About Us

Wagner Prazeller Hug AG is a renowned law firm in the canton of Basel-Stadt that is characterized by a wide range of legal expertise. The firm's partners and lawyers cover various areas of law, including corporate, contract, employment, construction, real estate, media and sports law.

David Hug

Lawyer, LL.M.

David Hug is a partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG, specializing in corporate, contract, labor and real estate law as well as sports law, and takes on board mandates in the real estate and construction industries.

Performance

David Hug is a partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG and an experienced lawyer in the canton of Basel-Stadt. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Zurich. in International Sports Law and has been registered in the bar register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt since 2016.

His areas of expertise include corporate, contract and employment law, construction and real estate law, data protection law, sports law and arbitration and litigation.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, David Hug is a member of the legal team of the Baselland Chamber of Commerce and holds various board mandates in the real estate and construction industries.

He is an active member of various legal associations, including the Basel Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association.

Career

From 2017
Partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG
2020
LL.M. International Sports Law at the University of Zurich
2016 – 2017
Lawyer in a Basel commercial law firm
2016
Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
2013 – 2015
Worked as a trainee in a Basel law firm and at the civil court in Basel-Stadt
2013
Master of Law (MLaw) from the University of Zurich
2011
Bachelor of Law (BLaw) from the University of Zurich

David Hug is registered in the bar register of the canton of Basel-Stadt.

Markus Prazeller

Lawyer, LL.M.

Markus Prazeller, partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG, is a respected lawyer in Basel-Stadt specializing in media, sports, corporate and contract law. He is legal counsel for the SWISS MEDIA association and a member of the supervisory board of Sport1 Medien AG.

Performance

Markus Prazeller is a partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG and a respected lawyer in the canton of Basel-Stadt. He has an LL.M. in International Sports Law from the University of Zurich with distinction (summa cum laude) and has been registered in the bar register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt since 2014.

His legal focus is on media and communications law, sports law, corporate and contract law as well as association and association law.

Before his legal career, Markus Prazeller was a political journalist and most recently worked as an accredited Federal House editor. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he is legal counsel for the SWISS MEDIA association and a member of the supervisory board of Sport1 Medien AG.

He is also involved in the supervisory commission of the Arxhof Action Center for Young Adults and in the legal team of the Baselland Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of numerous legal associations, including the Basel Bar Association and the Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS).

Career

From 2017
Partner at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG
2020
LL.M. International Sports Law from the University of Zurich (summa cum laude)
2014 – 2017
Lawyer in a Basel commercial law firm
2014
Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
2011
Master of Law (MLaw) from the University of Basel
2009
Bachelor of Law (BLaw) from the University of Basel
2004 – 2012
Political journalist, most recently as an accredited Federal Parliament editor

Markus Prazeller is registered in the bar register of the canton of Basel-Stadt.

Simon Walker

Attorney

Simon Walker, a lawyer at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG since 2022, specializes in media, sports, data protection, labor, corporate and contract law as well as construction and real estate law. He is an active member of the Basel Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association.

Performance

Simon Walker has been a lawyer at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG since 2022 and is registered in the bar register of the canton of Basel-Stadt.

After completing his Master of Law (MLaw) from the University of Basel in 2018, he gained extensive legal experience through internships at the Basel-City Social Insurance Court, the Cantonal Office for Industry, Trade and Labor Basel-Landschaft (KIGA) and at the State Chancellery of the Canton of Basel -City.

Before his current position, he worked as a legal assistant in a Basel commercial law firm.

Simon Walker specializes in media law, sports law, data protection law, employment law and corporate and contract law. He also has expertise in construction and real estate law. He is an active member of the Basel Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association.

Career

From 2022
Lawyer at Wagner Prazeller Hug AG
2022
Licensed to practice law
2019 – 2022
Legal assistant in a Basel commercial law firm
2019
Traineeship at the Basel-Stadt Social Security Court
2019
Traineeship at the Cantonal Office for Industry, Trade and Labor Basel-Landschaft (KIGA)
2018
Traineeship at the State Chancellery of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
2018
Master of Law (MLaw)
2012 – 2018
Studied law (University of Basel)

Simon Walker is registered in the bar register of the canton of Basel-Stadt.