Philippe J.A. Kaiser

Attorney-at-law | Notary | Partner

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Philippe J.A. Kaiser advises clients with clarity, vision and a keen sense for practicable solutions.

As a lawyer, notary and co-founder of Kaiser Odermatt & Partner AG in Zug, he brings over 15 years of experience in corporate, contract and commercial law, notarial services as well as regulatory and digital issues. As a pioneer of legal innovations – including the first Swiss blockchain-based public limited company – he combines in-depth expertise with a forward-looking advisory approach.

Expertise

Notary’s office and notarization law
Contract law, contract drafting
Corporate and commercial law
Compliance (in particular money laundering)
Restructurings, mergers, takeovers & company acquisitions
Succession, inheritance contracts and execution of wills
Blockchain, Legaltech, Regtech
Startups

Reference cases

Founder of the first Swiss company (Drakkensberg AG) based on blockchain technology
Advisor to Cellerys AG in connection with the cooperation agreement and takeover option by Novartis
Interim GWG officer to avert sanction proceedings at an asset manager
Board of Directors of Augusta Holding AG on the occasion of its participation in Rail Holdung AG

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2012: Founding partner, lawyer & notary at Kaiser Odermatt & Partner AG
2009: Attorney & Notary at the law firm of Dr. Andreas Renggli (takeover of the law firm)
2007: Attorney & Notary at Zwicky Windlin & Partner
2007: Notary of the Canton of Zug
2007: Admitted to the bar (in all Swiss courts)
2006: Auditor at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug
2005: Legal assistant at Zwicky Windlin & Partner
2005: lic. iur., University of St. Gallen
2000: Matura (major: Economics & Law), Institute Montana Zugerberg

Activities

Registered in the Register of Attorneys of the Canton of Zug
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of various companies/foundations
Member of the Bar Examination Commission of the Canton of Zug (in particular notarization and attorneys’ law)
Former lectureship in lawbility (notarization law)
Examination expert, Professional Association for Purchasing and Supply Management (International Contract Law)
As a financial intermediary, member of SRO VQF Association for Quality Assurance in Financial Services
Member of the Board of the Zug Sinfonietta
Retired specialist officer, court clerk, military court 6
Various specialist lectures (e.g. University of St. Gallen, German IT Court Conference e. V.)
Founder and board member of the first Swiss company(Drakkensberg AG) based on blockchain technology
Member of Disruption Disciples, DIDAS
JusClub Zug, member

Publications

Developments in the regulation of virtual currencies in Switzerland and the European Union (EuZ : Zeitschrift für Europarecht, 2018, pp. 80-102, ISSN 1423-6931)
Public notarization of electronic and virtual general meetings and circular resolutions (Reprax : Zeitschrift zur Handelsregisterpraxis, 2020, pp. 217-269, ISSN 1424-3628)
The contribution in kind in the revised stock corporation law (Expert Focus, 2021, pp. 581-286, ISSN 0036-746X)
Public notarization of virtual general meeting resolutions under the new company law – Can a notary public perceive and notarize remotely? Swiss Journal of Notarization and Land Register Law (ZBGR), 2023, 65-85.
Commentary on the Swiss Code of Obligations, 4th edition, 2023, Art. 653p-653r
Public notarization of virtual general meeting resolutions, Zuger Steuer Praxis, August 2023 / No. 83,

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Location Zug

Baarerstrasse 12
6300 Zug
Switzerland
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+41 41 729 15 00
info@kaiserodermatt.ch

Lucerne location

Obergrundstrasse 61
6003 Lucerne
Switzerland
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Seefeldstrasse 35
8008 Zurich
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+41 44 244 80 20
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Philippe J.A. Kaiser