{"id":6327,"date":"2021-12-01T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T13:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.binderlegal.ch\/team\/bruno-heynen\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:51:04","slug":"bruno-heynen","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.binderlegal.ch\/en\/team\/bruno-heynen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Heynen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae\" class=\"res-block res-header-image alignfull\">\n  <div class=\"res-header-img-outside m-no\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\t<div class=\"res-header-height\">\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  <style> \n\t\t  @media only screen and (min-width: 970px) {\n\t\t\t  \t  #res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1 .jarallax-img { object-position: 0% 10% !important;}  \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t #res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1.header-img-height { height: 100vh;}  \n\t\t\t #res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1 .res-header-image-vertical-center { top: 40%;} \n\t\t\t  #res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1.header-img-height { height: calc(100vh - 100px);} \n\t\t  }\n\t\t  @media only screen and (max-width: 970px) {  \n\t\t\t#res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1.header-img-height { height: 60vh;} \n\t\t\t#res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1 .res-header-image-vertical-center { top: 50%;} \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  #res-header-image-block_5f7aeb6e4d1ae.res-header-image .layout-1 .jarallax-img { object-position: 10% 10% !important;}  \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \t\t  }\n\t\t  \t  <\/style> \n\t\t\n\t  <div class=\"layout-1 jarallax header-img-height\" data-speed=\"0.9\" style=\"background-color: #000;\">\n\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"res-header-image-vertical-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sloganBox\">\n                           <div class=\"row\">\n                             <div class=\"col col-md-8 text-center mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n                                \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n                                \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                 <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jarallax-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.binderlegal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/TheFotoLoft-068-Bearbeitet.jpg\"  style=\"opacity: 1;\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                    \t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t\t \n\t \n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\t\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-txt-block_61a0a0b729d3f\" class=\"res-block res-txt alignfull layout01 pt-4\" style=\"background-color: #f5f3f1;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n \n\t\t  \n\t\t \t  \n      \n      <div class=\"layout-1 txt-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-10 var-1spalten text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-title-field\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <h1>Bruno Heynen<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t   <h3>lic. iur. HSG, LL.M. (LSE), Attorney-at-law and Notary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-textfield postContent pt-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p>Bruno Heynen advises companies, entrepreneurs, members of boards of directors and executive management, shareholders and investors in the areas of corporate governance, company law, contract law, private equity and venture capital.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Heynen studied at the University of St.Gallen (lic. iur. HSG, 1986) and the London School of Economics (LL.M. with specialisation in International Business Law, 1995).<\/p>\n<p>With many years of experience as attorney-at-law in a large Zurich-based law firm and as a lawyer, secretary to the board of directors and secretary to the executive management of multinational companies, Bruno Heynen has extensive experience in business law, particularly in the areas of corporate governance, company law, capital market regulation, contract law, private equity and venture capital.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his work at Binder Rechtsanw\u00e4lte, Bruno Heynen serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Corporate Governance Competence Centre at the Institute for International Management and Diversity Management of the University of St.Gallen. From 2020 to 2025, he was the Co-Director of the European Council on Corporate Governance of the Conference Board.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Heynen is married and the father of three adult children. He is a tennis and skiing enthusiast and enjoys travelling with his wife.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-textfield-btns pt-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/div> \t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t  \n \n \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-kontaktinformationen-block_61a61b19b37a9\" class=\"res-block res-kontaktinformationen alignfull  pb-4\" style=\"background-color: #f5f3f1;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n \t  \n      \n     <div class=\"kontaktinformationen\">\n\t\t<div class=\"postContent\">\n\t\t \n\t\t\t<div class=\"d-sm-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"telefon mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:+41 79 672 88 55\"><i class=\"fad fa-phone brand-color\"><\/i>+41 79 672 88 55<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-mail mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:bruno.heynen@binderlegal.ch\"><i class=\"fad fa-envelope brand-color\"><\/i>bruno.heynen@binderlegal.ch<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"v-card mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.binderlegal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vCard-Bruno-Heynen-2025-06-03-deutsch.vcf\" download><i class=\"fad fa-arrow-to-bottom brand-color\"><\/i>vCard<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"v-card mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.binderlegal.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CV-Bruno-Heynen-2026-01-28-english.pdf\" download><i class=\"fad fa-file-user brand-color\"><\/i>CV<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"linkedin mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bruno-heynen-40a605ba\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in brand-color\"><\/i>LinkedIn<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t  \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-txt-block_61a76ff3e913b\" class=\"res-block res-txt layout01 pt-4\" style=\"background: transparent;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n \n\t\t  \n\t\t \t  \n      \n      <div class=\"layout-1 txt-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-10 var-1spalten text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-title-field\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-textfield postContent pt-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-textfield-btns pt-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/div> \t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t  \n \n \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-table-acf-block_61a5fbd89a7f9\" class=\"res-block res-table-acf p-no\" style=\"background: transparent;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\n<table class=\"table table-striped\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td>since 2018<\/td><td>Counsel at Binder Rechtsanw\u00e4lte (registered with the Bar in the Canton of Aargau)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2004\u20132018<\/td><td>Lawyer at Novartis in various functions, including Head Corporate Law &amp; Governance of Novartis and Secretary to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Novartis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001\u20132004<\/td><td>General Counsel of Danzas, and thereafter of DHL Air &amp; Ocean<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1996\u20132000<\/td><td>Inhouse Counsel at Roche<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1995<\/td><td>LL.M. with specialisation in International Business Law (London School of Economics)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1993\u20131995<\/td><td>Lawyer at Froriep Renggli, Zurich and London<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989\u20131993<\/td><td>Lawyer at a bank and at a trust company<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>Admitted to the Solothurn Bar as an attorney-at-law and as notary of the Canton of Solothurn and admitted to all courts in Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1986<\/td><td>lic. iur. HSG (University of St.Gallen)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t  \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-txt-block_61a77061e913c\" class=\"res-block res-txt layout01 pt-4\" style=\"background: transparent;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n \n\t\t  \n\t\t \t  \n      \n      <div class=\"layout-1 txt-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-10 var-1spalten text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-title-field\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Further activities<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-textfield postContent pt-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-textfield-btns pt-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/div> \t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t  \n \n \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-table-acf-block_61a5fdd8e504c\" class=\"res-block res-table-acf pb-4\" style=\"background: transparent;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\n<table class=\"table table-striped\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td>Counsel to Georgeson in Switzerland (2018\u20132025)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General Counsel of TargImmune Therapeutics AG (2022\u20132025)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General Counsel of ACM Biosciences AG (2020\u20132022)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Co-Director of the European Council on Corporate Governance of the Conference Board (2020\u20132025)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Member of the Advisory Board of the Corporate Governance Competence Centre at the Institute for International Management and Diversity Management of the University of St.Gallen (since 2016)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t  \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lic. iur. 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