Diego Benz

Attorney-at-law | Notary | Partner

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
  • Notary’s office and notarization law
  • Contract law, contract drafting
  • Blockchain, Legaltech
  • Restructurings, mergers, takeovers & company acquisitions
  • Management consultancies
  • Succession, inheritance contracts and execution of wills
  • Startups
  • Settlements
  • 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”
  • Since 2020: Partner at Kaiser Odermatt Partner AG, Zug
  • 2015 – 2020: Partner at Zwicky Windlin & Partner, Zug
  • 2012: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, CAS Finance & Accounting for Lawyers
  • 2005: until 2014 employee at Zwicky Windlin & Partner, Zug
  • 2005: Admission as a lawyer and notary
  • 2003: trainee at a law firm in Zug until 2004
  • 2003: Directorate of Home Affairs, Canton of Zug, trainee
  • 2002: University of Zurich, lic. iur. (Law)
  • 1996: Matura (type C), Kantonsschule Zug, Zug
  • 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
  • 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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