Project description
expert profile
Diego Benz
Lawyer | Notary | Partner
Languages: German, English
Diego Benz has many years of experience in management consulting, corporate and contract law as well as complex restructuring and notarization/notary public. He then has extensive experience in various digitization projects of legal services and blockchain projects, such as incorporation of companies using blockchain technology, digitization of assets and self-sovereign identity.
Expertise
- Notary and notarization law
- Contract Law, Contract Design
- Blockchain, Legaltech
- Restructuring, mergers, takeovers & acquisitions
- Management consultancies
- Succession, inheritance contracts and executorship
- Startups
- Relocations
Leading Cases
- Corporate law: Extensive restructuring of a group with various asset transfers, mergers, start-ups
- Corporate law: Restructuring of a group with conversion, merger and relocation abroad
- M&A: Participation in various investments in Swiss companies by foreign investors
- Legaltech: Participation in the creation and revision of various circulars from the Swiss Blockchain Federation
- Legaltech: Participation in the statement by DIDAS on the discussion paper "Target Image E-ID"
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2020: Partner at Kaiser Odermatt & Partner AG
- 2015-2020: Partner at Zwicky Windlin & Partner AG
- 2012: CAS finance and accounting for lawyers, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- 2005-2014: Lawyer at Zwicky Windlin & Partner AG
- 2005: Admitted as a lawyer and notary
- 2003-2004: Trainee lawyer at a law firm in Zug
- 2003: Intern at the Directorate of the Interior (Canton Zug)
- 2002: lic. iur., University of Zurich
Activities
- SAV (Swiss Bar Association)
- Lawyers' Association of the Canton of Zug
- Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland
- British Swiss Chamber of Commerce
- Crypto Valley Association
- Member of the board of directors and signatory mandates of various companies
- Board of Directors of Drakkensberg AG (based on blockchain technology)
- Disrupt Disciples
- Swiss Blockchain Federation
- Cooperation in the research project "Independent Evaluation Framework for Security Tokens", University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen (InnoSuisse)
- Board member and founder of DIDAS
Publications
- The public certification at electronic and virtual general meetings as well as circular resolutions
- Participation in the creation and revision of various circulars of the Swiss Blockchain Federation
- Contribution in kind in the revised company law
- Participation in the statement by DIDAS on the discussion paper "Target Image E-ID"