Hello, Hannah, I am thrilled to see my old friend at the end of my life. ”

In front of Jonas was an old man in his old age, his hands raised like chicken feet with difficulty in his hospital bed, and his skin was covered with age spots.

Although the old man in front of him has completely lost any human vitality, Jonas still relate his youthful demeanor to his current image in his mind, which is very inconsistent.

Jürgenstock, who was born in the last century at the age of ninety-one, is one of the oldest members of the Swiss family.

As a young man, he lived through two world wars, and during the Second World War he was already an internationally renowned barrister and one of the key contributors to Switzerland's neutrality in international relations.

Although he has been a lawyer, has not entered the political arena, and is not a big businessman with a net worth of hundreds of millions, his influence has always been at the top.

The STOCK law firm he founded has been one of the most influential law firms in Switzerland, with more than 1,000 lawyers currently under contract, covering everything from politics to shopping malls to family relations.

The four attorneys currently serving the Hoffman family are all from the Stocker Law Firm.

Jonas's Hoffman Investment Bank was spun off and integrated, hiring a total of three law firms, and their stock law firm has always been responsible for the largest range of practices.

However, they are still not satisfied, they have already discovered the great prospects of Hoffmann Investment Bank, and want to become the general contractor of Hoffmann Investment Bank's legal affairs.

To this end, they used their founders to step in.

"Uncle Jürgen, your health will be fine. It seems like yesterday when I listened to you analyze international relations during World War II on the shores of Lake Geneva. ”

Jürgen's cloudy eyes showed a hint of yearning, and it took a while for him to wake up from his memories. "God has been so gracious to me that I can't ask for more. Your father, Warren, an old friend of mine, has been gone away from me for almost forty years. ”

Referring to her father, who has been dead for many years, Hannah's eyes also showed a hint of remembrance. "yes, even I'm old. ”

Jonas was not interested in the topic of the elderly, and his attention was on the eldest grandson of Hurgen, Beaune, a middle-aged man who was already fifty years old, seemed to fit all people's fantasies about a lawyer, polite, cold, humble, and made people have a strong sense of trust.

He is now the head of the Stocker law firm, owning 23 percent of the firm's shares, and he arranged this meeting.

Hannah and Jürgen whispered about the past, and Hannah had great respect for this former elder.

Except for the first greeting to Jonas, Urgen seems to have forgotten about him. For an old man, nothing seemed to matter.

Jonas spoke, "Uncle Bohn, why don't we go out and talk." ”

Born nodded and said, "Jonas, that's what I'm expecting. ”

The two men left the ward of the health center, and the blue Lake Geneva was outside. Jonas waved his hand at Roshari, who wanted to get closer, and he and his companions followed Jonas and them at a distance, so as not to disturb Jonas and Born's conversation.

"Jonas, are you now interested in shifting the center of the automotive industry to the East?"

Stocker has been involved in many of Hoffman's business decisions, so like Deloitte, they have a lot of knowledge of many of Hoffman's trade secrets.

Jonas snorted and said, "Uncle Bohn, Stocker Law Firm is already one of the largest partners of Hoffmann Investment Bank in the field of legal services, aren't you satisfied?"

Born didn't hide anything in front of Jonas, nodded and said, "I'd like to get rid of the word one." ”

Jonas was also open and honest: "It would be a risky move to hand over all the company's secrets to a company, and I don't think you don't understand that." ”

Born stood up, leaned against the railing by the lake, and said to Jonas, "Yonas, from a business point of view, you are right. No company can give its secrets to another company to know all of it.

However, from an emotional point of view, I think this is an unfairness to Stock. ”

"Unfair?"

"Jonas, we are a class, we are a unit. Our firm is willing to provide the most thoughtful service to all enterprises in the circle, even if it is illegal or criminal, we will protect the interests of our own people. ”

This is true, the lawyer's profession is not to uphold the justice of the law. Rather, it is to protect the interests of customers and seek justice that best meets their interests at the legal level.

