Kellerhals Carrard

Kellerhals Carrard

Lawyers

Christoph Zimmerli

Christoph Zimmerli

Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Law (Company Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social  Responsibility, Remuneration, Board Liability)  Mergers & Aquisitions (transactions, restructuring, succession planning)  Restructuring and reorganisation  Employment Law (including Collective Labour law, labour permits (expatriates), pension plans)  Health Law and Life Sciences  Information and Technology Law

Position

Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, PartnerCertified Specialist SBA Employment Law

Career

since 2014: Partner of Kellerhals Carrard 2003-2014: Associate/Partner/Member with the management board of Wenger Plattner attorneys-at-law, Basel Zurich Berne Geneva  2001-2003: Associate with Pestalozzi Attorneys at law Ltd., Zurich Geneva  1996-1998: Internship with two district courts (Basel and Berne) an a Basel based law firm

Languages

German English French

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)  Swiss Bar Association (SAV) Swiss Jurist Association (SJV) Bernese Bar Association (BAV), practice groups corporate M&A and employment law  Bernese Jurist Assocation (BJV, president)  German-Swiss Jurist Association (DSJV) Pro Jure, alumni organisation of the law faculty of the University of Basel HR Bern, association for HR

Education

2017: CAS Employment Law 2002: Dissertation "Set-off in Court Proceedings and in Arbitration", a study in international comparative law, University of Basel  2001: LL.M. in International and European Law (with distinction, 3rd rank), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Institute of European Studies (IES)  1998: Bar Exam, High Court of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft 1995: lic. iur., University of Basel

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