Notariat

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1989; Dr. iur., 1994)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1993)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Civil Law Notaries (Teamleader)
• Corporate and Commercial (Teamleader)
• Real Estate

• Private International Law
• Litigation
• Rhine Shipping

Basel Bar Association
Basel Notary Association (Board of Directors)
International Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association

Practising Lawyer (since 1991) and Notary Public (since 1995)

Andreas Albrecht is involved with all legal matters relating to large scale building projects. This includes the sale and purchase of property, the examination of zoning and usage questions, the preparation of investment and project contracts, the structuring of construction consortiums and the design of joint venture agreements. Andreas Albrecht also advises and assists his clients in estate, corporate, and administrative law matters. He is a member of parliament in the Canton of Basel-City, president of the Bank Council of Basler Kantonalbank and member of the Board of Directors of Bank Coop.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998);
New York University (LL.M. with specialisation in corporate law, 1998)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Health
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Banking and Finance
• Public Construction Law
• Corporate Governance
• Inheritance Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Private International Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Public Procedure Law
• Constitutional Law
• Law of Foundations
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)
• Administrative Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Notaries Association
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Swiss Association for Protestant Church Law

Attorney at Law and Civil Law Notary (since 1998)

Christian Brückner is a general practitioner who specialises in litigation (estate disputes, representation of defendants in medical negligence proceedings and the responsibilities of corporate governing bodies). In addition he is a public notary and expert in notarial law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1966; Dr. iur., 1969)
Harvard (LL.M., 1972)

• Pension Funds
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Civil Law Notaries

• Litigation
• Inheritance Law
• Liability Law

Member of the Basel Bar Association

President of the International Potash Institute, Horgen
Christoph Burckhardt AG, Basel
Fr. Sauter Holding AG, Basel
Jungbunzlauer Holding AG, Basel
Nordson Schweiz AG, Vilters-Wangs (SG)

Due to his interest in business and his admission to the New York Bar, Sebastian Burckhardt mainly advises international companies based in the USA and major Swiss companies and their owners on a long-term basis. These include companies in the life sciences, chemical and financial field. He is a member of the board of directors of Straumann Holding Ltd, president of the board of directors of Dolder AG, member of the board of directors of Applied Chemicals International AG as well as Amsler Tex AG and the Foundation Board of the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired School in Riehen and is secretary of the board of directors of Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers in Basel. Since the beginning of his legal career in 1981, he has specialized in company successions, M&A, private equity and licensing agreements.

New York University Law School (M.C.J.)
University of Basel (Dr. iur.)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients (Teamleader)
• Civil Law Notaries

• Licence Agreements
• Technology Law
• Contract Law

American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
STEP, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Basel

Associate with the Law Offices of S.G. Archibald, Paris, and Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, (1984/85)

Straumann Holding Ltd, Basel (listed at SWX)
Institut Straumann AG, Basel
Applied Chemicals AG, Basel
Amsler Tex AG, Aesch
Biotechnologie AG für Emulsan, Basel
Cell International AG, Basel
Dolder AG, Basel
Foot Locker Switzerland AG, Basel
P&P Private Bank AG, Basel
persona service AG, Basel
Foundation GSR School for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Riehen
The Misrock Foundation, Basel

The focus of Bernhard Christ's work as generalist and notary public lies on the counseling of private clients, the handling and distribution of estates and the administration of charitable foundations. In addition, he is active in ecclesiastic and charitable boards and institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1965; Dr. iur., 1968)

• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries
• Real Estate

• Inheritance Law
• Real Estate
• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law

Associate with a law firm in Geneva

Chairman of the Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation, Basel, and other charitable trusts
Trafina Private Bank Ltd, Basel, and other Swiss companies

Former member of the great council of the canton of Basel-Stadt (President in 1984)
Former member of the Constitutional Council of the canton of Basel-Stadt (President in 2001) 

Thomas Gelzer started his career as an attorney and a civil law notary in 1986. He is the head of the dispute resolution team of VISCHER and is mainly focusing on litigation before Swiss and international courts. He represents Swiss domestic and international clients in commercial disputes, mainly in the area of contract law, insurance law, product liability law and intellectual property right issues. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Thomas Gelzer is a member of various boards of directors of medium sized companies as well as of Swiss subsidiaries of international companies. He publishes and lectures regularly on litigation related legal issues.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1980; Dr. iur., 1983)
Further studies at the University of Neuchâtel and Columbia Law School, New York (LL.M., 1985)

