We are delighted that our partner Christian Eich has been appointed Legal General Group Counsel of The Native SA (NTIV; www.thenative.ch), a Swiss listed company, as of 19 February 2018. The mandate for The Native SA is part of his work as a partner in our firm and complements his portfolio of various mandates [...]
The civil court of Basel-Stadt has issued a super-provisional injunction against Basler Zeitung. Recently, the latter published several articles criticizing Telebasel’s reputation, honour and credit, damaging allegations discrediting Telebasel, its responsible persons or its organs. The station has taken legal action against this. On Thursday, the "Basler Zeitung" once again published a series of [...]
A prominent example relates to Michael Schumacher. After suffering a tragic skiing accident, he was in a coma for months. During this time, the world-famous Formula 1 racing driver was incapable of judgement and could no longer make his own decisions. Such a tragic event can strike anyone. Unexpected accidents or serious illnesses, which [...]
We were shocked to learn of the tragic death of our former colleague Martin Wagner. Our thoughts are with his children and we wish the family strength in this difficult situation. Please understand that we cannot provide any further information at this time. BALEX team
We are pleased to announce the appointment to our team of Katja Christ, who joins us as a Partner. Katja Christ specializes in the areas of health and remedy law. Her in-depth support and advice in this field comes from a background of many years’ experience in administration and politics. She has proven skills [...]
We congratulate our staff member Alexandra Vonarb on her new role as an extraordinary writer for the Basel-Stadt State Arbitration Board for rent disputes. The appointment took effect on 1 January 2018. Her additional involvement with the arbitration board, in addition to her work as a lawyer in our law firm, underlines her specialization [...]
By judgment 5A_590/2016 of 12 October 2017 , the Federal Supreme Court confirmed last year's decision that a putative father could be forced to give a DNA sample. The earlier case revolved around a man who doubted that he was the father of a prostitute's child and therefore refused to take a paternity test. [...]
For years, the Austrian painter Prof. Helmut Kand has refined the pictures painted by the late Basel art dealer Ernst Beyeler . Beyeler and Kand were close friends. Now the Austrian painter is planning an exhibition on this subject in Basel. The BaZ has reported about it(here). BALEX supports Prof. Kand in his project [...]