Bratschi Ltd

Co-Head of the Practice Group Arbitration, Member of the Practice Group Contracts, Member of the Practice Group Litigation and Debt Collection, Member of the Industry Group Construction, Real Estate and Hotels, Member of the Industry Group International Practice, Member of the Industry Group Sports

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Partner at Bratschi Ltd in Zurich (since 2023) Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd in Zurich (2019-2022) Principal Associate at Cuatrecasas in Madrid (2012-2017) Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Geneva (Prof. Margareta Baddeley, Chair of Family, Inheritance and Sports Law) (2010-2011) Trainee Lawyer at Ming Halpérin Burger Inaudi in Geneva (2008-2010) Trainee Lawyer at Brunoni Molino Mottis Adami in Lugano (2007-2008) Trainee Lawyer at the Court of 1st Instance in Lugano (2006-2007)

Marco Vedovatti is Co-head of our Practice Group Arbitration. He is has been practicing law in Switzerland (admission to the Geneva Bar in 2010) and in Spain (admission to the Spanish Bar in  2014). He regularly advices clients from Spanish-speaking jurisidictions or doing business in Spain or LATAM.

His practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and related court proceedings. Marco has represented clients in several industries (e.g., construction, engineerings, distribution, defence, energy, media rights, joint ventures, aviation) and jurisdictions (among others, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey). He also sits as arbitrator.

A former member of the Swiss Swimming National Team and passionate about sport, Marco also practices international sports arbitration.  He represents clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the dispute resolution bodies of national and international sports federations in disciplinary, eligibility and contractual matters. He is also a member of the International Panel of Sport Resolutions in the UK.

Marco regularly publishes and lectures in international arbitration in post-graduate programs in Spain and LATAM.

Marco Vedovatti is ranked for "Arbitration" and "Sport and Entertainment" in several international rankings.

Admitted to the Swiss Bar since 2010. Foreign bar admissions: Admitted in Spain (2014, Abogado, non-practising)

German, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Swiss Bar Association (SAV) Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association) Swiss Sports Law Association (ASDS) Ibero-American Arbitration Club (Club iberoamericano de arbitraje) (CEIA) Madrid Bar Association (ICAM, non-practising)

Master Course in Business and Human Rights, Univeristy of Bergen (2022) Postgraduate Diploma in Spanish Law, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (2014) LL.M. in International Sports Law, ISDE, Madrid (2012, first of the promotion) Law degree (lic. iur), University of Fribourg (2005)

Lecturer in Swiss Law and International Sports Arbitration at the Global Master in International Sports Law, ISDE, Madrid (since 2022) Lecturer in Swiss Law and International Sports Arbitration, University Externado of Colombia, Bogotá (since 2022) Lecturer in Swiss Law and International Sports Arbitration at the Master in International Sports Law, ISDE, Madrid (since 2014) Lecturer in Swiss Association Law, European University - School Real Madrid, Madrid (2016-2018) Lecturer in Comparative Law - Introduction to Swiss Law, ISDE, Madrid (2016-2018) Lecturer in International Arbitration the Master for the Admission to the Spanish Bar, CUNEF, Madrid (2017-2019) Coach with CUNEF for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna Moot), Madrid (2014-2017)