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Philippe Nordmann

Philippe Nordmann

Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Basel

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 14 50
philippe.nordmann@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Employment, Incentives, Mobility & Pensions Private Clients Litigation Sports

"Philippe Nordmann is very strong in all aspects." /

"Philippe Nordmann has a very good and fast way of working. He is extremely goal and solution-oriented." - Chambers and Partners

"He is very quick-witted and with his persistence he succeeds again and again in achieving great results." - Lexology

Philippe Nordmann is Co-Head of our Employment Law Team and Head of our Basel Office. He advises companies as well as executive employees in all aspects of employment law (e.g. drafting of employment contracts and employee regulations, setting upcompensation schemes, support concerning dismissals and plant closures, advising companies in negotiations regarding collective bargaining agreements, assignments of employees, staff leasing, work permits, competition clauses etc.). He has substantial experience in litigation (in private and public employment law as well as in other areas of the law). Moreover, Philippe Nordmann is member of the Private Client team. He advises private clients in questions of international law. In addition, he is a board member of several foundations. Philippe Nordmann was a member of the Tax Appeal Commission of the canton of Basel-Stadt from 2013 to 2015. Since 2016 he is Vice-President of the Personnel Appeals Commission of the canton of Basel-Stadt and since 2018 President of the Supporter‘s Association of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the University of St. Gallen.

"Philippe Nordmann is very strong in all aspects." /

"Philippe Nordmann has a very good and fast way of working. He is extremely goal and solution-oriented." - Chambers and Partners

"He is very quick-witted and with his persistence he succeeds again and again in achieving great results." - Lexology

Born in 1972, Philippe Nordmann was educated at the university of Basel (lic. iur. 1995, Dr. iur. 1997) and at the Cardozo School of Law in New York (LL.M. 2002). Before joining Walder Wyss in 2014, he gained working experience as clerk at the civil court in Basel and worked during 14 years as an associate and as a partner in law firms in Basel, during the last four years as a partner in a leading Swiss law firm where he was head of the Employment Law team. Philippe Nordmann is recognized as a leading expert in the area of employment law by Chambers Europe and Who‘s Who Legal. In 2020 and 2025, Philippe Nordmann won the Client Choice Award in the category Labour & Employment for Switzerland. In recent years, he has been repeatedly recognized by Legal 500 as a “Leading Individual” in the category Employment Switzerland.

Philippe Nordmann speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the bar registry of the canton of Basel-Stadt and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Employment 2026

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Gustaf Heintz | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | Online-Publikation

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

by Philippe Nordmann, Marion Bähler, Christian Hagen, Samuel Lieberherr and Dario Glauser | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Online-Publikation

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Employment 2025

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Gustaf Heintz | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | Online-Publikation

Kurzarbeitsentschädigung im Zusammenhang mit US-Zusatzzöllen

| by Philippe Nordmann, Fabian Looser and Jonas Knechtli | Newsletter

Employment 2024 - Chapter Switzerland

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Gustaf Heintz | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Online-Publikation

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Employment 2023

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Gustaf Heintz | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | Online-Publikation

New framework agreement on maintaining subordination under social security law in the case of cross-border home office work of less than 50%

| by Philippe Nordmann, Yannick A. Moser and Lea Germann | Newsletter

New framework agreement on maintaining subordination under social security law in the case of cross-border home office work of less than 50%

| by Philippe Nordmann, Yannick A. Moser and Lea Germann | Newsletter

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Employment 2022

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Gustaf Heintz | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Online-Publikation

Doing Business in Switzerland in 2022

| by Philippe Nordmann, Jonas Knechtli, Boris Räber, Christian Hagen and Samuel Lieberherr | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Zurich | Sammelbände

Kantonaler Mindestlohn und seine Ausnahmen

| by Philippe Nordmann and Fabian Looser | Newsletter

Employment 2021 - Chapter Switzerland

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Sarah Eichenberger | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Online-Publikation

From the home office back to the office

| by Philippe Nordmann and Yannick A. Moser | Newsletter

Vom Homeoffice zurück ins Büro

| by Philippe Nordmann and Yannick A. Moser | Newsletter

Basics of home office work

| by Philippe Nordmann and Frédéric Barth | in: "Handbuch Homeoffice" | 1 ff. | Zeitschriften

Bezahlter Kurzurlaub für Angehörigenbetreuung und langer Betreuungsurlaub bei gesundheitlich schwer beeinträchtigten Kindern

| by Philippe Nordmann and Christoph Burckhardt | Newsletter

Care Leave to Care for Sick Relatives and for Children with a Serious Health Condition

| by Philippe Nordmann and Christoph Burckhardt | Newsletter

«Paternity leave now!» – What next?

| by Philippe Nordmann and Christoph Burckhardt [co-author] | in: "Aktuelle Juristische Praxis" 12 | 1525-1532 | Zeitschriften

Employment 2020 - Chapter Switzerland

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Sarah Eichenberger | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Online-Publikation

Employment 2020: Switzerland - Trends and Developments

| by Philippe Nordmann, Irène Suter-Sieber, Jonas Knechtli and Sarah Eichenberger | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | Online-Publikation
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Recognitions


Chambers Europe 2026 Nordmann P
Chambers GPG Doing Business In... 2026
Chambers GPG Employment 2026
Legal EMEA 2026 - Leading Partner
Lexology_Client Choice Award 2026
GML Elite
IEL Elite 2026
Best Lawyers 2027

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