Born in Basel 1968
Law degree from the University of Basel (1993)
Of counsel with a law firm in Basel (1996 - 1999)
Academic assistant to Professor Franz Hasenböhler at the University of Basel (1996 – 2000)
Doctoral thesis on insurance contract law (1999, University of Basel)
Admitted to the Bar in 2001
In-house counsel for the Legal Service at the Federal Office of Private Insurance (2002 – 2005)
Member of the Federal Commission of Experts regarding the Revision of the Swiss Federal Law on Insurance Contracts (2003 – 2006)
Lecturer for Civil Law at the University of Basel (2003 - 2008)
Associate with Schmid Eversheds, Zurich and Bern (2006 - 2008)
Head of Legal Service at the Cantonal Department of Public Health, Canton of Basel-Stadt (2008 - 2011)
With Lenz Caemmerer since 2011
Lecturer with the Swiss Bar Association for Education and Training for Lawyers specializing in Liability and Insurance Law (since 2007)
Lecturer for Insurance Contract Law at the University of Bern (since 2008)
Editor of Insurance Contract Law with Jusletter (since 2010)
Contributions to various publications on insurance law