Privatkunden

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

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)

Since the beginning of his career as an attorney in 1992, Rolf Auf der Maur has focused on the legal aspects of the internet, combining his fascination with new communication technologies with his legal expertise. His clients include leading companies from the media and entertainment industry as well as from the telecommunications and information technology industries. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Rolf publishes and speaks regularly on internet-related legal issues, and is active as an entrepreneur. Renowned as the leading expert in Switzerland in his field, Rolf is listed as "1st Tier” for TMT and Intellectual Property in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1990)
continuing education in entertainment law at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA (1992)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients
• Intellectual Property (Teamleader)
• Media and Entertainment (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology (Teamleader)

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• Licence Agreements
• Trademarks
• Online Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Regulatory
• Technology Law
• Unfair Competition
• Advertising Law
• Competition Law

Vice-President of the Executive Board of simsa swiss interactive media and software association
Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Vice-Chair of the Technology Law Committee of the International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Forum on Communication Law
Swiss Institute for Industrial Property

Court clerk
Associate with a mid-sized law firm specialising in intellectual property matters
Associate with an international law firm in Zurich
Intellectual property department of a leading law firm in London (1994)
Partner in a mid sized law firm in Zurich
Partner at VISCHER since 2000

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) 

Ehrungen:

•Ehrenpräsident der Regio Basiliensis
•Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (18. April 1996)
•Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite de la République Française (08. April 2005)
•Prix Bartholdi, Ehrenpreis (09. November 2007)

University of Basel (Dr. iur. 1949);
Further studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) and in Cambridge (UK)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

Member of the Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Notarial Association Basel-Stadt
Swiss and Basel Chambers of Commerce
Former member of the Swiss Anti-Trust Commission and the executive committees of the Swiss and Basel Chambers of Commerce
Former chairman of the Basel Bar Association

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG, 1973);
University of Berne (lic. iur., 1976)

• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Health (Teamleader)
• Private Clients

• Constitutional Law
• Intellectual Property
• Tax-optimised Restructuring
• Pensions Law
• Tax Law
• M&A
• Stock Exchange Law
• Tax Litigation
• Litigation
• Inheritance Law
• Contract Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Social Insurance Law
• Administrative Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Fiscal Association

Court Clerk; associate with a law firm specialized in Tax Law; Head of the tax and legal department at one of Switzerland's leading auditing firms

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations and of various Swiss Foundations

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)
University of California at Davis and Berkeley, Orientation in American Law (1991)
University of St. Gallen (M.B.L.-HSG, 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation (Teamleader)
• Private Clients

Zurich Bar Association (President 2009/2010)
Zurich Lawyers Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German competition lawyers association

Managing Partner VISCHER (2006-2011)
Associate with a major law firm in Zurich
Court clerk

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

Christoph Löw is primarily involved in advising private clients and charitable organisations. He is a member of the board of directors in local and international companies. In addition his interests include private asset planning and succession planning and implementation in companies. He is also involved in financial accounting and governance in companies and charitable institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1965; Dr. iur., 1973)
Columbia Law School, New York (additional studies, 1968/1969)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

• Real Estate
• Estate Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association 
Union Internationale des Avocats

Associate with a law firm in Geneva

Chairman or member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations

Christoph Niederer primarily advises companies and private individuals on international tax law and procedural and criminal tax law. His clients include several multinationals from various industrial sectors. He also has extensive experience in structuring company sales. In addition to his work as an attorney, Christoph lectures on a regular basis at the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants and for a number of years worked as a substitute judge at the Zurich District Court.

