Kern Alexander | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Kern Alexander

Of Counsel
Attorney at law, Prof. Dr.

Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 92 54
kern.alexander@pestalozzilaw.com

vCard CV (pdf) Publications list (pdf)

Kern Alexander is an Of Counsel to Pestalozzi and member of the Financial Services group. He advises bank boards on regulation, ethics and strategy. He is Professor of International Financial Law and Banking Regulation at the University of Zurich and a lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Kern Alexander is also a founder of the Research Network of Sustainable Finance. He regularly speaks and publishes in his area of expertise.

Career

2022
  • Of Counsel to Pestalozzi
2010
  • Professorial Chair in Law and Finance, University of Zurich (tenured)
2008
  • Professor / Reader of Economics and Law, School of Law & Department of Economics, Queen Mary, University of London, UK (tenured)
2006
  • Senior Research Fellow in International Financial Regulation, Centre of Financial Analysis and Policy, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Lecturer in International Economic Law, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
2003
  • Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Warwick, UK (tenured)
2001
  • until 2004: Tutor and Supervisor in Economics and Law, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, UK
  • until 2004: Lecturer in International Economics and Law, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
1998
  • Research Fellow, ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK

Publications

Legal aspects of sanctions imposed by Switzerland against Russia

By Kern Alexander, Daniela Fritsch: Legal Update, Zurich 2022

Legal and Comparative Aspects of Swiss Sanctions against Russia

By Kern Alexander, Dora Valenta: SNSF Research Project on Financial Sanctions, Zurich, May 2022
Reconciling Lopsided Mandates, Secondary Objectives and the Importance of Sustainability: The Role of the European Central Bank in the Single Supervisory Mechanism

Reconciling Lopsided Mandates, Secondary Objectives and the Importance of Sustainability: The Role of the European Central Bank in the Single Supervisory Mechanism

By Kern Alexander: European Business Law Review, vol 33, no 1, 2022
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