Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli

Attorney at Law, Partner, LL.M. Certified Specialist in Labor Law (SAV)

Dr. Christoph Zimmerli is your experienced and innovative point of contact for corporate and contract law issues and is a recognized expert in labor and personnel law as well as health law / life sciences.

 

About

Dr. Christoph Zimmerli has made a name for himself as a business-oriented and innovative attorney in corporate law (M&A transactions, succession planning, structuring, corporate governance) and in contract law (cooperations, investments, joint ventures, business developments at home and abroad).

As a recognized expert in employment and personnel law (certified specialist in labor law (SAV), co-head of the Labor Law Group and managing director of BERNER ARBEITGEBER (Bern Employers), including collective labor law, permit law and occupational benefits, he also advises and represents our clients in an international context.

Due to his proven specialist knowledge in health law / life sciences and his broad network (as a member of the board of directors of hospitals, member of the cantonal health commission), he is a sought-after point of contact in the healthcare sector.

In addition to his legal activities, he also assists with the development and implementation of new strategies and takes on project management (such as post-merger integration, and implementation of new governance).

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

Experience

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

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  • Securitas AG, secretary of the board of directors
  • Kantonsspital Baden AG, Baden, board of directors
  • Emch + Berger AG Bern, Bern, board of directors
  • Zaugg Group companies, Rohrbach, board of directors
  • CP (CartPrint) International Trading AG, Worb, board of directors
  • International School of Berne Foundation, Gümligen, board of trustees
  • Bern Association of Lawyers (BJV), president
  • Association of Employers, Bern region, managing director
  • Swiss Army, Colonel in the General Staff

 

  • Since 2021: Member of the Executive Board / HR Officer Kellerhals Carrard Bern
  • Since 2014: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard
  • 2003–2014: Associate/partner/member of the Executive Board of Wenger Plattner, Basel Zurich Bern Geneva
  • 2001–2003: Associate at Pestalozzi Attorneys AG, Zurich Geneva
  • 1996–1998: Internships at court and law practices in Bern and Basel
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • German-Swiss Lawyers Association (DSJV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Swiss Lawyers Association (SJV)
  • Bern Bar Association (BAV), specialist groups Corporate Law M&A and Labor Law
  • Bern Association of Lawyers (BJV, President)
  • Pro Jure, Alumni Association of Faculty of Law of the University of Basel
  • HR Bern, Specialist Association for Human Resources

 

  • 2017: Certified Specialist in Labor Law (SAV) and CAS Labor Law, University of Zurich
  • 2002: Dissertation “Accounting in litigation and arbitration,” University of Basel
  • 2001: LL.M. in International and European Law (degree with distinction, 3rd place), Free University of Brussels, Institute of European Studies (IES)
  • 1998: Admitted to the bar, Cantonal Supreme Court of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
  • 1995: lic. iur., University of Basel

 

  • Canton of Bern, cantonal parliament, member of the Health and Social Commission

Further publications

Further publicationsPublications
2017

Blockchain-Anwendungen und rechtliche Herausforderungen in der Praxis

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli
Further publicationsPublications
2012

Kaufvertrags-, Werkvertrags- und Auftragsrecht, Entwicklungen 2011

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli
Further publicationsPublications
2011

Kaufvertrags-, Werkvertrags- und Auftragsrecht, Entwicklungen 2010

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli
Further publicationsPublications
2010

Kaufvertrags-, Werkvertrags- und Auftragsrecht, Entwicklungen 2009

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli
Further publicationsPublications
2009

Mein Unternehmen in Zukunft? Erfolgreiche Nachfolgelösungen müssen sorgfältig geplant werden

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli
Further publicationsPublications
2009

Gouverner c'est prévoir - Die Übertragung vorausschauend planen

Dr. Christoph P. Zimmerli

Contact

Bern

Effingerstrasse 1
Postfach
CH-3001 Bern


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

Gstaad

Promenade 58
CH-3780 Gstaad

gstaad@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

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