Preferred practice areas

Notary services, Construction and Real Estate Law, Marriage and Inheritance Law, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Contract law and Contract Negotiations, Foundations, Associations and Ombudsman Offices

Education

• University degree
• Bar admission in Berne in 1982
• Notary admission in Berne in 1984

Work Experience
I work as a commercial lawyer and notary, and I founded the firm Häusermann + Partners in 1982. My main focus is economic law. For several years I have been giving lectures at seminars on inheritance and stock corporation law as well as liability actions and real estate transactions.
I act as executer in connection with heritage and as a consultant for many real estate projects. I founded the company Transliq AG (a specialized trust company in the field of bankruptcy) and I have expanded it to 30 employees (2005). During this time I directed various major bankruptcy proceedings such as Swisscargo, Samen Mauser, etc. I sold all the company stocks to the employees as part of a management buyout in 2005.

Special Functions

Present mandates as president or vice president of the administrative board:

• Häusermann + Partner AG, Berne
• Häusermann + Partner Advokatur AG, Berne
• Benchmarc AG, Berne
• HS Gstaad Invest AG, Saanen
• Buchmatt Immobilien AG, Burgdorf
• PRiOT AG, Burgdorf
• ABZ Immobilien AG
• SAZA Vision AG
• Schlosshoger AG

Former mandates/functions on the administrative boards:

• 1980 – 1985 Consultant Building Law, FH Burgdorf
• 1986 – 2023 President Administrative Board Häusermann Verwaltungs AG, Berne
• 1994 – 2008 VP Administrative Board Hatag AG (today Hasco AG), Ostermundigen
• 1996 – 2005 President Administrative Board Transliq AG, Berne
• 1997 – 2000 Member Administrative Board Spar- and Leihkasse, Berne
• 2000 – 2010 Managing Director IXYS GmbH, Brügg
• 2000 – 2011 President Administrative Board Valiant Privatbank AG, Berne
• 2000 – 2005 Member Administrative Board Valiant Holding, Lucerne
• 2001 – 2020 President Administrative Board emmental trinkwasser, Burgdorf
• 2005 – 2012 VP Administrative Board Valiant Holding, Lucerne
• 2005 – 2008 Member Administrative Board, Bâloise Anlagestiftung für Personalvorsorge, Basel
• 2010 – 2021 President ABF Holding AG, Berne
• 2014 – 2020 Consultant at Swiss Finance Institute, Zurich
• 2019 – 2021 President Amtsbürgschaftsgenossenschaft für den Kanton Bern, Berne

Member of the following foundation boards:

• Styner-Stiftung, Berne
• Eduard Tschumi Musikpreis-Stiftung, Berne
• Roches-Utiger-Stftung, Berne
• Zigerli-Hegi-Stiftung, Berne

Other positions:

• Investigating agent of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• President of the Committee of Creditors of Swiss Dairy Food AG (in estate liquidation) (completed)

Publications

• Basler Kommentar SchKG: Co-Autor Art. 143, 143a und 143b SchKG (3. Auflage 2021)
• Due Diligence – Frühzeitige Identifikation von „deal breakers“ (Handelszeitung vom 04.11.2008)
• Besonderheiten bei Paketverkäufen von Liegenschaften (Handelszeitung 02/08)
• Immobilien – Überführung von direkten in indirekten Anlagen (19. VVP-Seminar 2008)
• Corporate Governance und Sanierungsrecht (IWIR 2003, S. 9)
• Geld-, Bank- und Finanzmarkt-Lexikon der Schweiz 2002: Definition der Begriffe „Beglaubigung, Bevollmächtigter, Eigentumsgarantie, Eigentumsvorbehaltsregister, Gemeinschuldner, Gläubigerbegünstigung, Grundbuch, Grunddienstbarkeit, Grundlast, Grundpfandrecht, Grundpfandtitel, Grundpfandverschreibung und Masseschulden“
• Basler SchKG-Kommentar: Co-Autor Art. 133 – 143b SchKG (1. Auflage 1998), Autor Art. 143, 143a und 143b SchKG (2. Auflage 2010)
• Scharfe Kausalhaftung (IWIR 1998, S. 135)
• Freihandverkauf im Umbruch (IWIR 1998, S. 3)
• Freihandverkauf von Immobilien im revidierten SchKG (Schweizer Treuhänder, 6/1995, S. 513)
• Die Zinserträge bei konkursrechtlichen Liegenschaftsverwertungen (Schweizer Treuhänder 7/8 1994, S. 601)
• Gesamteigentum in der Zwangsverwertung (Schweizer Treuhänder 7/8 1994, S. 591)