Real Estate

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)

• Real Estate (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• 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 for 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)

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)
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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)

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

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

• Biotechnology Law
• Chemical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental 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 cantonal Parliament (President, 1984)
Former member of the constitutional Council of Basel City (President, 2001) 

Benedict F. Christ, LL.M. joined VISCHER in 2002 and specializes in mergers & acquisitions, banking, finance, contracts and corporate law. Benedict has a wealth of transactional experience, and advises regularly on real estate, private equity, structured finance and capital increase matters.

University of Freiburg i.Ue. (lic. iur. with focus in EU law, 1996; Dr. iur., 1999) Manchester Metropolitan University (1995)
New York University (LL.M. in Comparative Jurisprudence, 2001)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Real Estate
• Banking and Finance

International Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Basel Bar Association

Court Clerk
Associate with Mayer Brown LLP (New York)

Adrian Dörig is primarily active in the area of banking and finance. His main interest is in structured finance transactions with a focus on acquisition, restructuring and leasing financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes as well as asset management. In addition, he advises clients in M&A projects and real estate transactions. From Legal 500 (EMEA 2011): Adrian Dörig is experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practice advice.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1996)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• Banking and Finance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Stock Exchange Law
• Real Estate
• Information Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German-American Lawyer's Association (DAJV)
Forum Kapitalmarktinstrumente - Kapitalmarktfinanzierung e.V.

Court Clerk
Associate with Cantonal Tax Administration
Foreign Associate with Howard Darby & Levin (by now Covington & Burling) in New York
Associate with major law firm in Zurich and Geneva

Daniele Favalli is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Team of VISCHER. He represents Swiss domestic and international clients in commercial disputes before Swiss and international courts and arbitral tribunals (Swiss Rules, ICC, AAA, etc.). Daniele Favalli as well serves as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. Because of his experience as a practitioner in the United States and in Latin America, Daniele Favalli has a special focus on matters and clients stemming from this region. Beside German and English, his working languages are Italian, Spanish, and French. Daniele Favalli is a founding member and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, and has a teaching assignment as head coach of the VIS Moot Team of the University of Lucerne. He publishes and regularly lectures on topics of arbitration, procedural law, and international private law.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. HSG, 1994, JD equivalent)
Master of Laws at University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (LL.M., 2000)

• Real Estate
• Information and Communication Technology
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Litigation
• Private International Law
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Unfair Competition
• Bankruptcy Law
• License Agreements

Member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy
Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
American Arbitration Association (AAA), Roster of Neutrals, Commercial Panel
International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel (ICDR), International Panel
Chairman of the Annual ICDR Miami International Arbitration Conference (2003 - 2006)
Swiss Association for Cultural and Economic Relations with Italy (ASRI)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
German Arbitration Institution (DIS)
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
American Bar Association (ABA)

Associate with Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich (1994 - 1999)
Of Counsel with Steel Hector & Davis LLP, Miami, Florida (2000 - 2005)
Daniele Favalli, P.A., Miami, Florida (2005 - 2006)

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

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

• Real Estate
• Competition and Antitrust Law
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Advertising Law

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

Peter Hettich is Assistant Professor (tenure track) for Public Commercial law with regard to construction, planning and environmental law at the University of St. Gallen. He acts as the Director of the Research Department for Information Law (FIR-HSG) and as counsel for VISCHER. With his team he practices, researches and publishes in the areas of commercial constitutionality and regulated markets. These activities include Competition law, Domestic Market law, Commercial Supervisory law, Infrastructure law and the law relating to public companies.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. 1999; Dr. iur. 2003);
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M. 2006)

• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology

• Public Economic Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust Law
• Competition Law
• Public Medial Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Information Law
• Communication Law
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Association of Jurisprudents
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Director of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen (FIR-HSG)
Assistant Professor for Economic Constitutional Law, Regulated Markets, Regulation of Land Use, and Environmental Law at the University of St. Gallen
Lecturer for Market Regulation at the University of Basel
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and at Columbia University School of Law, New York

University of Neuchâtel (licence en droit, 1993)
New York University (LL.M., 1998)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Financing and Funding
• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Real Estate
• Location Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Union Internationale des Avocats (M&A Commission; standing member for Switzerland)
PPP Association
SchKG-Association
Chambre franco-suisse du commerce et de l'industrie

