Dr. Caroline Cron

Family Law, Inheritance and Estates; Tenancy; Construction and Real Estate; Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs; Work and Profession; Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Caroline Cron has been a partner at Lenz Caemmerer since 2002, specialising in family law, inheritance law, tenancy and real estate law, and corporate law. After completing her studies and obtaining her doctorate at the University of Basel, she was admitted to the bar in 1987. She began her professional career as a legal advisor in a large corporation in Zurich before starting her own practice as a lawyer in Basel in 1990. From 2006 to 2016, she was a judge at the Court of Appeal of Basel-Stadt and from 2011 to 2016, she was acting president of the Tenancy Court of Basel-Stadt. In addition to her legal work, she is involved in various boards of directors and foundations. Dr Caroline Cron advises her clients in German, English and French.

Areas of activity

  • Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs
  • Construction and Real Estate
  • Family Law, Inheritance and Estates
  • Litigation and Arbitration
  • Work and profession

Fields of Law

  • Architects
  • Civil Procedure
  • Commercial Law
  • Contracts (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
  • Contracts (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
  • Contracts (Work and profession)
  • Divorce Law
  • Estates and Inheritances (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
  • Estates and Inheritances (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
  • Juvenile and Adult Protection
  • Labor and employment (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
  • Labor and employment (Work and profession)
  • Leases and Leaseholds
  • Marriage and Family Law
  • Private Construction and Architecture
  • Work-For-Hire

Short biography

  • Studied Jurisprudence at the University of Basel
  • Licentiate 1985, Doctor of Law (University of Basel)
  • Admitted to the bar in 1987
  • From 1987 to 1989 legal consultant to a major corporation in Zürich
  • Since 1990 acting as a lawyer in Basel
  • With Lenz Caemmerer since 2002
  • From 2006 to 2016 Judge in the Appeal Court of Basel
  • From 2011 to 2016 Judge in the Court for Tenancy Matters of Basel
  • Various administration and foundation board positions
  • Publications in the field of civil procedure law
  • Languages: German, English, French