{"id":4430,"date":"2025-09-23T16:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dufouradvokatur.194.150.248.68.dev-url.ch\/team\/elisabeth-ruff-rudin\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:09:56","slug":"elisabeth-ruff-rudin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dufour-advokatur.ch\/en\/team\/elisabeth-ruff-rudin\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Ruff Rudin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Elisabeth Ruff Rudin<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Portrait<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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 M\u00fcller and Dr. Christoph Degen. <\/span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Experience<\/h3><\/div>
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    Lawyer at DUFOUR (since 2006)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Freelance attorney at the predecessor law firm Saner Boos Degen M\u00fcller, Basel (2003-2005)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Attorney and partner at a law firm in Muttenz (1993-2001)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Attorney at a law firm in Muttenz (1990-1992)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Bar exam (1990)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

    Commitment<\/h3><\/div>
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      Municipal councilor and school board<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Board member of the Paul B\u00f6rlin-Luder Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Chair of the Hans Beutler Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Advisory member of the BVG- und Pensionskassenausk\u00fcnfte association, Basel<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

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

      Occupational benefits\/pension portability<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Accident insurance<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Welfare funds<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Social security law<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      School and education law<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Public law<\/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-4430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nElisabeth Ruff Rudin - Dufour Advokatur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dufour Advokatur AG - Firmen, Private, Stiftungen und Berufliche Vorsorge in Basel\/Schweiz.\" \/>\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\/elisabeth-ruff-rudin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elisabeth Ruff Rudin - 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