Dr iur Karim Maizar > Kellerhals Carrard > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Dr iur Karim Maizar

+41 58 200 39 00 karim.maizar@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Work Department

• Startups and Venture Capital 
• Structured finance
• Corporate and commercial law, capital markets law, corporate governance
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) 
• Restructurings

Position

Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Career

• Since 2015: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard
• 2011-2014: Senior Associate at Kellerhals Attorneys at Law (today Kellerhals Carrard)
• 2007-2011: Associate Bär & Karrer AG, Zurich 
• 2010: Legal Counsel Swiss Re Ltd., Zurich (Secondment)
• 2004-2005: Junior Associate Bär & Karrer AG, Zurich

Languages

• German
• English

Memberships

• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Young SECA (Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association)
• AIJA
• Swiss Jurists Association
• Pool of arbitrators of the self-regulatory organisation of the Swiss Association of Investment Companies (SAIC)

Education

• 2012: Dr. iur., University of Zurich (Issekutz-Award)
• 2008-2009: Visiting Research Fellow Fordham School of Law, New York
• 2006: Admission to the Zurich Bar
• 2003: lic. iur., University of Zurich