With more than 220 legal professionals (consisting of partners, of counsels, associates, tax advisors and notaries) and more than 400 employees, the firm, which has its origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland, with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, and representative offices in Binningen, Sion, Shanghai and Tokyo. Kellerhals Carrard is active throughout Switzerland, maintaining very strong local roots, whilst advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: • Company and corporate law, external legal department • Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law • M&A and capital markets law • Construction and real estate • Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance • IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law • International sports law • Tax • Public law • Employment and social insurance law • Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance • Family and inheritance law for private customers • Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport, energy, real estate/construction as well as on trading and retail.

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Do you need to protect your invention, register a trademark or a design? Do you have other questions regarding intellectual property or software law? We can advise you. P&TS is a leading intellectual property firm. We have 32 engineers, patent attorneys, lawyers and IP paralegals at our headquarters in Neuchâtel and at our subsidiary in Zurich (Switzerland). In 2010, the Federal Parliament elected Giovanni Gervasio and Christophe Saam as technical judges at the Federal Patent Court.

You seek assistance in the field of intellectual property for your patent , trademark , design and other intellectual property rights ? Good, because that is exactly our commitment. TSWpat! : Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG is an internationally active patent attorney and trademark attorney firm with headquarters in Zurich / Zumikon and branch offices in Lucerne and Sargans. We offer our clients – in particular Swiss companies, SMEs, start-ups, and individuals – comprehensive technical attorney and legal advice and support them in the development, implementation, and enforcement of their IP strategy . Our team of IP professionals (patent attorneys and trademark attorneys) supports you personally, dynamically and with excellent expertise in all matters concerning your intellectual property. This allows you to focus on your core business with the confidence of optimal support for your intellectual property rights . High professional competence Our patent and trademark attorneys are characterized by a high level of professional competence and many years of practice. Cases are discussed as a team and thus the entire know-how is made available for each individual case. International Network 0ur membership in national and international associations as well as our close cooperation with national attorneys, patent, and trademark attorneys all over the world, allows us to optimally support your needs concerning IP matters in the international environment.

ABOUT RAPHAËLLE NICOLET Raphaëlle Nicolet is a lawyer specializing in criminal law, an area in which she has extensive and solid experience. Ms Nicolet works in French, English, Spanish and occasionally in German. She worked for the Vovan Trocadelyo group in Bangkok where she provided advice on Thai law and Swiss law to Swiss nationals and companies, as well as information on legal issues related to Switzerland to Thai nationals. Her mastery of several languages, her professional background covering diverse and varied fields (such as aviation and teaching), as well as her experience of living and working abroad allow her to give sound advice adapted to a large and varied clientele.

Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law CERTIFIED SPECIALIST SBA INHERITANCE LAW In Switzerland, a bit more than 120 attorneys-at-law have completed the training as Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law upon now. To be admitted to this training, it is necessary to prove an especially important practical experience in law of inheritance at the moment of the registration. The training "CAS law of inheritance", which is organized in German language by the University of Zürich, includes, in addition to important self-studies, several training blocks in which all domains of law of inheritance inclusive international law of inheritance and trusts, company succession and tax issues are treated. The training as Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law is completed by a final written and oral exam (the latter consists of an expert discussion with two members of the expert commission). Once conferred the title, the Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law is obliged to continue furthertraining, and this is monitored on a regular basis. In cases of law of inheritance, the client benefits from the high level of competence of the Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law because with his special knowledge, the latter can often carry out the clients' instructions more quickly and more effectively. Mr. attorney-at-law and notary public Marc Renggli has specialized in the specialist field of law of inheritance and is the first and actually the only Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law in the area Biel/Bienne-Neuchâtel-Jura. Thanks to his decade-long experience as generalist and hisfurther training in all legal domains he is able to advise persons taking recourse to the law in all the others legal fields despite of his specialization. You can get further informations by clicking on the hyperlink hereafter: https://www.sav-fsa.ch/en/weiterbildung/w-fachanwalt/ueber-den-fachanwalt.html PHILOSOPHY We do our utmost for • the best possible quality of our services. By carefully wording our contracts, we create legal certainty for the future as well: we want to obtain the best result for you in case of any legal disputes. • personal advice , adapted to your needs. It is important for us to accurately identify your problem and your wishes in order to propose the best possible solution. • an expeditious execution of your affair. We want to be here for you.