

Dr. Kevin M. Hubacher, J.M. (LL.M.)
Partner, Zurich
T +41 58 552 01 66
kevin.hubacher@mll-legal.com
Profile
Kevin M. Hubacher co-leads the firm’s insurance practice group and is a member of the Corporate & M&A department and the China Desk. His practice focuses on insurance regulatory law and insurance contract law as well as mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. He regularly advises on general corporate matters, solvent restructurings and matters of contract law. Kevin M. Hubacher is a lecturer in law at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
Prior to joining MLL Legal, Kevin M. Hubacher worked in the insurance working group and Corporate / M&A team of another major law firm in Zurich. He also spent several months on a legal secondment at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. He holds a PhD of the University of Lucerne and a master of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is fluent in German and English and can communicate in Chinese.
Practice Areas
Industry Groups
Country Desks
Deals & Cases
- Advised a leading insurtech in its Series D funding round
- Advised a major German digital and popular periodical publishing house on the sale of its shares in a joint venture with another publishing house
- Advised a state-owned company in a major solvent restructuring splitting the company into two parts with the aim of gradually privatizing one of the two parts
- Advised a leader in hearing care in the acquisition of a business of headphones and hearables
- Advised a leading Swiss insurance company regarding its collaboration with a third-party provider concerning Insurtech
Education & Admission
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, J.M. (LL.M.) (2020)
- Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (2016)
- University of Lucerne, Dr. iur. (2015)
- University of Lucerne, MLaw (2013)
Memberships and public offices
- Swiss Society for Civil Liability and Insurance Law (SGHVR / SDRCA)
- Asia Society Switzerland
- Swiss-Chinese Association (SSC)
- Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC)
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Languages
- German
- English
- Chinese
Publications
- Kommentar zum Lugano Übereinkommen zum Internationalen Zivilverfahrensrecht (LugÜ) | 01.11.2022
- Neuerungen im Versicherungsvermittlungsrecht | 09.09.2022
- Are Insurers Permitted to Operate Innovative Business Models? | 19.06.2021
- The Legacy of COVID-19: Revivifying the Socratic Method for the Benefit of Legal Education in Civil Law Countries | 01.04.2021
Find all publications by Kevin M. Hubacher on our website mll-legal.com.
Publications
Kommentar zum Lugano Übereinkommen zum Internationalen Zivilverfahrensrecht (LugÜ)
Kommentierung der Artikel 8 – 14 LugÜ (Zuständigkeit für Versicherungssachen), Dike Verlag, 2. Auflage, Zürich/St. Gallen 2022- DE
Neuerungen im Versicherungsvermittlungsrecht
Einzelheft «Haftung und Versicherung (HAVE) / Responsabilité et Assurances (REAS)» 03/2022, DIKE Verlag, S. 247-256- DE
Are Insurers Permitted to Operate Innovative Business Models?
CapLaw 3/2021, June 2021- EN
- Kevin M. Hubacher
- Hansjürg Appenzeller
The Legacy of COVID-19: Revivifying the Socratic Method for the Benefit of Legal Education in Civil Law Countries
Journal of Ethics and Legal Technologies (JELT), Volume 3 (1), April 2021, p. 27-58- EN