expert profile
Diego Benz
Lawyer | Notary | Partner
Languages: German, English
Diego Benz has years of experience in management consulting, corporate and contract law as well as complex restructuring and notarizations. He then has extensive experience in various digitization projects of legal services and blockchain projects, such as setting up companies using blockchain technology, digitization of assets and self-sovereign identity.
Expertise
- Notary and notarization law
- Contract Law, Contract Design
- Blockchain, Legaltech
- Restructuring, mergers, acquisitions & 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"