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BATLINER WANGER BATLINER Rechtsanwälte AG
AM SCHRÄGEN WEG 2
9490 VADUZ
Liechtenstein

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial

Position

Attorney-at-law; Founding partner; co-head of Corporate and Commercial

Practice areas: Administrative Law · Arbitration · Corporate Law | M&A · Foundations and Trusts · Law of Succession, Estate Planning and Lasting Power of Attorney · Private Clients · Private International Law

 

Career

Traineeship at the Princely Court of Justice (1994 – 1995)

Associate in the law firm of Dr. Dr. Batliner & Partner, Vaduz (1996 – 1998)

Traineeship at Becker Glynn Melamed & Muffly, New York (1999)

Associate with Dr. Dr. Batliner & Partner, Vaduz (2000)

Self-employed attorney-at-law (since 2000)

Judge at the Administrative Court (2001 – 2009)

Merger and formation of BWBLEGAL (2002)

Vice President of the Albatros Association (leisure opportunities for individuals with a mental or physical impairment) (2003 – 2015)

Member of the Board of Examiners of the Liechtenstein Bar Association (2006 – 2009)

Member of the board of FUNDEA Treuhand Anstalt (2006 – 2017)

Member of the board of BWBLEGAL (since 2008)

Member of the Liechtenstein Parliament (2009 – 2017)

Chairman of the standing Audit Commission of the Liechtenstein Parliament (GPK) (2009 – 2012)

Chairman of the standing EEA Commission of the Liechtenstein Parliament (EWR) (2013 – 2017)

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Sophie von Liechtenstein Stiftung für Frau und Kind (www.schwanger.li) (since 2015)

President of the Board of Trustees of the Liechtenstein Development Service (LED) (www.led.li) (2017 – 2022)

Member of the Board of Directors of the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) (2020 – 2021)

President of the Board of Directors of the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) (since 2022)

Languages

German, English

Memberships

Liechtenstein Bar Association

Education

Studies of law at the University of Fribourg (lic. iur.) (1994)

Doctor’s degree at the University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur.) with the dissertation titled “Die Zuständigkeit zur Abhandlung internationaler Verlassenschaften im Fürstentum Liechtenstein und ihre Auswirkungen auf das Erbstatut” (Jurisdiction to Handle International Estates in the Principality of Liechtenstein and its Effects on the Lex Successionis) (1999)

Bar examination (1999)

Postgraduate studies at the University of St. Gallen in European and international business law (M.B.L.-HSG) (2001)

Lawyer Rankings

Liechtenstein > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Christian BatlinerBATLINER WANGER BATLINER Rechtsanwälte AG

Corporate and capital markets transactions, high-end M&A and regulatory advice are the linchpin of BATLINER WANGER BATLINER Rechtsanwälte AG, which displays further expertise in the areas of real estate, employment law and data protection. Founding partners Christian Batliner and Martin Batliner both provide full support across a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial law matters, and lead the team alongside financial services expert Markus Wille. Philipp Kranz, who was promoted to partner in January 2023, and Ralph Wanger are in-house fintech experts.