Katja Christ nominated as candidate for the National Council
Last night the GLP nominated our partner Katja Christ as a candidate for the National Council. BALEX congratulates her on her nomination and wishes her every success. More info
BALEX awarded Top Law Firm 2018
Bilanz and Le Temps have named Balex the top law firm of 2018. The evaluation was based on a survey by other lawyers (peer-to-peer) and recommendations from clients, from 31 different legal fields in Switzerland. The individual results can be found in the supplement to the balance sheet 05/2018. Top law firms 2018 [...]
Christian Eich appointed as Legal General Group Counsel to the Executive Board of listed company The Native SA
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 death of Martin Wagner
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
Katja Christ strengthens our 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 [...]
Alexandra Vonarb becomes a clerk at the rent arbitration board
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 [...]
Our attorneys support non-profit organizations
BALEX's attorneys regularly support non-profit institutions such as the voluntary preservation of historical monuments, the Foundation Eye Clinic or the Animal Welfare of both Basel cantons. Another project is the fruit juice producer in Hellikon. As the Aargauer and the Neue Fricktaler Zeitung reported, the historic ‘Mosti’ in Hellikon was put back into operation [...]
BALEX forces Online Reports into line
Peter Knechtli's Basel media service Online Reports was forced to moderate its reporting on the intervention of BALEX. In violation of journalistic duties of care, Knechtli had identified a defendant in a report. As a result, BALEX threatened a lawsuit and Online Reports moderated the current reporting. But Knechtli turned out to be a [...]
Economics meeting 2017 in Rheinfelden
BALEX supports the economics meeting 2017 organized by the FDP in Rheinfelden. Katrin Amacker (President Regio Basiliensis) and Peter Grünenfelder (Director Avenir Suisse) discuss under the direction of Gaby Gerber the topic ‘Global networking - curse or blessing’. The event will take place on Monday, 4 September 2017, 18:00 hrs, at the Restaurant Schützen [...]
Relaunch of our website topic in ‘Kleinreport’
The ‘Kleinreport’, an independent media service of the Swiss communications industry, has featured our new website. The conclusion is that lawyer’s advertising doesn't always have to be stuffy. Another topic is the permitted advertising threshold limit for lawyers. Read the whole text here.