Me Anne-Virginie La Spada > BMG Avocats > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

BMG Avocats
8C AVENUE DE CHAMPEL
PO BOX 385
1211 GENEVA 12
Switzerland

Work Department

Intellectual Property
Unfair Competition
Commercial Contracts
Commercial Litigation
Internet Law
Media and New Technologies
Privacy law 

Position

Partner

Career

Partner with BMG Avocats, Geneva, since 2013

Associate with BMG Avocats, Geneva, 1998-2013

Trainee Lawyer with BMG Avocats, Geneva, 1996-1998

Panelist with WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for domain name disputes, since 2000

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
MARQUES – Association of European Trade Mark Owners
International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Art Law Centre, Geneva
Association of International Business Lawyers

Education

Admitted to the Bar 1995 (New York), 1998 (Switzerland)

University of Lausanne (Licence en droit, 1993; Doctorat en droit, 1998)

Cornell University, USA (LL.M., 1994).

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Intellectual property

The IP practice at BMG Avocats is co-headed by Sylvie Gurry-Veit, whose practice covers the full range of domestic and international IP and commercial transactions, and ‘exceptional’ Anne-Virginie La Spada, who has extensive expertise in trade mark, design, and copyright issues. The team has particular strengths in Swiss and global acquisition, exploitation and enforcement of IP of big and medium size brands, whom they advise on IP and commercial undertakings in Switzerland and internationally. The team, alongside the litigation department, represents clients involved in IP related arbitration proceedings.