Peter Ackermann
Legal Counsel, LL.M.
Profile
Peter Ackermann joined MME in 2016 as Off-Counsel. Since 2015 he is Global General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of a Zurich based international Asset Manager, one of the market leaders in profit oriented Development Finance. Before, he acted for 20 years as partner in a medium-sized corporate law firm in Zurich. Based on his long-standing activity as corporate lawyer with his focus areas in corporate law, financial supervisory law as well as contract law, Peter Ackermann shows a broad experience and disposes of profound knowledge in respect of cross-border transactions and projects. His practical experience is completed with his long-lived activity in various managing and supervisory bodies (such as board of directors, board of foundations).
Business activities
- Compliance
- Financial Supervisory Law
- Financial Marktes
- Development Finance
- Microfinance
- Infrastructure projects
- Banking law
- Climate Protection Law and ESG
Education
- 1990
- University of New York (LL.M.)
- 1987
- Admitted to the Bar (Attorney-at-law and Notary of the Canton of Solothurn)
- 1986
- University of Berne (lic. iur.)
Languages
- German
- French
- English
Practical Experience
- since 2016
- Legal Counsel at MME
- since 2015
- Global General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, responsAbility Investments AG Zürich
- 1996-2014
- Founding partner in a medium-sized corporate law firm in Zurich
- 1991-1996
- Partner in a large corporate law firm in Zurich
- 1990-1991
- Foreign Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York and Paris
- 1985-1989
- Attorney in a large corporate law firm in Zurich
Memberships
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- SEC Regulated Investment Advisor Association (SRIAA)
- Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
- Center for International Legal Studies (CILS)
Services
Contact
Peter Ackermann
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Secretariat
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From the magazine
CO2-Act
Switzerland ratified the Paris Convention on Climate Change ("Paris Agreement") in October 2017. Together with most industrialised countries, Switzerland has thus committed itself to halving its CO2 emissions compared with 1990 levels.
ESG, supply chain and customs
All goods that are imported, exported or transited into Switzerland must be declared to the customs administration. On the basis of various legal principles, the regulations and conditions at the border crossing of the goods are checked and spot-checked. It is little known that, for example, the Environmental Protection Act, various ordinances such as the Plant Protection Ordinance and the Chemicals Ordinance apply to imports and exports.
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