Expertise

Tenancy Law

  • Drafting and Review of Contracts

  • Damages, Defects, and Ancillary Costs

  • Rent Increases and Rent Reductions

  • Termination and Extension of Tenancy

  • Eviction Proceedings

Employment Law

  • Employment Contracts, Policies, and Non-Compete Clauses

  • Conflicts and Discrimination in the Workplace

  • Salary and Bonus Claims

  • Termination, Garden Leave, and Termination Agreements

  • Relocation of Companies and Private Individuals

  • Work and Residence Permits

  • Posting and Staff Leasing

Corporate Law

  • Company Formation, Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Restructuring and Reorganization

  • Company and Partnership Agreements (e.g., Joint Venture and Shareholder Agreements)

  • Partnership Disputes

  • Company Succession

Contract and Commercial Law

  • Contracts of All Kinds, e.g.

    • Purchase Agreements

    • Service Agreements

    • Contracts for Work and Services

    • Loan Agreements

    • Trust Agreements

    • Supply and Distribution Agreements

    • Credit and Leasing Agreements

  • Contract Negotiations, Reviews, and Draftings

  • Breaches of Contracts

  • Termination of Contracts

Inheritance Law

  • Succession, Estate, and Asset Planning

  • Patient Decrees and Advance Care Directives

  • Estate Administration and Execution of Wills

  • Distribution of Inheritance

  • Legal Disputes in Connection with Estates

General Civil Law

  • Personal Rights (incl. Data Protection Law)

  • Association Law

  • Cohabitation and Family Law

  • Child and Adult Protection Law

  • Property Law (incl. Neighbor Law and Condominium Law)

Criminal Law

  • Core Criminal Law, e.g.

    • Assault Offences

    • Property Offences

    • Offences against Liberty and Sexual Offences

  • Traffic Law

  • Narcotics Law

Migration Law

  • Foreigners Law

  • Naturalisation Law

  • Asylum Law

Firm

Daniel Senn

MLaw, LL.M. │ Attorney at Law

Curriculum

  • Attorney at a Leading Swiss Commercial Law Firm in the Area of Private Clients and Litigation/Investigation, Basel-Stadt and Zurich (2023–2024)

  • LL.M. in American Law, Boston University School of Law (2022)

  • PhD in Law (Inheritance Law), University of Basel (2020–present)

  • Research Assistant and Lecturer, University of Basel (2020–2023)

  • Admitted to the Bar, Basel-Stadt (2019)

  • Legal Internships at Law Firms and Courts, Basel-Stadt (2018–2019)

  • Master of Law (MLaw), University of Basel (2018)

  • Bachelor of Law (BLaw), University of Basel (2016)

Languages

  • German – Native Language

  • English – Business Fluent

  • French – Good Knowledge

Memberships

  • Basel Bar Association

  • Basel-Landschaft Bar Association

  • Basel Jurists' Association

  • Voluntary Academic Society (FAG)

  • PRO IURE

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

  • Association Successio

Getting in Touch

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News

Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Commentary on Art. 248–251a ZPO and Art. 253–256 ZPO, in: Thomas Sutter-Somm/Franz Hasenböhler/Christoph Leuenberger (eds.), Kommentar zur Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), 4th ed., Zurich 2025.

Publication – With Collar Crime

Cross-Border Investigations in the Pharma Industry, in: Alain Macaluso/Laurent Moreillon/Carlo Lombardini/Andrew M. Garbarski (eds.), Développements récents en droit pénal de l’enterprise V, Bern 2024, S. 63 ff.

Publication – Debt Enforcement Law

Höchstrichterliche Vereinfachungen und Klärungen zum Arrest in komplexen nationalen und internationalen Verhältnissen, in: Cinzia Catelli/Pedrag Sunaric (eds.), Zuständigkeit – Erkenntnisse aus der Praxis, Zurich/St. Gallen 2024, S. 57 ff.

Publication – Liabilty Law

Switzerland: Product Liability, The Legal 500, Country Comparative Guide 2024.

Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Stillstand der Frist zur Ablehnung eines Urteilsvorschlags während der Gerichtsferien, Besprechung von BGE 144 III 404 vom 20.08.2018, in: ius.focus 1/2019, S. 21.

Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Vor dem Entscheid über die Sistierung des Verfahrens ist die beklagte Partei anzuhören, Besprechung von OGer BE ZK 17 581 vom 24.01.2018, in: ius.focus 11/2018, S. 21.

Publication – Corporate Law / Civil Procedure Law

Die Beteiligung wirkungsbetroffener Dritter im Zivilprozess, dargestellt am Beispiel der Anfechtung von Generalversammlungsbeschlüssen gemäss Art. 706 f. OR, in: Thomas Sutter-Somm (ed.), Impulse zur praxisorientierten Rechtswissenschaft, Zurich 2018.

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Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Auf das Schlichtungsverfahren sowie den kantonalen Instanzenzug kann nicht konkludent durch Einlassung verzichtet werden, Besprechung von KGer. SG DZ.2016.1 vom 28.10.2016, in: ius.focus 8/2018, S. 20.

Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Ein Entscheid, mit dem die Gewährung unentgeltlicher Rechtspflege abgelehnt wird, ist zwingend zumindest summarisch zu begründen, Besprechung von KGer BL 410 17 317 vom 21.11.2017, in: ius.focus 8/2018, S. 19.

Publication – Civil Procedure Law

Recht auf Anhörung im Verfahren um Bewilligung der unentgeltlichen Rechtspflege, Besprechung von KGer. LU 1C 14 42 vom 20.01.2015, in: ius.focus 6/2016, S. 23.