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Mr Christian Gersbach

+41 44 285 11 11 christian.gersbach@cms-vep.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Employment & Pensions, Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Christian Gersbach is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law and the head of our employment and immigration law team.

He joined CMS in 2004 and advises a wide range of corporate clients in all areas of employment matters (e.g. drafting of employment contracts, employee representation matters, dismissals, dispute resolution). His focus lies on international and cross-border matters.

Christian Gersbach served from 2001 until 2005 as an ordinary judge with a part-time workload at the District Court of Aarau. In 2006/2007 he completed postgraduate studies at New York University (Master of Laws, LL.M.) and worked as a foreign associate in a major New York law firm before re-joining CMS in 2007.

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
• Employment Law Practice Group of Zurich Bar Association

Education

• 2014 – Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law
• 2007 – Master of Laws, LL.M., New York University in New York (USA)
• 2004 – Bar Admission
• 2001 – Lic. iur, magna cum laude, Universität Zürich (exchange studies at Université François Rabelais, Tours, France)