Auction mandates are not advertised — they are awarded to whichever auctioneer the liquidator already knows or contacts first. The SHAB publishes every new Swiss liquidation, often before the administrator has engaged any service providers. Auctioneers who review every filing at 8 AM, assess the asset type from the company profile, and reach out the same morning secure mandates that never enter a competitive process. Wait a week and the decision is made without you.
The auction mandate follows the publication — not the other way around. The gap between a liquidation notice appearing in the SHAB and the administrator finalising their service providers is measured in days. Auctioneers who move in that gap are not responding to a tender; they are shaping it.
You don't need to inspect the warehouse to know what's likely inside. A precision engineering GmbH in Aargau suggests CNC equipment. A logistics company in Zurich suggests vehicles and racking. Reading the filing the morning it publishes lets you assess fit and prepare a credible, specific outreach — before any other auctioneer has seen the notice.
Insolvency administrators have asset realisations to manage and creditors to satisfy. They do not run RFP processes for auction services. They call the auctioneer they already know or the first credible one who contacts them. An outreach the morning of publication — referencing the specific filing and asset profile — is not cold outreach. It is professional positioning at exactly the right moment.
Liquidation estates move fast. Creditor pressure, storage costs, and legal timelines push administrators toward quick asset realisation. The auction mandate is typically awarded within the first two to four weeks. By day 30, the mandate is placed and the catalogue is being prepared. There is no version of this where a late outreach wins the work.
Two SHAB event types indicate an asset inventory that may require auction services. The first is a direct mandate trigger; the second gives you days of advance warning before the formal process begins.
Une entreprise de fabrication de précision en Argovie publie un avis de liquidation. Le profil de l'entreprise suggère des équipements CNC et des stocks d'outillage. La suite dépend entièrement du moment où vous prenez contact.
SHAB events give you a real, specific, verifiable reason to reach out. That changes the conversation from cold outreach to warm intelligence — and it changes the response from indifference to professional consideration.
Founders & Movers has 27 pre-configured roles. These work similarly to Auctioneer — they all turn SHAB distress and liquidation signals into timed professional opportunities.
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