Moritz Jäggy
VISCHERVISCHER leverages its multi-faceted expertise across the football, e-sports and TV arenas, with issues of sports betting, marketing and broadcasting rights being staples within the firm’s day-to-day operations. The ‘business-savvy’ Moritz Jäggy, who is equipped to handle football, investments and media rights, and Robert Bernet, who deploys his skills in corporate and venture capital issues to act for sizeable sport organisations, jointly spearhead the practice. Rolf Auf Der Maur acts for a plethora of TV and online platform clients in relation to marketing and media rights issues, while Christian Oetiker demonstrates prowess on the disputes side.
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Testimonials
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‘I like the diversity of the Vischer team. They have a strong data privacy practice which is becoming increasingly important in sport.’
��Moritz Jäggy understands the sports industry very well. He is a former athlete himself. He is smart, business-savvy and a legal expert.’
‘Vischer is my go-to for Swiss sport law queries. They know their stuff!’
‘Moritz Jäggy is commercial, practical and always on the ball with speedy responses.’
Key clients
- Decathlon Sports Switzerland SA
- Ochsner Sport AG
- Swimrun AG
- PUMA Retail AG, PUME SE (Swiss Branch) and Mount PUMA AG
- SWISSLOS Interkantonale Landeslotterie
- Swiss Football Association
- Swiss Beach Soccer GmbH
- Football Association of the region Northwestern Switzerland
- Athletes Network & Athletes Academy AG
- DAZN
- Swiss Olympic
- Tennis Club Old Boys Basel
- Stiftung Schweizer Sporthilfe (Swiss Sports Aid Foundation)
- Foundation Swiss Sports Tribunal
- Swiss Sports Tribunal
- Alex Frei
Work highlights
- Advised Ochsner Sport, the biggest Swiss sports retailer, in all legal matters in the acquisition of 27 sports retail shops of SportX from Migros.
- Acted as lead advisor in drafting the Swiss Sports Tribunal's new procedural rules.
- Advised DAZN, the world leading sports streaming platform, on the Swiss legal aspects of its business, including media rights agreements with Swiss domiciled sports organizations, such as UEFA and Infront.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Moritz Jäggy, Robert Bernet