Dr. Kevin M. Hubacher, J.M. (LL.M.)
Dr. Kevin M. Hubacher, J.M. (LL.M.)

Dr. Kevin M. Hubacher, J.M. (LL.M.)

Partner, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
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

Country Desks

Rankings & Awards

  • “Kevin Hubacher is highly experienced and extremely street-smart. As a seasoned legal counsel, I still learned a lot from his pragmatic and creative approaches. His work meet my highest quality standard, the task was tackled efficiently, and he kept the back of the investors free” – IFLR 1000, 2023

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

News Portal

Firm News

“Kevin Hubacher is highly experienced and extremely street-smart. As a seasoned legal counsel, I still learned a lot from his pragmatic and creative approaches. His work meet my highest quality standard, the task was tackled efficiently, and he kept the back of the investors free”

IFLR 1000, 2023