Attorney

Elisabeth Ruff Rudin

Portrait

Elisabeth Ruff Rudin has worked as an attorney at DUFOUR Advokatur AG since 2006. She specializes in providing legal advice and representing pension funds in court in matters relating to occupational benefits, such as benefit claims, partial liquidations and other issues, as well as providing legal advice and representing clients in court in accident insurance cases.

She is the author of various publications on occupational benefits from the perspective of pension funds and co-author of the commentary on the provisions governing partial liquidation in the Basler Kommentar Berufliche Vorsorge (Basel Commentary on Occupational Benefits) published by Helbing und Lichtenhahn, together with Yolanda Müller and Dr. Christoph Degen.

She is a long-standing municipal councilor and school board in a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, as well as sitting on two foundation boards.

Experience

  • Lawyer at DUFOUR (since 2006)

  • Freelance attorney at the predecessor law firm Saner Boos Degen Müller, Basel (2003-2005)

  • Attorney and partner at a law firm in Muttenz (1993-2001)

  • Attorney at a law firm in Muttenz (1990-1992)

  • Bar exam (1990)

Commitment

  • Municipal councilor and school board

  • Board member of the Paul Börlin-Luder Foundation

  • Chair of the Hans Beutler Foundation

  • Advisory member of the BVG- und Pensionskassenauskünfte association, Basel

Practice areas

Occupational benefits/pension portability

Accident insurance

Welfare funds

Social security law

School and education law

Public law