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"Well-established practice."
Chambers Europe 2015
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"Acclaimed media and sports law practice, also offering expertise in the telecoms sector."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"High-quality advice in a very prompt manner."
Legal 500 2018
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"Multi-lingual Switzerland-wide presence."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"A firm I can recommend to business partners anytime."
Client in Chambers Europe 2013
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"I would highlight the strong technical quality of its lawyers and the meticulousness in the work they do."
Client in Chambers Europe 2018
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"Notable expertise in sports law issues, representing athletes, sporting events and sports federations."
Chambers Europe 2015
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"Quick understanding, great experience in international matters and unique arbitration and litigation expertise."
Legal 500 2018
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"A strong player in this market."
Client in Chambers Europe 2015
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"The team regularly advises on broadcasting agreements and licence distribution agreements representing individual athletes, sports clubs and federations."
Media Law International 2015
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"True TMT specialists."
Chambers Europe 2018
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"We had a very good impression of the team."
Client in Chambers Europe 2016
Media, Entertainment & Sports
Our media, entertainment, and sports team is dedicated to assisting clients with all legal matters in these industries. We advise broadcasters and operators of satellite and cable television services on a broad range of regulatory and contractual issues. Our team also has an established practice of advising producers, publishers, composers, conductors, musicians, authors, and other artists. We assist them with commercial and intellectual property rights issues as well as tax and estate planning.
We have one of the leading sports law departments in Switzerland. Our sports law specialists provide comprehensive advice and legal services to clients in the sports industry, in particular to athletes, clubs, national and international federations and event organizers. We represent our clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS. We assist them in negotiating transfer agreements. We also regularly negotiate and draft marketing, sponsorship and merchandising agreements.
Media Law International, Specialist Guide to the Global Leaders in Media Law Practice, ranks Bär & Karrer in tier 1 for media law in Switzerland.
- Assisting and representing individual athletes, sport clubs, and federations
- Acting as arbitrator or party-counsel in sport-related arbitration (CAS)
- Advising on marketing, sponsorship and merchandising issues
- Litigating advertising-related disputes
- Advising and representing broadcasters and cable television service providers
- Advising and representing artists
Key Contact
Michele Bernasconi
Partner
Team Leaders
Pierre-Yves Gunter
Partner
Daniel Hochstrasser
Partner
Dr. Cesare Jermini
Partner
Alexandra C. Johnson
Partner
Dr. Jan Kleiner
Partner
Saverio Lembo
Partner
Massimo Vanotti
Partner
Dr. Markus Wang
Partner
Team Members
Raphael Annasohn
Associate
Dr. Jonas Bornhauser
Associate
Francisco Rapp
Trainee
Nadia Smahi
Associate
Lukas Stocker
Associate
Luca Tarzia
Associate
Dr. Mirjam Trunz
Associate
