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Livia Keller represents clients in employment, in contractual as well as in commercial and corporate disputes before cantonal courts and the Federal Court. She also advises on various aspects of employment law, e.g., on employment agreements, employee handbooks, working time regulations, bonus schemes, terminations, domestic and international personnel lending, and employment law issues in connection with domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings, including employment due diligence, transfer of employees and mass dismissals.
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Livia Keller is recognised by Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer in litigation and employment.
The following is a selection of cases in which Livia Keller has acted:
- Civil proceedings concerning an international Swiss industrial company faced with numerous lawsuits brought by the minority shareholder pertaining to requests for information, challenges against resolutions of the general meeting, as well as director’s liability under corporate law
- Civil proceedings concerning an international bank in the context of the misappropriation of client funds by a customer relationship officer
- Employment litigation regarding validity of termination and substantial bonus claims
- Employment law advice in a major M&A transaction, in particular regarding employment due diligence, transfer of employment relationships, and potential mass dismissal
- Employment law advice regarding the structuring, drafting and implementation of international employment agreements as well as regarding personnel lending across group companies.
- Konkurrenz- und Abwerbeverbote (English translation: Non-compete and Non-solicitation Covenants) Speaker at Webinar Arbeitsrecht / Weblaw Academy, 26 March 2025
- Notice of Termination (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2024
- Fixed-Term Contracts (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2024
- Fixed-Term Contracts (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2023
- Employment Litigation and Timelines (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2023
- Individual Employee Termination (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2023
- Fixed-Term Contracts (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2022
- Notice of Termination (Switzerland) in: Practical Law Global Employment, Thomson Reuters, 2022
- Die Sanierung im neuen Aktienrecht (English translation: Restructuring in the New Stock Corporation Law) in: Die aktienrechtliche Sanierung by Thomas Sprecher, Europa Institut of the University of Zurich, 2021
- Die Sanierung im neuen Aktienrecht (English translation: Restructuring in the New Stock Corporation Law) Speaker at 11. Tagung zur Sanierung und Insolvenz von Unternehmen, Europa Institut of the University of Zurich, 9-16 June 2020
- NKF Client News: Coronavirus COVID-19 / Employment Law: Short Time Work and Compensation for Loss of Earnings, 2020 Online Publication, March 2020
- NKF Client News: New guideline by SECO regarding intra-group hiring of services, 2017 Online Publication, 17 August 2017
- Willkürrüge im Rahmen der Revisionshaftung, Besprechung von BGer 4A_236/2015 vom 15. September 2015 in: ius.focus 11/2015, Nr. 284
- Bestellung eines Sachwalters, Besprechung von HGer ZH HE120276 vom 18. Oktober 2012 (ZR 2013, 200 ff.) in: ius.focus 2/2014, Nr. 36
- Verfahren bei der Löschung einer Gesellschaft von Amtes wegen, Besprechung von HGer ZH HE120481 vom 18. Februar 2013 (ZR 2013, 204 ff.) in: ius.focus 1/2014, Nr. 11
- Gewinnverteilung nach Köpfen bei der Liquidation einer einfachen Gesellschaft, Besprechung von HGer ZH HG100287 vom 21. Januar 2013 in: ius.focus 12/2013, Nr. 313
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit bei Gewährung von Darlehen, Besprechung von BGer 4A_97/2013 vom 28. August 2013 in: ius.focus 10/2013, Nr. 260
- Übernahmeangebot für vinkulierte Aktien, Besprechung von HGer ZH HG090265 vom 26. September 2012 (ZR 2013, nr. 20) in: ius.focus 9/2013, Nr. 234
- Verantwortlichkeit und Rangrücktritt, Besprechung von OGer ZH LB120046 vom 4. Dezember 2012 in: ius.focus 8/2013, Nr. 206
- Organisationsmangel, Besprechung von BGer 4A_4/2013 vom 13. Mai 2013 in: ius.focus 7/2013, Nr. 176
- Nachweis der Gründung einer einfachen Gesellschaft, Besprechung von BGer 4A_684/2012 vom 6. Mai 2013 in: ius.focus 6/2013, Nr. 151
2019
LL.M., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2015
Admitted to the Bar, Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin)
2012
Master of Law, University of Zurich
2010
Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich
Legal500 EMEA 2025: Leading Associate
Legal500 EMEA 2024: Rising Star
Legal500 EMEA 2023: Recommended
Legal500 EMEA 2022: Recommended
Legal500 EMEA 2021: Recommended
Legal500 EMEA 2018: Recommended
- IBA International Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
2024
Counsel, Niederer Kraft Frey
2021
Senior Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
2015
Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
2013
Junior Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
2012
Trainee Clerk, District Court of Dietikon
2010
Trainee, major law firm in Zurich
2010
Trainee, District Court of Uster
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