Raphael Dummermuth.

Practises in the field of inheritance law and related areas of law, specifically in the following areas:

• Litigation, negotiation, and consultation in matters of inheritance law
• Estate administration and distribution of estates
• Performance of estate law-related duties such as executing wills, representing heirs, and estate administration and liquidation
• Advice on estate planning and advance directives

• Practising attorney (since 2026)
• Lecturer in private law at the University of Basel (since 2026)
• Bar exam of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (2025)
• Dissertation/doctoral thesis (Dr. iur., summa cum laude), University of Fribourg (2024)
• Visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg as a fellow of the Fribourg Research Fund (2022, 2023 and 2026)
• Research assistant at the Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law held by Prof. Dr. iur. Corinne Widmer Lüchinger at the University of Basel (2023 and 2025–2026)
• Research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law and Civil Procedure held by Prof. Dr. iur. Cordula Lötscher at the University of Lucerne (2022)
• Research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law held by Prof. Dr. iur. Alexandra Jungo at the University of Fribourg (2020–2022)Studied law at the University of Fribourg (2015–2020)
• Born in 1996; languages: German, English, French, Italian, Swedish

• Bar Association of Basel and Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
• Successio – Association for the Promotion of Swiss and International Inheritance Law
• Alumni Association of the Faculty of Law at the University of Fribourg (‘Alumni IUS Frilex’)
• Swiss Jurists’ Association
• Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (Voluntary Academic Society), Basel
• Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft (General Reading Society), Basel
• Alumni Association of the Central Swiss Jurists’ Association at the University of Fribourg (President)

Various publications on Swiss and international private law.
Link to publications page