation Desk for everything else.
A short structured intake. 5 minutes. No 90-minute scoping call.
Letters, calculations, checklists — ready to send. Optional senior lawyer review for +CHF 350.
Why Counsel
Most AI legal tools are chatbots in English for US solo practitioners. Counsel is a productized service in your jurisdiction, priced for a startup budget.
Cantonal CH and Bundesland DE on day one. We know the difference between Zürich and Vaud, between Berlin and Bayern.
We replace the first 80% of the work — the rules part, not the judgment part. When it's complex, we escalate to vetted firms.
No retainers. No surprise invoices. No 'we'll need another two hours to review the BVG annex.'
Questions
Get a pack. 2-hour SLA. Cancel anytime. No retainer, no surprise invoice.