Emanuel Wiemken is a Swiss lawyer practising in Basel, Switzerland. He holds the lic. iur. degree, was admitted to the bar in 1975, and works as a partner in the Basel law firm Hartmann, Simonius, Wiemken, Spoendlin.
Background
Emanuel Wiemken was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1946. Basel lies on the Rhine where Switzerland meets France and Germany, and it is the principal city of the canton of Basel-Stadt, the canton in which he is registered as a practising lawyer.
The city's intellectual life has long been shaped by the University of Basel, founded in 1460 and one of the oldest universities in Switzerland. Its legal training and the city's commercial traditions formed the background against which the Basel bar developed in the twentieth century.
Education
Emanuel Wiemken holds the lic. iur. degree, the licentiate in law that Swiss universities awarded to law graduates in the traditional Swiss system. He speaks German, French and English.
Career
Emanuel Wiemken was admitted to the bar in 1975. Swiss advocates are admitted at cantonal level, so this qualification linked him to the legal system of the canton of Basel-Stadt, where he has practised since.
He has worked as a partner in the Basel firm Hartmann, Simonius, Wiemken, Spoendlin. Law practices in Basel bearing the names Simonius and Wiemken have a documented history reaching back to 1916, when Dr. Fritz Hagemann founded a law and notary's office in the city. Offices associated with Prof. Simonius and E. Wiemken formed part of the lineage that later produced the Simonius & Partner firm, which was formed through a merger in 2000.
His current practice is that of a lawyer and notary in Basel. His areas of work include civil law, commercial law, liability and insurance law, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law, and construction law.