Assistant (droit des sociétés) at the University of Neuchâtel and Lausanne
membre de l'Autorité de conciliation en matière de bail (Neuchâtel)

Felix Meier-Dieterle, a former judge at the District Court of Zurich, specialises in civil lawsuits, debt enforcements and insolvency proceedings. In Switzerland, he is considered one of the leading experts in attachment law (the judicial seizure of debtors’ assets). He maintains the know-how databases www.attachment.ch and www.konkurrenzverbot.info, and regularly lectures on these topics. As an active board member in various small and medium-sized companies, Felix Meier-Dieterle regularly advises clients on labour and inheritance law, as well as real estate and financial matters.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)

• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)
• Real Estate
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Employment Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)

Assistant to a District Attorney, judge at the district Court of Zurich (1993-1995)

ABIA Immobilien AG
Architektur + Design Arnold Dieterle AG
brefis personal ag
Diners Club AG
hpm human power management AG
Park Forum Wylihof AG

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

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

Klaus Neff heads the competition law practice team at VISCHER. His practice focuses on all aspects of Swiss and European competition law. Klaus Neff regularly represents clients in antitrust related administrative and civil proceedings as well as in national and multinational merger control proceedings. In addition, his practice includes advice on compliance and internal investigations, regulated markets and public procurement. Further fields of expertise are contract and corporate law as well as mergers & acquisitions.

Universities of Zurich and Lausanne (lic. iur., 1994)
College of Europe, Bruges (LL.M., 1999)

• Antitrust and Competition (Teamleader)
• Real Estate
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• White Collar Crime

• Competition and Antitrust Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Law
• M&A
• Contract Law
• Administrative Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Court clerk; Research assistant to the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich in the areas of Antitrust and Commercial Law; Associate with a major law firm in Zurich

Christian Oetiker is one of our proven specialists for litigation and arbitration. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts in all of Switzerland as well as before national and foreign arbitral tribunals. In addition he acts as arbitrator. Due to his studies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics, he has a special understanding for economic issues. He regularly represents companies from the chemical industry, international trade as well as the aviation industry. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises in particular regarding questions of private international law and unfair competition law. Christian Oetiker publishes and speaks regularly about the topics litigation and arbitration as well as other selected topics.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1996; Dr. iur., 2003)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London (LL.M., 2001)

• Litigation, Arbitration
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Real Estate

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland (CCIS)
Member of the Arbitration Committee, which administers arbitrations under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (SCCAM)

Practising Lawyer at VISCHER since 1999

Christoph Pestalozzi is a senior partner in the dispute resolution team and heads its international commercial arbitration group. His main professional focus for more than 20 years has been on international arbitration. He is very active in institutional arbitration (including the ICC in Paris, the Swiss Chambers of Commerce in Zurich and Geneva (Swiss Rules) and the VIAC in Vienna) and in ad-hoc arbitration proceedings. He has handled around 100 arbitration proceedings in Europe as chairman, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator and is a member of various prestigious international arbitration organisations. Christoph Pestalozzi also acts as counsel for Swiss and foreign companies, private individuals and foreign states before international arbitration tribunals and national courts, especially in the area of commercial, contract and insolvency law. In addition, he has vast practical experience with private clients and as a board member in the banking and pharmaceutical sector, and chairs a major non-profit organisation in Zurich (pro bono).

University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1977)
Post-graduate studies at New York University, NYU School of Law (M.C.J., 1982)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Aviation

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Private International Law

Schweizerische Vereinigung für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (ASA)
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Luft- und Raumrecht (ASDA)
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
International Bar Association
Europa Institut Zürich der Universität Zürich, Revisor
Zürcherischer Juristenverein
Zürcher Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Juristenverein

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich im Bereich Handelsrecht
Gerichtspraktikum
Mitarbeiter einer international tätigen Zürcher Anwaltsfirma
Leiter der Rechtsabteilung und der Planungsabteilung Tankstellen bei Royal Dutch Shell
Lehrbeauftragter an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich im Obligationenrecht

Board member of various Swiss corporations and chairman or member of the board of several Swiss companies and member of various foundations.

