Education and professional activity

Study of law at the University of Basel School of Law (Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel);
degrees of lic. iur. (Licentiatus iuris utriusque) and Dr. iur. (Doctoral thesis: «Die Bestechung von
Bediensteten in obligationen-, arbeits- und wettbewerbsrechtlicher Hinsicht»)

Legal internships (District and Appellate Courts, State administration)
Attorney's and Notary Public's licences
Activity as an attorney in Brugg and Zurich

In between supplementary study at Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina (USA);
degree of LL.M. (Legum Magister, Master of Laws)

Since 1989 activity as self-employed attorney-at-law and notary public in Olten

Professional Memberships
Solothurnischer Juristenverein (Association of Solothurn Lawyers)
Verband Solothurnischer Notare (Association of Solothurn Notaries Publics)
Aargauischer Juristenverein (Association of Aargau Lawyers)

Languages
German, English, Italian, French