Franz J. Kessler | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Franz J. Kessler

Partner
Attorney at law, Dr. iur., LL.M.
Head Energy Law

Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 93 42
franz.j.kessler@pestalozzilaw.com

vCard CV (pdf) Publications list (pdf)

Franz Kessler is strategically excellent. He has a good network and offers good client service.

Chambers & Partners, 2024

He is an extremely competent personality on whom you can rely at all times.

Chambers & Partners, 2024

Franz Kessler's client service and general level of service is very strong."

Chambers & Partners, 2024

Franz J. Kessler is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s Corporate / M&A Group as well as head of Pestalozzi’s Energy Law practice. He advises clients in corporate governance issues, private and public M&A transactions, energy law (including hydropower concessions and regulatory issues), public procedural law and real estate law. He is an authorized issuer’s representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. Franz J. Kessler is listed in Chambers Europe, Switzerland Energy section.

Career

2020
  • Partner at Pestalozzi
2004
  • Partner at von der Crone Attorneys at Law
2003
  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (USA): LL.M.
2000
  • Associate at von der Crone Attorneys at Law
  • University of Zurich: Dr. iur.
1999
  • Bar Admission: Switzerland
1997
  • Junior Associate at business law firm in Zurich
  • University of Zurich: lic. iur.

Languages

German, English, French

Membership

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Commission on Legal Fees of the Zurich Bar Association (Chairman)
  • Zurich Law Association

Deals and Cases

Pestalozzi advises NIBE Group in connection with a divestment of 26% of Schulthess Maschinen AG

30.06.2022

Pestalozzi advises NIBE Group in connection with a divestment of 26% of Schulthess Maschinen AG

Pestalozzi wins electricity grid access tariff case in Federal Supreme Court

17.11.2020

Pestalozzi wins electricity grid access tariff case in Federal Supreme Court

Publications

Kommentierung von Art. 959c, 961 und 961a OR

By Franz J. Kessler, Dieter Pfaff: in Dieter Pfaff, Stephan Glanz, Thomas Stenz, Florian Zihler (Hrsg.), Rechnungslegung nach Obligationenrecht, Praxiskommentar, 3. Auflage, Zürich 2024

Wie hat sich der Alltag des Verwaltungsrats unter neuem Aktienrecht verändert?

By Franz J. Kessler: Vortrag am Schulthess Forum Aktienrecht vom 23. Januar 2024, erschienen in iusNet Gesellschaftsrecht, Zürich 2024

Preliminary Draft for a Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities (TLEA)

By Franz J. Kessler, Sven Aschwanden, Ioannis Meili: Legal Update, Zurich 2023
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