Born continued: "We at Stock can be Hoffmann's legal weapon against anyone, which no other company can do. So, I hope you can treat us as equals because of our services and deliver more business to us. ”

Jonas laughed and said, "Uncle Bohn, it's impossible. Even if it was in my interest to choose Stock, I could not take that risk. ”

Born nodded and asked, "If we divide the core secrets to other firms, we will be responsible for the vast majority of commercial mergers and acquisitions."

This is the real purpose of Bohn, he is not too interested in the core secrets, he values the strong economic strength of Hoffman Investment Bank, and the future development path, which can bring the greatest benefit to Stock.

Jonas pondered for a moment and asked, "What can Stoker give me in return?"

"The most loyal partner. ”

Jonas laughed, "No, it's not enough. ”

Hoffman is now involved in billions, if not tens of billions, of business partnerships and mergers and acquisitions every year, which is a big business for any law firm.

This business can be given to any firm and become the most loyal hound of Hoffman Investment Bank.

Born pondered for a moment and said, "I can try to convince others to transfer no more than 20 percent of the firm's shares to Hoffman Investment Bank." ”

Jonas nodded and said, "Well, I'm looking forward to your good news." ”

Only by becoming the majority shareholder of this law firm can Jonas fully trust the firm.

As for the lawyers, their work agreements are signed at this firm, and if it is not good for Hoffman, Hoffman has the means to deal with them.

Paying 20% of the shares can become an exclusive law firm for a multinational investment company with assets of tens of billions, and the development of this firm will be a phased development.

Jonas can certainly assemble a company's own team of lawyers, but for a multinational company, how big of a team of lawyers does it take to meet the needs?

The vast majority of these people spend most of their time doing nothing, which is definitely a waste of personnel.

Even Roche, which has to fight thousands of lawsuits a year, has only formed a core team of lawyers of its own, which is responsible for distributing business to other law firms.

Hoffman could only assemble his own core lawyer management team, and it was impossible to assemble a global network of lawyers.

After negotiating the distribution of benefits, Bohn talked about feelings again. "Jonas, the Stocker family and the Hoffmann family have been working together for 70 years, and I hope that our friendship will continue. ”

Jonas nodded and said, "As long as the Stocker family can continue to be the advocates of Hoffmann's interests, I think our friendship will be for the next seventy years." ”

Born was very satisfied with this statement, and immediately put himself in Hoffman's point of view and said: "Professor Schwarch is a very good economist, and his ability in macroeconomic control can be called excellent in the world.

However, his microeconomic control lacks sufficient solutions.

At present, the restructuring of Hoffman's investment bank has entered an advanced stage, and more economists need to be involved.

Nowadays, the economists hired by Hoffmann Investment Bank are all from the Zurich University system, and they are too deeply involved in Hoffmann Investment Bank, aren't you afraid that Hoffman Investment Bank will be labeled?"

"That's for sure, but it's also a must. Jonas came to Beaune's side, looked at the big fork erected by Nestlé's headquarters in Lake Geneva, and sighed: "Hoffmann Investment Bank can only go global if it is based in Switzerland first." ”

"My opinion is that Hoffmann Investment Bank could set up two branches at this stage to make Hoffmann International a truly international company," Bohn said.

The company in the East is currently focusing on the automotive industry, gaining a foothold in the fields of manufacturing, processing, and the real economy.

And in the West, companies are focused on investing in emerging technology areas.

The key is not the development of the business, but the addition of more color to Hoffmann International. ”

Jonas paused for a moment, looked back at Born and asked, "Is this your opinion, or is it the opinion of Stock's management?"

"Purely my personal advice. "Hoffman is moving so fast that the vast majority of lawyers' letters that I've received from both the East and the West today are really political," Bohn said. To solve these legal problems, we have to be more politically active. ”

"Very good advice. Jonas was now more satisfied with Born, and in fact Jonas had already considered this issue, but there had always been a vague feeling that he could not see the essence of the mountain alone.

He is accustomed to solving problems from a macro perspective, but this often has the feeling of killing chickens with a knife.

And Bohn is used to talking about things and solving problems one by one, so the plan he proposed is very targeted.

If you set up two companies, you can solve some of the political problems, so why not do that?

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