Dr Joel Fischer > Bär & Karrer Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Dr Joel Fischer
Work Department
Banking, Insurance & Finance
Position
Joel Fischer’s practice focuses on banking and finance, internal investigations and white-collar crime, M&A as well as general corporate and commercial matters.
He advises banks, insurance companies, fintechs and other companies on regulatory and transactional matters. He furthermore regularly assists clients in large-scale internal investigations and complex white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement proceedings before Swiss and foreign authorities (incl. U.S. authorities). He also specializes in corporate governance questions and advises clients on the development and implementation of compliance programs.
Drawing from his further experience as a management consultant with a leading global consulting firm he understands the business needs of financial institutions, and tailors his legal advice to them accordingly.
Joel Fischer is a member of the editorial board of a legal periodical on corporate and capital markets law (Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht, GesKR) and regularly publishes in his fields of work.
Joel Fischer won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the IFLR Europe Awards 2020.
Career
- Partner at Bär & Karrer (since 2022)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (2015-2021)
- Attorney at a business law firm (2013-2015)
- Management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (2010-2012)
- Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2009)
- Comparative law studies for the President of the Supreme Court of Israel (2007-2009)
- Trainee at Bär & Karrer (2007-2008)
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
- Swiss Academic Foundation (Alumni)
- The Oxford Union Society
- Member of the editorial board of a legal periodical on corporate and capital markets law (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht, GesKR)
Education
- University of Berne: Dr. iur. (2016; summa cum laude)
- University of Oxford (Law Faculty und Business School): Master’s in Law and in Finance (2013-2014; with Distinction; Merton Award for Distinction)
- University of Zurich (Graduate Institute Geneva, Catholic University of Leuven): lic. iur (2007; summa cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations
(Next Generation Partners)Operating in Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s Geneva office, Saverio Lembo
and Andrew Garbarski lead the white-collar crime group, which advises across the full spectrum of alleged business crimes. Zurich-based Eric Stupp, Joel Fischer and Andreas Länzlinger head the crisis management and internal investigations team, which demonstrates significant prowess in managing cross-border mandates. Basel-based Claudia Götz Staehelin and Oliver M. Brupbacher round out the team’s leadership, contributing their vast expertise in the life sciences and healthcare sector to the practice, having joined from Kellerhals Carrard in April 2023. Other key undertakings for the team, regarded as a ‘leader in Switzerland’, include corporate governance, compliance processes and regulatory issues, alongside a host of others.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Sports law
- Tax