Dr. Christian Hochstrasser
Dr. Christian Hochstrasser is a Partner at Lenz Caemmerer. He is among Switzerland’s leading specialists in national and international Transport and Logistics Law. He advises and represents companies in the Transport and Logistics Industry as well as related sectors (including Transport Insurers) in all matters of Transport Law, especially also in Freight, Forwarding and Customs Law. His practice covers Rail Freight, Road Transport, and Inland and Maritime Shipping. A further focus of his work lies in advising on supply chain matters and in the drafting of complex logistics contracts. In addition to his specialisation in Transport Law, Christian Hochstrasser also advises Companies and private individuals on general Commercial matters, in particular Contract, Corporate and Trade Law. He is Co-Author of the Basel Commentary on Freight Contract Law and the Munich Online Commentary on the CMR and Author of various publications in the field of Transport Law. He also serves as a member of several Boards of Directors and Foundation Boards.
Areas of activity
- Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance
- Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs
- International
- Litigation and Arbitration
- Shipping
- Transport and Logistics
Fields of Law
- Agency, Franchising, and Distribution Agreements
- Arbitration
- Charterparties
- Civil Procedure
- Collections and Bankruptcy (Litigation and Arbitration)
- Commercial Law
- Compliance (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Contracts (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Corporate (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
- Corporate Financing
- Customs Law
- Enforcement and Execution of Judgments
- Export Control Law
- Flagstate Rules
- Freight Contract Law
- Freight Forwarding Law
- General Average, Collision
- Inland Navigation Law
- International Business
- Logistics Law
- Marine Insurance
- Maritime Transport Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Multimodal Transport Law
- Private Law (International)
- Public Proceedings
- Rail Transport Law
- Road Transport Law
- Sales and Distribution Law
- Setting up of Shipping Companies
- Ship Finance
- Ship Operators and Shipmanagement
- Ship Sales and Acquisitions
- Transport Law
- Transportation Law (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
Short biography
- Born 1983 in Basel (Switzerland)
- Studied Law at the University of Basel (lic. iur. 2008)
- Admitted to the Bar (Bar Exam in the Canton of Basel-City 2011)
- PhD at the University of Zürich on the topic “The Role of the Compensation Committee following the Adoption and Implementation of the Minder-Initiative” (summa cum laude, 2016)
- Professional roles with a Swiss Insurance Group and a Chemical Company, and as a Research Associate in the Field of Corporate La
- Joined a mid-sized Commercial Law Firm as Associate in 2012 and became Partner in 2020
- Partner at Lenz Caemmerer since 2026
- Focus Areas: Transport Law and Logistics Law, as well as Contract and Corporate Law
- President/Member of various Boards of Directors and Foundation Boards
- Member of various Associations and Societies in the Field of Transport and Logistics
- Publications in the Fields of Transport/Logistics Law and Corporate Law
- Languages: German, English, French, Italy
Publications
- Basler Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Privatrecht, Obligationenrecht I, Art. 439 bis 457 – Speditions- und Frachtvertrag (gemeinsam mit Stephan Erbe), 8. Auflage, Basel 2025
- Problematische Rechtsprechung des Schweizer Bundesgerichts zu den AB Spedlogswiss (Entscheid BGer 4A_287/2024 vom 2. Juli 2025), in: RdTW 2026, S. 87 ff.
- Strassentransport von (Covid-19-)Impfstoffen – Herausforderungen und Risiken bei der Impfstofflogistik im Strassentransport, in: Strassenverkehr 2/2021
- Überschuldung von Vereinen – Keine (subsidiäre) Anzeigepflicht der Revisionsstelle, in: EXPERT FOCUS 12/2019 (gemeinsam mit R. Stoffel)
- Kommentar zum Basler Steuergesetzt (1. Aufl., Basel 2019), §§ 6-17 HäStG (gemeinsam mit Dr. Markus W. Stadlin)
- Zivilprozessualer Beweiswert von Survey Reports, in: dRSK, publiziert am 30. September 2019
- Bei Warentransporten ist die Haftung begrenzt, in: NZZ vom 26. August 2019
- Eine gewichtige Lücke im schweizerischen Recht der Eisenbahnfinanzierung, in: TransportR 6/2018 (gemeinsam mit Stephan Erbe)
- Die Rolle des Vergütungsausschusses nach der Umsetzung der Minder-Initiative, Diss. Zürich 2016
- Das Rekursverfahren gemäss Kirchenverfassung der Römisch-Katholischen Kirche des Kantons Basel-Stadt, SJKR 17 (2012), S.107 ff.
- Verantwortlichkeit nach Art. 52 AHVG: Faktische Organstellung und Grenzen der Haftung, GesKR 2009, S. 246 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Daniel Häring)
