Partner / Attorney at law
Current activity
Professional focus
Automotive Sector
Construction/Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Electronics
Research and Development
M&A
Intellectual Property
Trade
Information Technology (IT)
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Arts
Trademarks
Media
Pharmaceuticals
Sport
Telecommunications
Distribution and franchise
Areas of law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Civil law
Common law
Commercial law
Private international law
IT law
Art law
Licensing/Franchise law
Mediation
Media law
Patent and trademark law
Sports law
Intellectual property law
Consumer law
Procedural law
Contract law
Competition and antitrust law
My career
- 2012-now: Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
- 2005-2011: Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
- 2004-2005: Substitute Judge and Court Secretary at Zurich District Court
- 2001-2003: Court Secretary and Clerk at Zurich District Court
Arbitration experience
Counsel, co-arbitrator, presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator and tribunal secretary in numerous international arbitrations under various arbitration rules. Counsel in several state court proceedings concerning the enforcement of arbitral awards.
Publications
- Arbitration Clauses in Licensing Agreements – Points to Consider, in: Zeiler/Zojer (eds.), Resolving IP Disputes, A Selection of Contemporary Issues, NWV Vienna – Graz 2018, pp. 110-120
- Anwendung von Schiedsklauseln auf immaterialgüterrechtliche Verletzungsklagen nach Vertragsende?, sic! 2018, pp. 95-98
- Introduction to WIPO Arbitration Rules and Commentary on Articles 54-60, in: M. Arroyo (ed.), Arbitration in Switzerland, The Practitioner's Guide, 2nd ed., Kluwer 2017
- Revision der Schiedsordnungen der WIPO, Groz/Früh, in: sic! 7|8 2014, pp. 436-447
- International Arbitration in Switzerland - Chapter: The Law Governing the Merits of the Dispute and Awards ex Aequo et Bono, Burckhardt/Groz, in: Geisinger/Voser/Petti (eds.), International Arbitration in Switzerland: A Handbook for Practitioners, 2nd ed., Kluwer Law International, 2013
- Drafting arbitration clauses for IP agreements, Rohn/Groz, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2012, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 652-662
- Die materielle Rechtskraft von Entscheiden betreffend Vollstreckbarerklärung ausländischer Urteile auf Geldleistung, Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP) 2006, pp. 683 et seq.
- Global Patent Litigation - How and Where to Win (Switzerland chapter), in: Gramenopoulus/Cook/Jones (eds.), Global Patent Litigation - How and Where to Win, 3rd ed., BNA 2019
Languages
German
English
Memberships
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
- WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Advisory Committee
- Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (INGRES)