• Civil Law Notaries
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)

• Litigation
• Unfair Competition
• Insurance Law
• Advertising Law
• Intellectual Property
• Civil Law Notary

International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Notary Association

Attorney at Law and Civil Law Notary

Member of the Board of several companies i.e.
Neue Medien Basel AG,
Foot Locker Switzerland Ltd.,
WEKA Business Media AG and
member of the Foundation Board of the Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1973; Dr. iur., 1978)
Additional studies at the University of Berlin
University of St Gallen, HSG (M.B.L., 1996)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime (Teamleader)
• Civil Law Notaries

President of the Basel notary public association 1993-1998
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Notaries Association
Swiss Lawyers Association

Associate with New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell and with S.G. Archibald (Paris)
Lecturer on company law at the University of St Gallen and at the University of Basel
Member of the arbitration body of the authority for compliance with money laundering regulations established by the Swiss Bar Association

Member of the board of directors of several Swiss and foreign owned companies a.o. Sybron Group, Haecky Group, Rheinfinanz AG, Gilso AG, Füglistaller Group, Menderes AG, Puma Group Switzerland, IBO Development AG, Ficus AG, ARFA Röhrenwerke AG

President Democratic Party BS (1991-1996)

Matthias Staehelin is primarily involved in transactions in the life sciences and IT industries; he regularly advises on the sale and purchase of companies (M&A), financing through investors (private equity and venture capital), licensing and collaboration agreements (including joint ventures), introductions to the stock exchange (IPOs) and restructuring. Matthias knows the life sciences industry well from many years of working with companies, investors and founders, and is the initiator of the Life Sciences Prize and a Board member of the BioValley Business Angels Club (BioBAC) and BioValley Basel. He publishes and gives lectures on corporate law, employee options, debt collection and bankruptcy. Matthias has studied in Halifax (Canada), Basel, Bruges (European College) and Freiburg i.B. (graduate college). He is also a public notary in Basel-City and Basel-Country.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1990; Dr. iur., 1993)
College of Europe, Bruges (Master of Advanced European Studies, 1992/Diplome des Hautes Etudes Europeennes, 1991)
College: Internationalisierung des Privatrechts Freiburg i.B. (1992/93)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Teamleader)
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance (Teamleader)
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech (Teamleader)
• Banking and Finance
• Health
• Civil Law Notaries

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Financing and Funding
• Stock Exchange Law
• Corporate Governance
• Restructuring and Reorganisation
• Equity Compensation
• Biotechnology Law
• Intellectual Property
• Licence Agreements
• Technology Law
• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary

Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
Bio Valley Association

Associate with the New York office of Cravath Swaine & Moore (1994)
General reporter of the AIJA-Seminar on Cross Border M&A, New York (2000)

Member or secretary to the Board of various companies

Conradin Cramer regularly assists private clients as attorney and public notary in estate and succession planning and all associated aspects. Since 2007, he has developed a second specialisation in real estate transactions and planning matters. Conradin slso has a wealth of experience in corporate law, namely in comprehensive legal and notarial assistance for company incorporations and changes in capital. Conradin is moreover a proven expert in bonus payments and employee participation schemes and regularly advises employers and employees in this area.

Universities of Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau (lic. iur., 2003)
University of Basel (Dr. iur., 2006)
University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2011)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Real Estate
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Law of Foundations
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)
• Labour Law
• Equity Compensation
• Law of Personality Rights

Basel Bar Associaton
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Association
Pro iure

Scientific assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter Böckli (2003-2004)
Attorney at Law (since 2007), Civil Law Notary (since 2009)

Member of the Foundation Board of C. & R. Koechlin-Vischer-Stiftung, Basel

Member of the Great Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (Member of the Committee on Economy and Taxation)

One of the specialisations of Marius Meier is the field of Corporate and Commercial and all as-sociated aspects. Thereby, he assists clients as attorney and public notary among other things in incorporations, changes in capital, restructuring, and financing. A further of his spe-cialisations is the comprehensive assistance of clients in the field of estate and succession planning. Moreover, Marius Meier has a wealth of experience in the area of real estate.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Real Estate
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Real Estate

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Notary Association
Pro Jure

Civil Law Notary (since 2011)
Attorney at Law (since 2006)