LALIVE

Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation

Counsel

Thomas specialises in domestic litigation, international arbitration, data privacy and intellectual property and is praised for his “extensive knowledge on the subject” in Chambers Europe, Intellectual Property, 2021.

Thomas teaches the “Legal and regulatory approach” module of the “Business Communication, Web expertise and Social Media” course at the University of Geneva (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences). This module mainly covers the legal framework surrounding e-commerce, intellectual property and data protection. Thomas also leads a course on the introduction to commercial law and to corporate law at the Institut Capacité en droit. This Institute, based in Geneva, awards the certificate of Capacité en droit.

• Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2014 – present
• Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2007 – 2013

English, French, Spanish

• Member of the Board of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) Switzerland
• Member of the Copyright Standing Committee of AIPPI
• Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Member of Association Romande de Propriété Intellectuelle (AROPI)
• Special Coach in licensing, alliances and M&A at Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency

• Data Protection Officer (DPO) certificate, University of Geneva, 2023
• Law degree, University of Geneva, 2003
• Erasmus exchange University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2002
• Various certificates of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)