Dr. Beat Brechbühl

Attorney at Law, Managing Partner, LL.M.

Smart, efficient and humorous problem-solver

About

Beat Brechbühl is the managing partner of Kellerhals Carrard and head of the M&A/Corporate Team. He mainly advises on private and public mergers&aquisitions and on complex joint ventures and cooperations and has advised in over 170 transactions of all kinds. Thanks to his experience as a business angel, board member and lecturer in entrepreneurship at the University of Bern, he and his team are also sought-after sparring partners for SMEs, international corporations and entrepreneurs.

Contact

Assistance

Monika Kräuchi

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
Recommended by Chambers and Legal500 in the practice areas of Capital Market Law ("leading individual"), and Corporate, Commercial, M&A (Client praises Beat Brechbühl's "good business judgment and pragmatic approach," also describing him as "intelligent, quick, straightforward and a talented negotiator.)

Expertise

Practice Areas

Energy, Infrastructure and Environment
Corporate and Business Law / M&A
Capital Market & Listed Companies
Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmacology and Biotechnology
Criminal law, legal assistance, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance

Sectors

Energy and Natural Resources
Financial Services and Insurance
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Industry and Trade
Public Sector and Procurement

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities

  • Recommended by Chambers and Legal 500 as "Leading Indiviudal" in the areas of M&A, corporate and capital markets.

  • Recognized by Who's Who Legal as Thought Leader in Firm Management and National Leader in M&A.

  • Winner 2021 of the Entrepreneur Award of the Bernese Chamber of Commerce.

  • Foreign associate at a major US law firm in NJ/NY
  • Employee in the legal department of Sandoz/Novartis Nutrition AG
  • Research assistant at the Institute for Economic Law at the University of Bern, Prof. Roland von Büren department
  • Assistant at the Civilian Seminar, Prof. Eugen Bucher department
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Bern Bar Association (BAV)
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
  • 1998: LL.M., University of Chicago Law School
  • 1997: Dr. iur., University of Bern
  • 1995: Admission to the bar, Bern / attorney at law
  • Member of the regulatory and licensing body of BX Swiss.
  • Lecturer in entrepreneurship at the University of Bern, Institute of Marketing and Management since 2009
  • Co-founder and honorary member of Swiss Venture Club (since 2001)
  • Lecturing assignments at the University of Fribourg (2001-2008) and various CAS programs (2012-present)
  • International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA, president of Skills and Business Law Commissions 2001-2013)

Conferences

ConferencesEvents & Seminars
27. August 2024

„Handeln statt Berichten“ Key Note gehalten anlässlich des NZZ Sustainable Switzerland Forum vom 22. August 2024

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
ConferencesEvents & Seminars
15. August 2024

Laudatio für Dr. Katharina Fontana, Freiheitspreisträgerin 2024

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
ConferencesSpeaking EngagementsGeneral
5. August 2022

Teaser AVAG-Welt (AVAG Generalversammlung 2022)

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
2021

Bonny Preis für die Freiheit 2021 an aBundesrat Dr. h.c. Kaspar Villiger 

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
16. October 2019

Vermeidung sog. Post Merger Litigation, Vortrag beim 4. Nationalen Tag der Unternehmensübertragung

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
17. October 2017

Rechtliche Fallstricke bei der Nachfolge, Referat gehalten anlässlich des 2. Nationalen Tag der Unternehmensübertragung

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
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News

News
16. August 2024

Impulsapéro Bern - Verleihung des Bonny Preises der Freiheit

NewsDeals & Cases
16. July 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard berät BKW als Lead Counsel beim Mehrheitserwerb von HelveticWind

NewsDeals & Cases
17. May 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advised BKW AG in connection with BKW AG's new CHF 1 billion credit facility

NewsGeneralLegal500
27. March 2024

Kellerhals Carrard Shines in The Legal 500 2024 Rankings

NewsChambers
14. March 2024

Kellerhals Carrard Earns Top Honors in Chambers Europe 2024

NewsChambers
15. February 2024

Chambers Global 2024 Highlights Kellerhals Carrad’s Excellence

All News

Further publications

Further publicationsArticles
24. June 2024

Nachhaltiges Handeln statt bürokratisches Regulieren, Gastkommentar in NZZ vom 26. Juni 2024

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
Further publications
24. June 2023

«Sustainable Board»: Führen als Verantwortungsrat, NZZ-Gastbeitrag vom 24. Juni 2023

Dr. Beat Brechbühl, Jean-Luc Chenaux
Further publicationsArticles
12. April 2023

Bankenregulierung – nicht mit heisser Nadel stricken, Gastkommentar in NZZ vom 12. April 2023

Dr. Beat Brechbühl, Prof. Dr. Henry Peter
Further publicationsLegal News
2023

Was sind die Pflichten des Verwaltungsrates bei M&A-Transaktionen?

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
Further publicationsNews
24. June 2022

AVAG Generalversammlung 2022

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
Further publicationsLegal News
5. April 2022

Non-financial reporting in der Schweiz: “Gouverner c’est prévoir”

Dr. Beat Brechbühl, Ines Pöschel
All Further publications

Scientific publications

Scientific publications
2007

Die neue GmbH als massgeschneidertes Rechtskleid für Joint Ventures

Dr. Daniel Emch, Dr. Beat Brechbühl
All Scientific publications

Contact

Bern

Effingerstrasse 1
Postfach
CH-3001 Bern


Tel. +41 58 200 35 00
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch
 

Contact

Dr. Beat Brechbühl
Tel. +41 58 200 35 30
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
beat.brechbuehl@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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