We are a small firm of four attorneys/lawyers and offer legal services with a personal touch. We set high value on giving individual advice and creating a trusting relationship with our clients.
Thanks to our wide experience, we become familiar with the various aspects of a case and have an eye for the essential. We offer competent support and will come up with the best solution with our clients.
One partner has recognized training in Mediation and offers her mediation activities in various areas of cohabitation.
Our clients include private individuals, companies and foundations as well as all types of communities, which appreciate the diverse and sustainable services of our firm.
We are recorded in the Attorney/Barrister register and are members of the Bar Association of Basel-City as well as members of the Swiss Bar Association.
We will guide you about legal regulations, will discuss the possibilities, risks and costs of enforcing your case, and will put our full support behind your chosen route. We will evaluate or draft your contracts and other important documents and voice our view on your projects from a legal point of view.
We will support and represent you in negotiations with private individuals as well as in courts and before authorities. We will adopt, depending on wishes and circumstances, a pro-active or a conciliatory attitude. You can count on us to provide reliable and competent support in difficult situations.
With the involvement of a certifying officer, we will produce notarial instruments for all types of companies and foundations, for marriage and inheritance matters, for care orders as well as for property transactions in the cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country. In other cantons, we can prepare property transactions for the competent notary authorities.
We can safeguard and take care of your economic or personal interests in the private or professional spheres of your choosing, including as will executor or as a foundation board or board of directors. We offer our services for everyday issues with a legal basis, and are available to provide a second opinion or impartial information, so you can come to your own opinion.
Civil law
Criminal law
Public law
In our firm all the partners are available to give legal advice and represent the interests of clients.
We mainly represent clients before the courts and authorities in North-West Switzerland (cantons of Basel-City, Basel-Country, Argovia and Solothurn). Also, depending on the circumstances, we can represent our clients before the courts and authorities in other cantons or foreign authorities.
The attorney/lawyer who takes on the case for the client takes sole responsibility for his/her mandate.
Mediation is a voluntary process that can help you sort out a conflict in an independent and fair manner. The mediator acts as an intermediary between the parties to a conflict and will help find sustainable solutions. The aim is to enable changes that meet the needs of the parties involved. It is not a matter of attributing guilt or innocence, of winning or losing; the aim is to come up with the best solution for the future.
It is very important to us that the mediation process take place in an atmosphere of trust. Your personal situation and your wishes will be taken seriously and considered. Communication between the parties will be encouraged and their personal relationships will be protected. The result will be recorded in a written agreement. If required by law – such as in the case of divorce – we will present all the necessary documents before the court and will assist you at the court hearing.
The number of sessions needed to come to an agreement will depend on the complexity of the conflict. A session usually takes one and a half to two hours. When setting the fee, we take your financial circumstances into account. Successful mediation is generally faster and less costly than court proceedings.
In our office, Elisabeth Lehmann has recognized training in mediation and many years of practical experience. She will be happy to answer any other questions you may have.
Urs Pfander
Dr. iur., attorney/lawyer
Born in 1961
Languages: German, French, English
urs.pfander@advobasel.ch
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Evelyne Alder
lic. iur., attorney/lawyer
Born in 1965
Languages: German, French, Italian, English, Portuguese
evelyne.alder@advobasel.ch
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Elisabeth Lehmann
lic. iur., attorney/lawyer
Mediator SDM / SAV
Collaborative Lawyer CLP
Mother of two grown-up children
Languages: German, English, French, Italian
lisa.lehmann@advobasel.ch
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Ursula Schneider-Fuchs
Dr. iur., attorney/lawyer
Born in 1971
Languages: German, French, English
ursula.schneider@advobasel.ch
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We charge for our services based on time. This applies both to judicial procedures and to advice or out-of-court representation. In some circumstances, we may exceptionally agree a flat-rate fee. The hourly rates depend on the complexity and importance of the matter, and vary from CHF 250 to CHF 400. In special cases a reduced rate may apply. In addition to the fee, VAT at the applicable rate as well as the costs of copies, communications and travel may be charged.
The specific rate will be agreed with you and laid down in the fee agreement. Due to rules of professional conduct, we are bound to demand an appropriate advance on costs.
If a compensation for fees is awarded during a judicial proceeding, it will be collected by us and deducted in the invoice.
For judicial procedures, in the event of limited financial resources being available, we will check whether there is an opportunity for legal aid. If legal aid is granted, the legal costs will be borne by the state.
Please let us know if you have legal protection insurance. We will be pleased to check whether this can be used to cover costs.
Directions by public transport
Tram 3 to Spalentor, bus 30 and 33 to Spalentor or Bernoullianum
​Arrival by car
The nearest parking is the multi-storey City car park (University Hospital).
Postal address
Bernoullistrasse 20
CH - 4056 Basel
Telephone/Fax
T 0041 61 264 94 94
F 0041 61 264 94 99
Note for communication via e-mail
E-mail communications are subject to technical conditions over which the users have no influence. So, the integrity and confidentiality of a message as well as the identity of the sender or recipient cannot be fully guaranteed. We cannot assume any liability or provide a guarantee. If you are not willing to take these risks, we kindly ask you to inform us in order that alternative means of communication can be used.