Matthias Staehelin is a partner in the law firm Vischer with offices in Basel and Zurich. He is the lead partner of the firm’s life sciences group and co-heads Vischer's corporate practice. Prior to joining Vischer (or its predecessor) he worked in 1993/1994 with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York as foreign associate. He studied law at the University of Basel where he obtained also his PhD, in Freiburg i.B./Germany (graduate college), at the College of Europe, in Bruges/Belgium, where he obtained a Master of Advanced European Studies (MAES) and a Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes (DHEE) as well as in Halifax/Canada. He is admitted to the bar in Switzerland and is qualified as public notary in the Cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Matthias Staehelin is president of BioValley Basel and Treasurer of the BioValley Business Angels Club (BioBAC). He serves on the Board of Directors of privately held companies including Work in Progress as well as on the Board of Swiss subsidiaries of publicly traded companies. He is also member of the Supervisory Board of Fondation Internationale de Recherche Servier.

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