Dr Mark Eichner > burckhardt Ltd > Basel, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
burckhardt Ltd Offices
Steinentorstrasse 23
P.O. Box 258
4010 BASEL
Switzerland
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Dr Mark Eichner
Work Department
Private clients
Position
Mark’s areas of expertise are establishing, managing and liquidating structures for transnational trusts and estate and succession planning. He also offers the full range of notary services, including advising on and drafting nuptial agreements, wills and corporate documents.
Career
Mark started his career in 2004 with a leading Swiss private bank where he worked in Trust and Estate Services. He then became a member of the private clients team of an international law firm where he focused on inheritance matters, corporate issues and administering and
liquidating trusts. He gained further expertise in cross-boarder issues when working with renown law firms in New York and Paris. He is a Student Liaison Officer with the Basel Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP. Mark is a member of the parliament of the Canton of Basel-City (Grosser Rat).
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
Chairman with the Basel Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP; member of the cantonal parliament of Basel-City (Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt).
Education
Mark studied law at the universities of Basel and Geneva (lic. iur. 2001, Dr. iur. 2007) and is the author of a doctoral thesis on comparative trust law. He was admitted to the bar in 2003 and became a civil law notary in 2009.
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Real estate and construction
burckhardt Ltd’s real estate practice, which also includes three civil law notaries, is headed by Mark Eichner, who has notable expertise in establishing, managing, and liquidating structures for transnational trusts and estate and succession planning, and Daniel Tobler, who advises private clients on matrimonial property and inheritance law matters, and supports clients in private and foreclosure law matters relating to real estate. Jacqueline Burckhardt has extensive experience handling succession issues, and international trust and estate planning. The team often draws on the expertise of specialists in different departments within the firm.