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 Departement 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 of the Canton Basel-Stadt (Minister of Finance), 1992-2005

Chairman and Member of the Board of various Swiss companies and foundations.

Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is Titularprofessor for public law, in particular environmental law, at the University of Basel. At VISCHER she is legal counsel both in an advising and forensic capacity in questions such as prior encumbrances, environmentally compatible examinations, water conservation requirements, chemicals etc. Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is a board member of the Swiss Association of Environmental Law and Vice-President of the Federal Expropriations Commission responsible for the Canton of Basel-City. She wrote her habilitation on genetically changed organisms and published a textbook in two volumes about environmental law. In addition she regularly publishes in technical magazines relating to questions of environmental and expropriation law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1978; Dr. iur., 1981)
Traineeship at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and EC Commission in Brussels
Habilitation at the University of Basel (1997)
Appointment as Titularprofessor for Public Law, particularly Environmental Law at the University of Basel (2001)

• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation

• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law
• Real Estate
• Chemical Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Public Economic Law

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Associaton
Basel Lawyers Association (board member)
Swiss Association for Environmental Law (VUR) (board member)

Associate professor on public law, particularly Environment law, at the University of Basel, faculty of law
Vice-president of the Swiss Court for compensations for expropriations, 7th district (Basel)

Conradin Cramer regularly assists private clients as attorney and public notary in estate and succession planning and all aspects associated therewith. A second specialty of his practice since 2007 is advising in real estate transactions and planning questions. Also Conradin Cramer has abundant experience in corporate law, namely in the comprehensive legal and notarial assistance for incorporations and changes in capital. Conradin Cramer is moreover a proven expert for bonus payments and employee participations 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)
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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)

Katrin Ehrensperger advises primarily companies in the areas of Trademark, Intellectual Property and Health law. In addition she is involved with proceedings before administrative authorities and courts.

University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG, 2004; M.A. HSG, 2007)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Antitrust and Competition
• Energy
• Intellectual Property
• Health
• White Collar Crime

• Trademarks
• Intellectual Property
• Advertising Law
• Public Medial Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Regulatory
• Contract and Commercial Law
• License Agreements
• Antitrust Law
• Public Economic Law
• Litigation

Jurist Association of Schaffhausen
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the cantonal public administration of Schaffhausen
Legal internship at the district court of Horgen
Legal internship at VISCHER Ltd, Zurich
Legal internship at a Chinese law firm, Hong Kong

University of California Los Angeles, School of Law (LL.M., 2011)
Swiss Arbitration Academy (ArbP, 2009)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2003)

• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• Contract Law
• White Collar Crime
• Advertising Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association

Attorney at Law since 2007
Legal internship in Basel
Legal internships at the civil court of Arlesheim and at the criminal court Basel-Landschaft

Diana Imbach Haumüller specializes in the areas of banking and finance, compliance and prevention of white collar crime, in particular money laundering, as well as corporate and contract law. Within the scope of her dissertation Diana Imbach Haumüller dealt intensively with the theme whistle blowing in Switzerland and internationally, specifically in connection with internal control systems, and supports her clients in implementing corresponding concepts and policies. During her LL.M. studies at the University of Sidney, Australia and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, she could also intensify her knowledge on an international level. Diana Imbach Haumüller was employed for several months by a leading commercial law firm in Sydney.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)
University of Sydney (LL.M. 2010)
University of Zurich (Dr. iur. 2011)

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Clients
• Employment Law
• White Collar Crime
• Real Estate

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Compliance
• White Collar Crime
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Labour Law
• Corporate Governance

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Pro Jure

Legal internship at the Civil Court of Basel-City
Legal internship in law firms in Basel and Zurich
Foreign Legal Associate with Freehills in Sydney, Australia

Tina Jäger mainly works in the area of national and international litiga-tion. She represents companies and private individuals before courts and authorities in all areas of contract law, including commercial, real estate and labor law. She also handles insolvency and enforcement proceedings. In addition to her many years’ experience in the courts and her previous work as chair of the Conciliation Board for Tenancy Matters, clients benefit from Tina Jäger’s experience working as a substitute judge in the canton of Zurich. She acquired her knowledge of international legal relations when she worked as a foreign associate in an Australian corporate law firm.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2002)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Labour Law
• Public Construction Law
• Liability Law
• Real Estate
• Private International Law
• International Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Law
• Tenancy Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Insurance Law
• Contract and Commercial Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Foreign Associate with Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney
Court clerk
Chairwoman of the mediation authority in tenancy matters

