Beat Brechbühl
Do's and Don'ts in International Negotiations
Professional
Co-founder and managing partner/chairman of Kellerhals Carrard since 2006
Head of M&A/Corporate practice group since 2006
Areas of expertise: International business and corporate law, M&A, private equity and venture capital, corporate governance
Partner with Kellerhals & Partner (since 2003) Associate with Kellerhals & Partner (1999-2002) Secondee with a US law firm (1998)
Legal Counsel at Sandoz/Novartis Nutrition AG (1996/97)
Board of Directors
AVAG Environment AG (Chairman), OM Pharma, Mobiliar Coopera- tive, Swiss Automotive Group), be-advanced (innovation promo- tion platform), Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation, Swiss Deep Tech Foundation, admission board of BX Swiss AG (stock exchange)
Selection of previous board positions:
Quickline Group (until June 2024), Farner Communication (until January 2024), SCB Group AG (chairman, until 2022), Bern Airport (chairman until 2021), Wandfluh Group (until 2023), Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital (until December 2023), BV Holding AG (until 2019)
Teaching
Lecturer for entrepreneurship at the University of Bern, Institute for Management and Marketing since 2009
Lecturer at CAS of Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepre- neurial Medicine (sitem-insel) since 2019
Selection of previous lectures:
2001-2009: Lecturer at the University of Fribourg
Since 2005: Guest lecturer at CAS for Entrepreneurial Leadership (Univ. Bern), at CAS for BoD at Rochester-Bern Executive Pro- gram, and at Swiss Board School of Univ St. Gallen (USG)
Civil Society Engagements
Member of boards of trustees of Avenir Suisse and Bonny Foundation for Freedom), chairman of the Economic Society of the Canton of Berne (VWG-Bern), and Co-founder/ board member of Swiss Venture Club (SVC)
Selection of previous engagements:
Initiator/Jury president "5vor12 - Award for smart (De)regulation”
Bernese Bar Association: Initiator and head of "Continuing Educa- tion in Business Law " 2001-2008 and of Swiss-Hungarian Lawyers Association 1992-1998
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) President SCILL- Commission (2009-2012); President International Business Law Commission (20026-2009); National Representative (2005-2008).
Municipal councilor of the municipality of Muri-Gümligen (executive branch 1992-1997)
Second youngest member of a parliament in Switzerland at that time (1989-1992)
Education
Dr. iur., 1998, magna cum laude
LL.M., University of Chicago Law School, inter alia in Corporate Fi- nance and Banking 1997/98
Senior research assistant at the Business Law Department, Prof. Roland von Büren (1995/96)
Bar Admission 1995
Junior research fellow at Civil Law Department, Prof. Eugen Bucher (1992-1995)
University of Bern Law School 1990-1995
Publications
Numerous publications in professional and business journals on gov- ernance, M&A, corporate law, capital markets, antitrust, regulation, sustainability/ESG, succession planning and entrepreneurship (List of publications on request)
Awards
Bernese Chamber of Commerce Business Award 2021 Honorary Member of Swiss Venture Club, AIJA and of SCB Executive Club.