Barbara Jecklin

Practice Areas

Barbara Jecklin specialises in finance matters, covering mainly corporate debt finance, structured finance, asset finance (including real estate finance) and acquisition finance. She advises on corporate and general commercial law issues.

She is able to offer her in depth legal expertise to clients who, at the same time, benefit from her long standing experience which she gathered throughout her tenure at a major international bank, enabling her to understand and facilitate pragmatic and holistic solutions.

Head of the Practice Group Contracts

Member of the Practice Group Corporate & Transactions

Member of the Industry Group Financial Services

Member of the Practice Group International Practice

Admitted to the Swiss Bar since 2000.

Career

Partner at Bratschi Ltd. (since 2015)

Legal Counsel at UBS AG, Zurich (2007-2015)

Associate at Bär & Karrer, Zurich (2003-2006)

Research Assistant at the Institute for Economic Law, University of Berne (2001-2002)

Various internships with courts and law firm, Canton of Berne (1998-2000)

Professional Memberships

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Bernese Lawyer's Society(BJV)

Publications

- financial services blog: New Regulatory Framework for Crypto Markets - Barbara Jecklin and Rolf H. Weber in: bratschi financial services blog, February 2025

- Switzerland - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers - Barbara Jecklin together with Elisa Aliotta, Reto Arpagaus, Michael Barrot, Claudio Bazzi, Adrian Bieri, Kurt Blickenstorfer, Nicola Corvi, Tobias Herren, Cédric Jenoure, Florian S. Jörg, Harald Maag, Martin Moser, Daniel Mosimann, Thomas Peter, Pascal Rüedi, Thomas Schönenberger, Christian Wind and Sascha Wohlgemuth in: Begg Peter F.C. (ed.), International Handbook - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers, The Netherlands 2024. This is a reprint from the «International Handbook – Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers: Switzerland», published by Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands 2024, with the permission of Kluwer Law International. Copyright: Bratschi Ltd., 2024.

- Switzerland - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers - Barbara Jecklin together with Elisa Aliotta, Reto Arpagaus, Michael Barrot, Claudio Bazzi, Adrian Bieri, Kurt Blickenstorfer, Nicola Corvi, Ion Eglin, Tobias Herren, Cédric Jenoure, Florian S. Jörg, Harald Maag, Martin Moser, Daniel Mosimann, Thomas Peter, Pascal Rüedi, Thomas Schönenberger, Christian Wind and Sascha Wohlgemuth in: Begg Peter F.C. (ed.), International Handbook - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers, The Netherlands 2022. This is a reprint from the «International Handbook – Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers: Switzerland», published by Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands 2020, with the permission of Kluwer Law International. Copyright: Bratschi Ltd., 2022.

- Switzerland - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers - Barbara Jecklin together with Elisa Aliotta, Reto Arpagaus, Adélaïde Babey, Michael Barrot, Claudio Bazzi, Adrian Bieri, Kurt Blickenstorfer, Walter Boss, Myriam Dannacher, Ion Eglin, Tobias Herren, Cédric Jenoure, Florian S. Jörg, Harald Maag, Stefanie Monge, Martin Moser, Daniel Mosimann, Thomas Peter, Pascal Rüedi, Thomas Schönenberger, Alain Villard, Christian Wind, Sascha Wohlgemuth and Pascal Zgraggen in: Begg Peter F.C. (ed.), International Handbook - Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers, The Netherlands 2020. This is a reprint from the «International Handbook – Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers: Switzerland», published by Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands 2020, with the permission of Kluwer Law International. Copyright: Bratschi Ltd., 2020.

- Commercial contracts in Switzerland - Anton Vucurovic, Barbara Jecklin, Thomas Peter in: Getting The Deal Through - Commecial Contracts, 2019Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Commercial Contracts 2019, (published in September 2019; contributing editors: Wood William D., Miller Neil Q., Stebbing Holly, Varnado Lauren W. and Ibrahimov Ayaz).

Languages Spoken

German

English

Education

Awards