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Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

Sebastian Rieger<\/h1><\/div>
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Portrait<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Sebastian Rieger is an attorney and partner at DUFOUR Advokatur AG in Basel. He is also deputy managing director of proFonds, umbrella organization for charitable foundations in Switzerland. He advises foundations, donors and NPOs and represents them in court and before authorities. In addition to foundation and association law, his current areas of expertise include inheritance law, in particular estate planning, as well as art and cultural law. He is ombudsman for ART Basel. Sebastian Rieger regularly publishes articles on various legal topics, particularly those relating to foundation law. He also sits on the board of various foundations and is managing director of one foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Experience<\/h3><\/div>
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    Ombudsman for ART Basel (since 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Partner (since 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Deputy Managing Director at proFonds, umbrella organization for charitable foundations in Switzerland (since 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Head of Legal and Finance at proFonds, umbrella organization for charitable foundations in Switzerland (since 2018)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Attorney at DUFOUR Advokatur AG (since 2016)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Bar exam Basel-Stadt (2016)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

    Commitment<\/h3><\/div>
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      Board member of Foundation LBB<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Board member of Foundation Mehr Leben<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Board member and Managing Director of Mathilde Daudert Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

      Practice areas<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Foundations and NPOs<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Inheritance and estate planning<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Execution of wills<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Art and cultural law<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Data Protection<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration)<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4276,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSebastian Rieger - Dufour Advokatur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sebastian Rieger is a partner at DUFOUR Advokatur in Basel focusing on foundations, estate planning, data protection, inheritance and art law.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dufour-advokatur.ch\/en\/team\/sebastian-rieger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sebastian Rieger - 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