Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin

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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