Associate

Dr. Linus Zweifel

About

Linus Zweifel advises both listed and non-listed clients on M&A transactions as well as on other contract, corporate and capital markets law matters. In addition, he is also active in related dispute resolution proceedings. Linus Zweifel graduated from the University of St.Gallen in 2016. From 2014 to 2018, he worked as a research assistant at two chairs of the University of St.Gallen and became a Junior Associate at Bär & Karrer in 2018. In 2021, Linus Zweifel received his doctorate from the University of St.Gallen with a thesis in the field of arbitration and was admitted to the bar in the same year. In addition to his work as an attorney, Linus Zweifel regularly teaches as a lecturer of the University of St.Gallen. Linus Zweifel is a member of the editorial board of a legal periodical on corporate and capital markets law (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht sowie Umstrukturierungen, GesKR) and regularly publishes in his fields of work.

LanguagesGerman, English
Curriculum
  • Visiting Lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York (2022-2023)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2021)
  • University of St.Gallen (HSG): Dr. iur. (2021); Professor Walther Hug Prize (for the best law dissertations in Switzerland)
  • Lecturer for Private Law and for Business Law at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) (since 2017)
  • Coach of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team of the University of St.Gallen at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Markus Müller-Chen (since 2014)
  • Law Clerk at the Court of Appeal of Basel-Landschaft (2020)
  • Junior Associate at Bär & Karrer (2018-2020)
  • Research assistant at the Chair for International Business Law and Law and Economics of Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Sester (University of St.Gallen) (2014-2018)
  • University of St.Gallen (HSG): M.A. HSG in Law and Economics (2016)
  • Participation in the 21st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2013-2014)
  • Internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Philadelphia, USA (2013)
  • University of St.Gallen (HSG): B.A. HSG in Law and Economics (2013)
  • Student trainee at a business law firm in Basel (2012)
  • Exchange semester at the University of Geneva (2011-2012)
  • Part-time Assistant Consultant at an International Consulting Firm in Zurich and Geneva (2010-2012)
  • Internship at an International Consulting Firm in Zurich (2010)
  • Internship at a bank in Basel (2009)
Memberships and Public Offices
  • Member of the editorial board of a legal periodical on corporate and capital markets law (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht sowie Umstrukturierungen, GesKR)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
  • American Swiss Foundation (YL 2023)
  • HSG Alumni
AdmissionAll Swiss Courts

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Linus Zweifel
P: +41 58 261 53 83
M: +41 58 262 53 83
linus.zweifel@baerkarrer.ch

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