Dr. Christoph Degen
Partner since 1993
Born: 1961 | Admitted to the bar 1989
Languages: German, French, Italian, English
“The more complex a problem, the greater the inspiration for an unusual solution.”
- Partner (since 1993)
- Managing Director of proFonds, umbrella association of Swiss charitable foundations (since 1990)
- Part-time Judge at the Federal Appeals Commission BVG, Lausanne (1998-2006)
- Legal Advisor at Scobag Privatbank AG, Basel (1990-1992)
- Vice-Chairman of Construction and Asset Management of the Evangelical Church of Basel-Stadt
- Chairman of Appeals Board ART Basel
- Lecturer at the Center for Philanthropy Studies, University of Basel and at the Associations Management Institute, University of Fribourg
- Bar Examination Basel-Stadt (1989)
- University of Basel (lic. iur. 1986, Dr. iur. 1993)
- Co-founder and Chairman Stiftung Laurenz für das Kind
- Vice-Chairman of Children’s Emergency Aid Switzerland
- Member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Basel-Stadt
- Member of the Board of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland
- Board member of various Foundations and NPO’s
“The Elite of Foundation Experts in German-speaking countries” (Handelsblatt, Elite Report 2006 and 2009)