Intellectual Property, Litigation and Arbitration, Patent, Copyright, Trademark and other IP-related Litigation, Licensing, Unfair Competition, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Managing Partner, Co-Head of Intellectual Property

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Germany (1995), Admission to Zurich Bar (1996), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1996), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2002)

German, English, French

European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), Licensing Executives Society (LES), International Bar Association (IBA), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR), Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (INGRES), Schweizer Forum für Kommunikationsrecht (SF-FS)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ (Dipl. nat. sc. ETH, 1991), University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 1994), University of Santa Clara, USA (1998), University of St.Gallen (Dr. iur., 2001)