Dr. Benedikt Suter
Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs; Litigation and Arbitration; Notarial Services; Construction and Real Estate; Family, Inheritance and Estates; Life Sciences and Health; Work and Profession; International
Dr. Benedikt A. Suter has been a partner at Lenz Caemmerer in Basel since 1999 and acts as an advisor and litigator for companies, entrepreneurs and private individuals, primarily in the areas of commercial law, civil litigation and notarial services. After completing his studies (1987) and doctorate (1992) at the University of Basel and passing his bar exam (1990) and notary exam (1993) in the Canton Basel-Stadt, he worked in a total of four law firms in London and Paris in 1994 and has been working full-time as a lawyer and notary at Lenz Caemmerer since 1995. Dr. Suter also serves on boards of directors, particularly of corporations in the life sciences, real estate and automotive industries, on foundation boards, and as a deputy in complex cases and as an arbitrator. He is co-author of commentaries on the Civil Procedure Code, the Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act and the Therapeutic Products Act.
Areas of activity
- Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs
- Construction and Real Estate
- Family Law, Inheritance and Estates
- International
- IP, IT and Data Protection
- Life Sciences and Health
- Litigation and Arbitration
- Notarial Services
- Public Sector
- Work and profession
Fields of Law
- Arbitration
- Architects
- Art
- Civil Procedure
- Collections and Bankruptcy (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Collections and Bankruptcy (Litigation and Arbitration)
- Commercial Law
- Construction
- Contracts (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Contracts (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
- Contracts (Work and profession)
- Conversion and Restructuring
- Corporate (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Corporate (Notarial Services)
- Corporate Succession (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Corporate Succession (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
- D & O Liability
- Enforcement and Execution of Judgments
- Entity Formations
- Estates and Inheritances (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Estates and Inheritances (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
- Estates and Inheritances (Notarial Services)
- International Business
- Juvenile and Adult Protection
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Notarial Services (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Notarial services (Construction and Real Estate)
- Notarial services (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
- Notarial Services (Notarial Services)
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Products
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Private Construction and Architecture
- Private Law (International)
- Public Associations and Foundations
- Public Construction (Public Sector)
- Public Proceedings
- Real Estate (Construction and Real Estate)
- Real Estate (Notorial Services)
- Real Property Law (Construction and Real Estate)
- Real Property Law (Notarial Services)
- Therapeutic Products Law
- Work-For-Hire
Short biography
- Born 1964 in Basel
- Studied Jurisprudence at the University of Basel
- Licentiate 1987, Doctor of Law 1992 (University of Basel)
- Admitted to the bar in 1990
- Licensed to practise as a notary since 1994
- Acting in law firms in Paris and London since 1994
- With Lenz Caemmerer since 1991
- Board positions in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries and in the motor trade
- Secretary of the board of a listed investment company
- Publications in the fields of civil procedure, execution, company law and pharmaceuticals law
- Member of the Board of the Basel-Stadt Chamber of Notaries
- Languages: German, English, French