University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1998)
Swiss certified tax expert (2006)

• Aviation
• Private Clients
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Employment Law
• Tax (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
IFA, Swiss Association for tax law

Senior Manager with Deloitte Ltd., Zurich, FSI (Financial Services Industries and International Tax (October 2007 - August 2010)
Associate at VISCHER Ltd., Zurich (2007)
Associate, responsible for taxes at Blum & Partner, Zug (2005 - 2007)
Clerk at the tax court of appeal of the Canton of Zurich (2000 -  2005)
Auditor at the district court in Zurich (1998 - 1999)

Nadia Tarolli Schmidt heads up the Basel office of VISCHER’s tax team. She advises companies and private individuals on all matters pertaining to Swiss tax law (including criminal tax law) – both in the national and international environment. She has over ten years’ experience in restructurings, relocations and succession planning.
The know how she gained in her previous work at the Swiss Bankers Association has proved invaluable in banking and finance issues to her clients. Clients particularly appreciate her experience in advising on US tax matters. As an in-depth understanding of tax law is fundamental to advising occupational pensions, Nadia also heads up the VISCHER Occupational pension funds team, which advises both pension funds and the insured.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
Swiss certified tax expert (2008)

• Tax (Teamleader)
• Pension Funds (Teamleader)
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Energy
• White Collar Crime
• Private Clients

• Social Insurance Law
• Location Planning
• Banking and Finance
• Tax-optimised Restructuring
• Capital Markets
• M&A
• Estate Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro Iure
Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera (CCIS)
IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants

Secondment at Swiss Bankers Association
Secondment at an Italian company in the department strategy / tax
Legal secretary at the Tax Appeal Commissions of Canton Zurich
Legal internships at a law firm and court

Ulrich Vischer was head of the legal and tax department of a major international Swiss insurance company before spending twelve years as a member of the government of the canton of Basel City heading the department of finance. Since then he has been advising small and medium-sized companies and private individuals on legal, financial and personal matters. His experience is also an asset to boards of directors and other management bodies of listed companies, small and medium-sized companies and public institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1974; Dr. iur., 1977)

• Private Clients
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate

• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Asset Management
• Administrative Law
• Real Estate
• Inheritance Law
• Pensions Law

Swiss Bank Corporation (1977/1978); lawyer of the economic union of Basel; head of the general secretariat / legal and tax department of the Baloise Group; member of the government for Canton Basel-Stadt (Minister of Finance), 1992-2005

Chairman and member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations.

Thomas Weibel advises and represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals. His practice focuses on complex national and transnational commercial disputes, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, injunctive relief, and white collar crime. Thomas publishes and lectures on a regular basis on national and international civil procedure law as well as Swiss inheritance law. He is editor in chief for civil procedure law for a periodical on Swiss case law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1997; Dr. iur., 2001)
University of Kent at Canterbury (LL.M. in International Commercial Law, 2004)

• Aviation
• Private Clients
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• White Collar Crime

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro iure
Basel Lawyers Association
European Bar Association (DACH)
Swiss Lawyers Association

Internship STG-Coopers & Lybrand Ltd (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd) Legal Department, Basel (1997-1998)
Internship F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Corporate Law, Basel (1998)
Court clerk at the District Court of Liestal (1999)

Cappella Nova, Basel: Vorstandsmitglied
La Cetra Barockorchester, Basel: Vorstandsmitglied

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)

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 2004)

• Private Clients
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Basel Association of Jurists

Scientific Assistant at the University of Zurich Law Faculty (1999-2002)
Independent PhD-Project, sponsored by University of Zurich (2002-2004)
Internship at a Civil Court in Ticino (2004)
Internship with a Corporate Law Firm in Basel (2004-2005)

Sacha Sekulic advises Swiss and foreign clients on corporate, contract and commercial law and supports them in national as well as in international proceedings before courts and other administrative authorities. He also advises clients on a regular basis on estate matters.

University of Hawai’i at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law (LL.M. 2011)
University of Fribourg (lic. iur. 2002)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

• Corporate and Commercial
• Inheritance Law

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association

Legal internship at a law firm in Basel
Legal internship at the Court of Appeal in Basel
Law clerk at the Court of Appeal in Basel

Isabelle Stebler is an attorney in the tax practice team. She advises companies and private individuals on both national and international tax law which includes assisting her clients in the preparation of tax declarations and in tax proceedings. Isabelle will shortly qualify as a Swiss certified tax expert.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2008)

• Tax
• Real Estate
• Pension Funds
• Private Clients

• Tax Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship at the District Court of Liestal
Internship at the Legal Service of the cantonal government of the canton of Basel-Landschaft
Internship at a Swiss law firm in Zurich