Cédric-Olivier Jenoure has been involved in the area of employee shareholdings since he began his career. In addition to designing plans, he is particularly interested in the internet-based management of such plans and in the (tax) compliance of these plans. He also regularly advises international groups (including Asian groups) and foreign entrepreneurs who want to invest directly in Switzerland or even want to move their base here. His clients include leading national and international companies as well as private clients, all of whom are seeking tax-optimized structures. As a certified tax expert he is part of the VISCHER tax team. He speaks English and French (native language) – and for this reason he is the tax consultant for the firm’s “French-Desk”.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2000), Certified Tax Expert (2010)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Tax

• Tax Law
• Tax Litigation
• International Tax Planning
• Tax-optimized Restructuring
• Social Insurance Law
• Pensions Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Lawyers Association
Pro Iure
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants

Deputy Head Legal at Bank CIC (Switzerland) Ltd. in Basel
Compensation & Benefits Manager,  International Equity Team at Syngenta AG in Basel
Managing Partner of JT Asset Compensation in Oberwil (Basel)

Felix Kesselring is primarily practicing in the areas of Health, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences law. He advises Swiss and international companies in the areas of research, permits, drug registrations, advertising and marketing, data protection as well as insurance compensation. He represents such companies regularly in proceedings before administrative authorities and courts. Additional specialties of Felix Kesselring include the advising and representation of companies in other regulated markets (e.g. in the energy and food products market), in administrative criminal proceedings and the area of European law.

Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (2004/2005)
Universität Zürich (lic. iur., 2006)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Health
• White Collar Crime

• Biotechnology Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Technology Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Economic Law
• Data Protection
• Advertising Law
• Social Insurance Law
• Competition Law
• Unfair Competition
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Law
• Chemical Law

Swiss Association of Jurists
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal Assistant to a Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg
Legal Internship with international corporate law firm in Zurich
Examinations Expert for the Swiss Association of Property Regulators (SVIT)

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Civil Law Notaries

• Inheritance Law
• Private International Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Civil Law Notary
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship in law firms in Basel
Legal internship at the Civil Court of Dorneck-Thierstein (Solothurn)

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 Work on the PhD-Project by Award of the University of Zurich (2002-2004)
Internship at a Civil Court in Ticino (2004)
Internship with a Corporate Law Firm in Basel (2004-2005)

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2004)
University of Freiburg i. Br. (Eucor, 2003)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• White Collar Crime

• Inheritance Law
• Private International Law
• Contract Law
• White Collar Crime

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the administrative court of the canton of Aargau (2005)
Legal internship at the district exchange of Baden (2006)
Legal internship at a law firm in Liestal (2006)
Legal associate at a law firm in Liestal (2007-2008)
Lawyer at a law firm in Liestal (2008)

University of Fribourg (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Geneva (M.B.L., 2002)
University of Miami (LL.M., 2011)

• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Private International Law
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland
Club Español de Arbitraje

In-house counsel with an international organisation in Geneva
In-house counsel with a securities dealer in Geneva
Legal Internship at a Swiss law firm in Geneva

Michael Waldner’s main fields of practice are energy and environmental law. He regularly advises companies in the areas of renewable energies, climate law, regulation of the power market and construction of power stations. His clients in particular benefit from his interdisciplinary background which includes a master degree of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and an LL.M-degree in Natural Resources Law and Policy (on-going) of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mining Law and Policy (CEMPLP) of the University of Dundee/UK.

Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Natural Sciences (dipl. Natw. ETH, 2001)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur. HSG, 2003)

• Energy
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Real Estate

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Regulatory
• Public Economic Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Chemical Law
• Technology Law
• Competition Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
INLA - International Nuclear Law Association
AIPN Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Swiss Association for Environmental Law (VUR)

Assistant at the University of St. Gallen, HSG, in the field of Administrative Law (especially Environmental Law)
Internship at the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen
Internship at the Administrative Court of St. Gallen