Pestalozzi

Corporate / M&A; Environment, Social, Governance (ESG); IP & TMT; Life Sciences

Sarah Drukarch is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s IP & TMT, Life Sciences, as well as Corporate/M&A practice groups in Zurich. She specializes in intellectual property, with a particular focus on life sciences, and also frequently advises clients on matters of unfair competition, data protection, food and healthcare as well as IT and media law. Sarah's expertise has been recognized by her continued inclusion as Rising Star for Switzerland by IP Stars since 2020.

Sarah Drukarch advises and represents domestic and foreign corporations in the life sciences sector as well as in a broad range of other industries, including foodstuffs, consumer goods, media, ICT, and automotive, with establishing and maintaining intellectual property rights and related licensing and transfer matters. Her broad IP experience covers both national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as contentious matters.

In the field of life sciences, Sarah Drukarch is regularly involved in the negotiations for international research and development projects, covering all ranges and aspects of pre-clinical, clinical, and post-marketing set-ups. She advises manufacturers and service providers of regulated products comprehensively, for example in connection with supply chain and distribution arrangements for pharmaceutical products and medical devices, marketing authorizations, industry-specific permits, know-how protection, marketing, compliance and vigilance, sponsoring, compensation, rights in data, as well as other complex contract negotiations. In addition, Sarah handles disputes in the life sciences industry and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings, before domestic state courts, and administrative authorities.

Partner at Pestalozzi (2023), Part time secondment at a global medical device manufacturer advising the local business units for the end customer market (2020), Senior Associate at Pestalozzi (2020), Part time secondment at a global medical device manufacturer focusing on contractual & regulatory requirements for clinical trials (2018), Associate at Pestalozzi (2016), Admission to Swiss bar (2016), Junior Associate at Pestalozzi (2015)

German, English, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, French

Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA) - officer in the IP and Entertainment Law Committee, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Licensing Executives Society Switzerland (LES), Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES), International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

University of Lucerne: Master of Law (2014), Exchange student Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia (2013), University of Lucerne: Bachelor of Law (2012)