Nina Reiser
Nina Reiser
Prof. Dr.
Permanent guest
ILE-HSG
Büro 34-009
Varnbüelstrasse 19
9000 St. Gallen
Büro 34-009
Varnbüelstrasse 19
9000 St. Gallen
Publications
Main Focuses
Financial Market Law
Company Law
Fields of research
Financial Market Law
Company Law
Education
- 2016: Habilitation (University of Zurich)
- 2013: LL.M. (Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA)
- 2012: Doctorate (Dr. iur., University of Zurich, summa cum laude)
- 2009: Admission to the bar
- 2006: Master of Laws (University of Zurich and the Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, magna cum laude)
Professional Career
- As of December 2023: Titular Professor for private and business law at the University of Zurich
- As of June 2023: Substitute Member of the Examination Commission for Attorneys at Law of the Canton of St. Gallen
- As of May 2023: Vice Director at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG)
- As of August 2022: Associate Professor for Financial Market Law and Co-founder of the Center for Financial Services Innovation at HSG
- August 2019 - June 2022: Group Head Authorizations, Banks division at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
- Since January 2019: Professor of Private and Business Law at Kalaidos Law School, Zurich
- Since February 2017: “Privatdozentin” (PD, venia legendi for private and business law) at the University of Zurich
- April 2017 - July 2019: Senior Legal and Policy Specialist, Regulation, Strategic Services division at FINMA
- May 2015 - March 2017: Experienced Legal and Policy Specialist, Regulation, Strategic Services division at FINMA
- August 2012 - May 2013: Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
- November 2011 - April 2015: SNF Postdoc at the University of Zurich
- September 2011 - October 2011: Associate at von der Crone Rechtsanwälte AG, Zurich
- February 2009 - February 2011: Research Assistant at the University of Zurich, chair for private and business law of Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone
- February 2009 - May 2009: Lecturer at the University of Zurich (Internet Colloquium in Commercial and Business Law)
- October 2006 - November 2007: Trainee Attorney at Walder Wyss AG, Zurich
- March 2003 - February 2004: Research Assistant at the University of Zurich, chair for private and business law of Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone
- July 2003 - August 2003: Trainee at Schellenberg Wittmer AG, Zurich
Teaching Activities
- Integrationsseminar Law & Economics of Financial Markets and Business Ethics / Innovation, University of St. Gallen (together with other professors and lecturers of the University of St. Gallen)
- Integrationsleistung Banking Governance, University of St. Gallen (together with M. Sutter-Rüdisser)
- Kapitalmarktrecht II, University of Zurich (together with D. Dedeyan)
- Workshop on Financial Services Regulation, CAS Compliance Management, Europainstitut Zürich (together with S. Grünewald)
- Lecture Privatrecht IV (legal entities, company law), Kalaidos Law School
Awards
- Dean's Graduate Award for the LL.M. (Corporation Law program) at New York University, School of Law, New York, USA (not accepted due to admission to the LL.M. at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA)
- Support of the postdoctoral thesis by the Swiss National Science Foundation (sole collaborator of the project Capital Market Law 2.0 - Enforcement of Stock Exchange Rules – Interplay between Civil Law, Administrative Law and Penal Law)