Nicolas Keller
Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public
lic. iur. HSG, LL.M. / Partner
«My work blends legal accuracy with a pragmatic approach, so that theoretical knowledge is converted into viable practice.»
Competencies
Legal work
Nicolas Keller primarily advises domestic and international companies on contractual matters, corporate and commercial law, as well as banking and financial market law. The core of his legal practice consists of providing legal support for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), drafting and negotiating contracts (especially purchase, work/service, distribution, and licensing agreements, as well as joint venture agreements) in the industrial and financial sectors, and supporting startups with legal issues across all stages, from formation to exit. His areas of expertise also include amicable dispute resolution. As a public notary, he performs notarizations and certifications. He is authorized as a qualified representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He holds various mandates as Chairman, member, or Secretary of Boards of Directors.
Education
Certified Global Negotiater (CAS) from the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law of the University St. Gallen
Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York City, USA
Admitted to the St. Gallen bar
Law degree from the University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Professional background
Teacher at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) on contract law and drafting of contracts
Attorney-at-Law at schochauer, partner since July 2014
Employed as an Attorney-at-Law in a large business law firm in Zurich, focussing on banking and capital market law as well as commercial
and corporate law; during this employment secondments to the legal departments of the fund management and asset management divisions
of a major foreign bank in Zurich and to a globally active investment bank in London
Advisor to private and business customers at a major Swiss bank, internships in the legal departments of the asset management and the investment banking divisions of this bank
Administrative board mandates
Company secretary
Member of the board of directors
Member of the board of directors
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Publikationen
in: Fabiana Theus Simoni / Isabel Hauser / Harald Bärtschi (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht, 2. Auflage Basel, 2022.
§98 (Anmeldung und Eintragung), § 99 (Liquidationsverfahren) und § 100
(Löschung im Handelsregister
in: Fabiana Theus Simoni / Isabel Hauser /
Harald Bärtschi (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schweizer Genossenschaftsrecht, Basel,2022.
§ 53 (Organisation der Geschäftsführung)
in: Fabiana Theus Simoni / Isabel
Hauser / Harald Bärtschi (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schweizer GmbH-Recht, Basel, 2019.
in: Willi Fischer / Thierry Luterbacher (Hrsg.), Haftpflichtkommentar: Kommentar zu den
schweizerischen Haftpflichtbestimmungen, Zürich, 2016.
und der EU
in: Thomas Reutter / Thomas Werlen (Hrsg.), Kapitalmarkttransaktionen VI, Zürich, 2011.