Registered with the Geneva bar (as a foreign attorney); Barrister, bar of England and Wales (UK); member of the New York bar and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USA)

French, English, Spanish, Hebrew

• Diploma in comparative Copyright Laws, University of London, Kings College (2006)
• Diploma in European Competition Law, University of London, Kings College (1997)
• Barrister's diploma, Inns of Court School of Law, London (1989)
• MA (Oxon) in Physiological Sciences & Jurisprudence, Oxford University, Lincoln College (1988)
• International Baccalaureate, International School of Geneva (1984)

• With ALTENBURGER since 2008, partner since 2009
• Other current activities:
• Quadrant Chambers (UK) (Door Tenant)
• PCZLAW (USA) (of Counsel)
• University of Neuchâtel (Faculty member)
• Legal, strategic IP, private equity and ADR services
• ZPG Law Firm, Geneva, counsel to the firm (2002-2007)
• Mediabotech SA, Geneva, director & general counsel (1998-2006)
• NovImmune SA, Geneva, CEO & general counsel (1998-2000)
• Becton, Dickinson & Co., USA & Europe, international attorney & European IP attorney (1995-1998)
• Fish & Neave, New York, associate (1989-1995)
• Inns of Court, Barristers' chambers (member of Middle Temple), London, mini-pupilages (1988-1989)

• Geneva Bar (foreign attorney) (CH) (2003)
• US Patent and Trademark Office (USA) (1991)
• New York Supreme Court (1st Dept.), EDNY, SDNY, NDNY and CAFC (USA) (1990)
• Bar of England and Wales (active practice certificate as a barrister) (UK) (1989)

• Neutral, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK
• Mediator, Centre de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Paris (CMAP), FR
• Mediator, Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM) (CH)
• European ADR Panelist, International Trademark Association (INTA) (USA)
• IP & Technology Panelist, In Place of Strife, UK
• Mediator, Global InterMediation, USA
• Accredited mediator, sworn in by the State Council of the Canton of Geneva (CH)

• Co-chair of the International Committee of the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section (ABA)
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Geneva Bar Association’s Section of Foreign Lawyers (OdA)
• Member of the Independent Standards Committee of the International Mediation Institute (IMI)
• Member of the European Committee of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
• Member of the Sub-Committee on Mediation of the Practices and Standards Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), (associate member)
• Member of the Advisory Council to the Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Commercial Mediation, appointed by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce
• Additional memberships: Licensing Executives Society (UK, US, CH, FR, and European Committee); International Mediation Interest Group (IMIG); GRAPI/AIPPI (FR); the Bar European Group; Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM); Association of International Business Lawyers (CH); Association Romande de Propriété Intellectuelle (AROPI)
• Advisor to the European Commission on technology transfer and intellectual property issues
• Regular lecturer on IP and ADR for business executives and entrepreneurs at the University of Geneva, HEC, WIPO, IMD and the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute (EPFL) in Lausanne