Attorney

Viviane Bates

Portrait

Viviane Bates is an attorney at DUFOUR Advokatur AG and founder and director of an international non-profit organization. She advises and represents companies and private individuals, particularly in the areas of employment and contract law. She also works in the areas of estate planning and execution of wills, as well as foundation and association law.

Experience

  • Attorney at DUFOUR (since 2023)

  • Attorney at a large law firm (2022-2023)

  • Managing Director of the INA KESS Animal Foundation (2022-2023)

  • Investigating officer of white-collar crime in the canton of Baselland (2021-2022)

  • Bar exam Basel-Stadt (2020)

Commitment

  • Founder and president of the Association Little Souls

Practice areas

Foundations and NPOs

Inheritance and estate planning

Execution of wills

Employment law

Contract and company law

Dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration)