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Christoph Gasser
Christoph Gasser
Christoph Gasser (Dr. iur. (Bern); LLM (Michigan)) is a partner and the head of the firm's IP/TMT department. His long-standing practice includes advice and litigation in all areas of intellectual property and information technology law as well as trademark and design prosecution. Christoph Gasser is the executive secretary of the Swiss IP association INGRES (Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz). He also serves as an adjunct judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, a court expert, and an expert examiner for the Swiss Patent Bar examination. Moreover, he is a frequent conference speaker and has written substantial publications on intellectual property law.
Cyrill Süess
Cyrill Süess
Cyrill Süess is an accomplished dispute resolution expert in civil and commercial matters representing international and domestic clients in state courts and arbitration. He worked for several years at different courts and law firms in London and Germany. Cyrill Süess’ profound knowledge of civil procedural law and his experience with contractual and non-contractual conflicts complement the pragmatic advice he offers. It also enables him to identify potential problems early on and act accordingly. He deepened his knowledge of arbitration during his LL.M. studies at Queen Mary University of London. In addition, he advises on employment law and is still a substitute judge at the district court of Dietikon.
Despina Mavromati
Despina Mavromati
Dr. Despina Mavromati is a widely recognized expert in international sports law and an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). She provides legal advice to clubs, athletes and federations in contractual, disciplinary and governance matters and assists them in recognition and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards. Dr. Mavromati is a member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (Appeals Chamber) and has previously been appointed as an arbitrator to several tribunals of international federations (World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal; International Tennis Federation Independent Tribunal; Gymnastics Ethics Foundation; International Powerlifting Federation Doping Hearing Panel). She co-authored (with M. Reeb) the “Commentary on the CAS Code” (2015, Wolters Kluwer) and has been ranked as a WWL Thought Leader – Sports and Entertainment every year since 2018.
Marc Metzger
Marc Metzger
Marc Metzger has more than twenty years of experience in advising listed and privately-held companies in the areas of commercial and corporate law, general contract law, distribution agreement law, law governing contracts for work and labour, and law applicable to contracts for the supply of materials and services. His other areas of practice include public procurement law, health care law and sports law. Marc Metzger advises clients in relation to domestic and international transactions. He worked for a leading London law firm and then was a partner at Staiger, Schwald & Partner, Attorneys-at-law, Zurich/Bern, from 2000 until 2016.
Stefan Scherrer
Stefan Scherrer
Stefan Scherrer has many years of experience in advising listed and privately held companies in connection with domestic and international M&A transactions and restructurings as well as in the areas of corporate law, contract law and stock exchange law. His other areas of practice include commercial law, banking and capital markets law. He is recognized by SIX Exchange Regulation as representative in the areas of bonds, derivatives and equity securities. Stefan Scherrer worked for a leading US law firm in New York in the area of mergers & acquisitions and is the author of a dissertation on public takeover law. He regularly publishes articles on current topics in his areas of expertise.
Stéphanie Fuld
Stéphanie Fuld
Head of the employment team, Stéphanie Fuld has more than 15 years of experience and is a widely recognized expert in the fields of Employment law, Immigration and Social security, acting for national and international companies in litigation matters, providing legal advice on complex participation plans, secondments, hiring of services, transfers and mass dismissal. Her in-depth knowledge of the administration allows her to obtain swiftly work permits and ensure a smooth transfer of executives from one country to another, providing sane advice on bilateral agreements and various insurance issues in EU and non-EU countries.
Yves de Coulon
Yves de Coulon
Yves de Coulon is an FSA specialist in construction and real estate law. He is one of the founding partners of the firm and heads its Real Estate and Construction department. He has an in-depth knowledge of the real estate market in the Lake Geneva region. His activities cover all the main areas of real estate: transactions, construction, leases, management of real estate assets, financing and investment vehicles, public procurement zoning as well as urban and mobility planning. He also has extensive experience in the hotel industry and in the indirect real estate investments. He advises institutional and private clients on these various aspects and assists them before the competent civil and administrative courts. He is Chairman of the board of Bonhôte Immobilier SICAV, a major listed Swiss real estate investment fund and Chairman of the Horizon Léman Association, which each year manages the Lake Geneva Regions stand at MIPIM (International Market for Real Estate Professionals) in Cannes. He is also a member ot the board of Banque Bonhôte in Neuchâtel and of the board of Fondation Emma Kammacher, a Geneva public foundation which ownes 2'000.- affordable appartments in Geneva. In July 2024, Yves de Coulon was included in the Who's Who of the 100 key players in Swiss real estate (designated by IMMOBILEN Business magazine and its French-language supplement IMMOBILIER ROMAND) who are considered “particularly active, competent and visionary”.