Ms Adrienne Henneman > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Dispute Resolution / Intellectual Property / International Arbitration / Life Sciences

Position

Adrienne Hennemann is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Group in Zurich. Her main areas of practice are domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration. She also advises on regulatory issues in various fields. Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer, she worked as a Law Clerk at the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich handling various types of disputes at all procedural stages, mainly relating to contract law, all kind of shareholder disputes, trademark and unfair competition law. She has profound expertise in procedural law and also acts as a Substitute Judge at various District Courts.

Career

(2022) Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
– (2019) Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
– (2017) Substitute Judge at the District Courts of Dietikon, Zurich and Bülach 
– (2016-2019) Law Clerk at the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
– (2012-2016) Law Clerk at the District Court of Zurich 
– (2010) Law Clerk at the Assurance Court of the Canton of Aargau 
– (2009-2010) Trainee Lawyer in a Zurich law firm
– (2006) Student Trainee in a Zurich law firm

Languages

German and English

Memberships

  • Member of INTA’s Trade Secrets Committee
  • Regular publications in the field of intellectual property and dispute resolution

Education

– (2023) LL.M. in Competition, Innovation and Information Law, New York University School of Law
– (2015) Bar Admission in Switzerland
– (2015) lic. iur., University of Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Intellectual property

(Leading associates)

Adrienne Henneman – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Frequently operating on a cross-border scale, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd enjoys a pre-eminent reputation on both the contentious and non-contentious sides of the IP sphere, with a notable capacity to act across the life sciences, engineering, media and construction sectors, to name a few. The team is well regarded for its ‘in-depth knowledge’ and ‘high standard’ of work. Spearheading the department is Philipp Groz, who principally focuses on domestic and international scale disputes for a host of notable clients. Lorenza Ferrari Hofer possesses a wealth of experience in cross-border matters that encompasses the licensing and distribution of tech as well as patent and trade mark infringements, while Peter Georg Picht is reputed for his IP and competition expertise. Adrienne Henneman is also recommended.