Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

He is nationally and internationally renowned in the field of insolvency law, but also practices commercial law and inheritance law in general.

About

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin is an experienced litigation lawyer specializing in banking law and, as a notary, advises companies and private individuals on contracts, restructuring, corporate acquisitions, real estate transactions, estate planning and the execution of wills. He is also a leading attorney and professor in the field of insolvency law. He has represented major creditors in all major insolvency proceedings of the last 25 years, has acted as trustee in bankruptcy proceedings, and has been appointed bankruptcy trustee in bank liquidations by FINMA on several occasions. In addition, he is regularly commissioned to prepare expert opinions.

1986 Licentiate (summa cum laude)
1988 Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Frank Vischer (summa cum laude, awarded the Walther Hug Prize)
1991 Attorney exam
1993 Notary exam

Since 1993 he has worked as an attorney and notary at the law firm Gfeller Christen Hentz (renamed Christen Rickli Partner in 2001, which merged with Kellerhals Attorneys in 2009 and expanded to Kellerhals Carrard in 2015) in Basel. He became a partner in 1997, temporarily on the steering committee, former head of the litigation/arbitration/insolvency group.

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian

Expertise

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance and Fintech
Corporate and Business Law / M&A
Insolvency and Restructuring
Notary Services
Private Clients
Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Sectors

Financial Services and Insurance
Industry and Trade

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Recommended for insolvency in:
  • Chambers and Partners
  • Legal500 (also litigation)
  • Expert Guides
  • Who’s Who Legal
  • Best Lawyers (also for Litigation in Basel, Lawyer of the Year 2021)
  • Since 2005: Titular professor at the University of Basel
  • Since 1999: Lecturer at the University of Basel
  • since 1993: Practicing attorney and notary
  • Since 2007: Bankruptcy liquidator of the INTER CAPITAL Group appointed by FINMA
  • Since 2011: Bankruptcy liquidator of swiss pb AG appointed by FINMA
  • Since 2016: Bankruptcy liquidator of Banque Privée Espírito Santo SA appointed by FINMA
  • Since 2021: Administrator of iQ International AG
  • INSOL Europe
  • INSOL International
  • International Insolvency Institute (invitee)
  • SchKG Association
  • Academic Association for International Procedural Law
  • Member of the ZPO/Court of Arbitration/SchKG working group of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • 1993: Notary public
  • 1991: Admitted to the bar
  • 1988: Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), University of Basel
  • 1986: Licentiate (summa cum laude), University of Basel
  • Studies in Basel and Neuchâtel
  • Member of the expert group on restructuring proceedings for private individuals appointed by the Federal Office of Justice (2020)
  • 2005–2015 Member of the Council of INSOL Europe; 2012/2013 (first Swiss) president.
  • Director of INSOL International (2005–2008)
  • Co-founder and president (1998–2012) of the SchKG Association
  • Member of the Federal Commission for Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy (2007–2019)
  • Recorder (2004–2007) and president of the Basel Notarial Chamber (2007–2010)
  • Member of the expert commission on restructuring law appointed by the Federal Office of Justice (2003–2008)
  • Member of the ZPO/Court of Arbitration/SchKG working group of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV) since approx. 1998
  • Publication of numerous articles in specialist journals and participation in several commentaries
  • Co-publisher of the leading commentary on the Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act
  • Co-author of a textbook on the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure
  • Lecturer at the University of Basel since 1999
  • Regular presentations at continuing education events
  • Dissertation supervisor

News

NewsLegal500
27. March 2025

Trusted by Clients, Acknowledged for Excellence - Legal500 2025

NewsChambers
20. March 2025

Committed to Clients, Recognised for Excellence – Chambers Europe 2025

NewsGeneral
10. January 2025

Zivilprozessrecht

NewsGeneralLegal500
27. March 2024

Kellerhals Carrard Shines in The Legal 500 2024 Rankings

NewsChambers
14. March 2024

Kellerhals Carrard Earns Top Honors in Chambers Europe 2024

NewsDeals & Cases
23. August 2023

Deal Ticker: Novartis hands over the Life-Science-Park Rhine Valley to GETEC Switzerland.

All News

Scientific publications

Scientific publicationsArticles
2023

Fachkräftemangel in der juristischen Praxis (in ZZZ 64/2023)

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Scientific publicationsCommentaries
2023

ZZZ-Bookshelf - Die Handelsregistersperre nach Art. 261 ff. ZPO

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Scientific publicationsArticles
2021

Les pouvoirs de l’administration étrangère en cas de renonciation à la faillite ancillaire (art. 174a al. 4 LDIP) [zusammen mit Dr. Elodie Kleider], AJP 2021, S. 361 ff.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Scientific publicationsArticles
2013

Überblick über die Neuerungen im Sanierungsrecht, AJP 2013, S. 1735 ff. = ST 2014, S. 61 ff.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Scientific publicationsArticles
2011

Der Ausschluss aus einer Personengesellschaft ohne wichtige Gründe, AJP 2011, S. 27 ff. [zusammen mit Dr. Ralf Michael Straub].

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Scientific publicationsArticles
2004

Sondervermögen und Haftung, in: Thomas Sutter-Somm/Anton K. Schnyder (Hrsg.), Festgabe für Franz Hasenböhler, Zürich 2004, S. 87 ff.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
All Scientific publications

Media

MediaArticles
2022

Der sicherungsübereignete Registerschuldbrief – zehn Jahre später, BN 2022, S. 352-357.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
All Media

Further publications

Further publicationsLegal News
2004

Liquidation d'une succession répudiée, Besprechung des Urteils des Bundesgerichts vom 15. September 2004, 7B.169/2004

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Further publicationsLegal News
2003

In ZZZ 2006, S. 127. ff. Buchbesprechung von Frédéric Krauskopf, Die Schuldanerkennung im schweizerischen Obligationenrecht, Diss. Freiburg 2003

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Further publicationsLegal News
2003

Switzerland and EU-regulated insolvency cases in: Eurofenix Spring 2003, S. 10 ff.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Further publicationsPublications
2003

Trusts im schweizerischen Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht, in: Europa Institut Zürich, Alexander R. Markus, Andreas Kellerhals, Monique Jametti Greiner (Hrsg.), Das Haager Trust-Übereinkommen und die Schweiz, Zürich 2003, S. 59 ff.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Further publicationsLegal News
2002

In ZZZ 2004, S. 265 ff. Buchbesprechung von David Rüetschi, Geldleistung als vorsorgliche Massnahme, Die Entwertung von Geldforderungen durch die Dauer des Zivilverfahrens und mögliche Lösungsansätze, Diss. Basel 2002

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Further publicationsLegal News
2002

In ZZZ 2004, S. 265 ff. Buchbesprechung von Armand P. Rubli, Sanierungsmassnahmen im Konzern aus gesellschaftsrechtlicher Sicht, Diss. Zürich 2002

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
All Further publications

Contact

Basel

Henric Petri-Strasse 35
P.O. Box 257
CH-4010 Basel

Tel. +41 58 200 30 00
Fax +41 58 200 30 11

info@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Contact

Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin
Tel. +41 58 200 30 00
Fax +41 58 200 30 11
daniel.staehelin@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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