{"id":4448,"date":"2025-09-23T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dufouradvokatur.194.150.248.68.dev-url.ch\/team\/viviane-bates\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:00:44","slug":"viviane-bates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dufour-advokatur.ch\/en\/team\/viviane-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Viviane Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Viviane Bates<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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

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. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Experience<\/h3><\/div>
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    Attorney at DUFOUR (since 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Attorney at a large law firm (2022-2023)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Managing Director of the INA KESS Animal Foundation (2022-2023)<\/div><\/li>
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    Investigating officer of white-collar crime in the canton of Baselland (2021-2022)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Bar exam Basel-Stadt (2020)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

    Commitment<\/h3><\/div>
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      Founder and president of the Association Little Souls<\/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>

      Employment law<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

      Contract and company law<\/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-4448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nViviane Bates - 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\/viviane-bates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Viviane Bates - 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