Diego Benz

Lawyer | Notary | Partner

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Diego Benz has many years of experience in business consulting, corporate and contract law as well as complex restructurings and notarizations. He also has extensive experience in various digitization projects of legal services and blockchain projects, such as the formation of companies using blockchain technology, digitization of assets and self-sovereign identity.

Expertise

Reference cases

Corporate law: Extensive restructuring of a group of companies with various asset transfers, mergers, new foundations
Corporate law: Restructuring of a group with transformation, merger and transfer of registered office abroad
M&A: Assistance with various investments in Swiss companies by foreign investors
Legaltech: Collaboration in the creation and revision of various circulars of the Swiss Blockchain Federation
Legaltech: Collaboration in the DIDAS statement on the discussion paper “E-ID target image”

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2020 Partner at Kaiser Odermatt Partner AG, Zug
2015 to 2020 Partner at Zwicky Windlin & Partner, Zug
2012 Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, CAS Finance & Accounting for Lawyers
2005 to 2014 Employee at Zwicky Windlin & Partner, Zug
2005 Admitted as lawyer and notary
2003 to 2004 Trainee at a law firm in Zug
2003 Directorate of Home Affairs, Canton of Zug, trainee
2002 University of Zurich, lic. iur. (Law)
1996 Matura (type C), Kantonsschule Zug, Zug

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
Board of Directors and subscription right mandates of various companies
Board of Directors of Drakkensberg AG (based on blockchain technology)
Disruption Disciples
Swiss Blockchain Federation
Cooperation in the research project “Independent Evaluation Framework for Security Tokens”, St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences (InnoSuisse)
Board member and founder of DIDAS

Publications

Public notarization of electronic and virtual general meetings and circular resolutions
Collaboration in the creation and revision of various circulars of the Swiss Blockchain Federation
Contribution in kind in the revised stock corporation law
Collaboration in the DIDAS statement on the “E-ID target image” discussion paper

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