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Kellerhals Carrard Offices

Kellerhals Carrard
EFFINGERSTRASSE 1
3001 BERNE
Switzerland
Visit website 41 58 200 35 00 41 58 200 35 11

Dr iur Christoph Zimmerli

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+41 58 200 35 00 christoph.zimmerli@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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, Partner
Certified 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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Switzerland > Employment

Kellerhals Carrard advises clients on various employment issues, such as gender discrimination, internal investigations, mass redundancies, drafting of internal regulations, and compensation claims. The team prides itself on its longstanding relationships with high-level clients, as well as its ability to continuously expand its clientele across various industries including consumer goods and retail, healthcare, life science, and pharma. Team co-head Christoph Zimmerli has extensive expertise in collective labour law, permit law, and occupational benefits. Urs Marti, who also co-heads the team, is a specialist in all issues of employment law from individual and collective employment law to public employment law. The team also benefits from the expertise of employment specialists Daniel Alder and Jonathan Bernasconi .

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