Attorney at law
Notary public (Basel-Stadt)
Attorney at law (D)

+41 61 269 50 54
etienne.petitpierre@lawyers.ch
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born 1963
entry 1992

Etienne Petitpierre works as a notary for complex agreements and consults firms legally in their daily business.

Being an Attorney-at-Law and Notary in Basel as well as a practicing lawyer according to German law, he is mainly active in corporate law, real estate law, and in the area of matrimonial and inheritance contracts. He is specialized in commercial registry procedures in Switzerland as well as notarization in accordance with German law. Especially Swiss enterprises doing business in Germany appreciate his legal advice in their daily business operations.

1989-1990 e.o. Clerk at the Administrative and Insurance Court of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
des Kantons Basel-Landschaft
1991 Bar exam in the Canton of Basel-Stadt
and admission to all Swiss courts.
1992 Notary exam in Basel-Stadt
1993 Appointment as notary in the Canton of Basel-Stadt
2004 Eignungsprüfung als Rechtsanwalt beim Prüfungsamt
Exam as German lawer at the examination office for the States Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland as well as admission to the bar by the Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf
Saarland und Thüringen sowie Zulassung durch die
Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf

Acts as a notary for:

  • ll transactions related to property and estate in the Canton of Basel-Stadt
  • All commercial registry transactions in the whole of Switzerland
  • GmbH-share transfers and share pledges in Germany
  • Commercial registry affairs in Germany (profit and loss transfer agreements, contingent capital increase etc.)
  • Prenuptial agreements and inheritance contracts in the whole of Switzerland

Legal counsel in Switzerland to:

  • Legal persons in Switzerland with their daily business, particularly companies with contact to Germany
  • Regarding Contract Law, notably binding shareholders’ agreements, General Terms, share purchases and credit protection
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Member of the Basler Advokatenkammer, Basler Notariatskammer and the Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf. Registered at the Bar of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
  • Member of the Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung (DSJV)
  • Member of the Board of the Schweizer Notarenverband (until 3 June 2025)

Contributor to the Basler Kommentar, Die Grunddienstbarkeiten, Art. 730-744 und 781 ZGB