{"id":1495,"date":"2013-08-06T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T08:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T12:02:26","slug":"rights-of-a-company-member-in-a-company-with-limited-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/rights-of-a-company-member-in-a-company-with-limited-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights of a Company Member in a Limited Liability Company (LLC\/GmbH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In a Limited Liability Company (LLC or GmbH), members enjoy both financial and non-financial rights. These rights are outlined under the Swiss Code of Obligations and can be categorized as follows.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"681\" data-attachment-id=\"6405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/taking-action-before-the-foundation-of-your-partnership\/glass-3276648_1280-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C726&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,726\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"glass-3276648_1280-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rights of a Company Member in a Limited Liability Company (LLC\/GmbH)\" class=\"wp-image-6405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/glass-3276648_1280-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Financial Rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dividend Entitlement<\/strong>: According to <strong>Art. 798 Para. 3 OR<\/strong>, dividends are distributed in accordance with the nominal value of the capital share, similar to <strong>Art. 660 OR<\/strong>, where profits must be distributed among shareholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Non-Financial Rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Right to Participate in Management<\/strong>: All members have the right to participate in the company\u2019s management (<strong>Art. 809 OR<\/strong>). However, the company statutes can outline specific deviations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protection Rights<\/strong>: Members can convene a <strong>general meeting<\/strong>, challenge decisions, and bring matters to court if necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Information and Inspection Rights<\/strong>: Under <strong>Art. 802 OR<\/strong>, each member has the right to request information and inspect the company&#8217;s affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparison with Public Limited Companies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LLCs offer broader participation rights to members compared to public limited companies, emphasizing member involvement in management and company decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\/contact\/appointment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bb Contact us for a personal consultation<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bb Get a quote and start your business now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u00bbDiscover more informations on entrepreneurship in Switzerland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get started as Mompreneur: <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mom-preneur.ch\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.mom-preneur.ch\/en\/home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get started as Dadpreneur: <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dad-preneur.ch\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.dad-preneur.ch\/en\/home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get started as Seniorpreneur: <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.senior-preneur.ch\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.senior-preneur.ch\/en\/home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get started as Youngpreneur: <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.young-preneur.ch\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.young-preneur.ch\/en\/home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Limited Liability Company (LLC or GmbH), members enjoy both financial and non-financial rights. These rights are outlined under the Swiss Code of Obligations and can be categorized as follows. 1. Financial Rights 2. Non-Financial Rights Comparison with Public Limited Companies LLCs offer broader participation rights to members compared to public limited companies, emphasizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[15,16,218],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":4137,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54Pb1-o7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6446,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/6446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}