Daniel Abt.
Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, Dr. iur.
abt@herelex.ch 
+41 61 551 95 95 
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Daniel Abt is Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, focusing primarily on estate administration, negotiation and litigation, as well as executorships and other estate-related roles. He also contributes his expertise to estate planning. He practices in both national and international estate matters and is co-editor and co-author of the standard reference work “Praxiskommentar Erbrecht” (5th edition, 2023).
Areas of Practice
Practices in the field of inheritance law and related areas of law, in particular in the following areas:
- Advisory services, negotiation, and litigation in inheritance law matters
- Protection of the interests of individual heirs, multiple heirs, or communities of heirs
- Execution of estate administrations and divisions of inheritances
- Advice on estate planning (drafting of wills, etc.) and advance care directives
- Execution of estate-related roles such as executorships, representation of heirs, and estate administration and liquidation
Profile
- Practising attorney (since 2002), Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law (since 2009); co-editor and co-author of the “Praxiskommentar Erbrecht” (5th edition, 2023)
- Lecturer in the training course “Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law”, organised by the Swiss Bar Association and the Universities of Zurich and Lucerne
- Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law (2009)
- Lecturer in civil law at the University of Fribourg (2007–2012)
- Dissertation/doctoral thesis on “Actions for annulment in Swiss Inheritance Law, with particular reference to gifts to trusted persons” (2002)
- Led a Swiss National Fund research project on inheritance law (2000–2001)
- Studied at the University of Basel; bar exam of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (1999)
- Born in 1971; languages: German, English, French..
Memberships
- Bar Association of Basel and Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
- Successio – Association for the Promotion of Swiss and International Inheritance Law (Member of the Board)
- Working Group of Lawyers from Three Countries (Switzerland/Germany/France)
- Basel Lawyers Association; alumniBasel; Pro iure
Publications/presentations
Numerous publications and presentations in the field of inheritance law (namely “Praxiskommentar Erbrecht”, 5th edition, 2023)
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