Dr Dirk Spacek > CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Offices
Dreikönigstrasse 7
PO Box 8022 Zurich
Switzerland
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Dr Dirk Spacek
Work Department
TMC, Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Dirk Spacek is partner and in charge of the practice groups TMC and IP. He primarily deals with new business models arising in the media-, internet- and technology(IT)-sector, data protection and intellectual property law.
Dirk Spacek mainly advises clients from the media, technology, industry and financial services sectors on technology-related legal matters, in particular IT-contract law, outsourcing, data protection, Internet of Things (IoT), patent research and compatibility cooperations and traditional intellectual property law. Dirk conducts advisory, transactional and contentious work. He specialized early with a dissertation in intellectual property law on the subject of “Protection of TV Formats” (“Schutz von TV-Formaten”) and was admitted to the Swiss bar in 2009. He then gained many years of experience in large, prestigious law firms and as an in-house lawyer during multiple in-house secondments.
As a member of the “Commercial” Practice Area Group, Dirk Spacek also advises clients on commercial law matters, e.g. drafting tailored licence, purchase, service and distribution agreements as well as terms and conditions for computer and internet-based business models and technology joint ventures.
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish
Memberships
- International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), Co-Chair Interactive Media and Entertainment Law Committee
- Licensing Executive Society (LES)
- Institute for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES)
- German Society for Information Technology Law (DGRI)
- Swiss ICT-Association.International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL)
- Swiss and Zurich Bar Association
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) with focus „Corporate Media, Communications & Technology Policy (IP/IT)“ at Columbia University in New York (USA) (2012)
- Swiss Bar Admission Zürich (2009)
- PhD/Doctorate in intellectual property and media licensing law, Dr.iur., University of Zurich (2005)
- J.D. (lic.iur.), University of Zurich (2002)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > TMT
(Leading partners)Whilst CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. provides a full service for TMT-related matters, its team possesses a core group of data protection specialists. The firm has extensive experience advising on data protection and GDPR-related issues, as well as procurement, sourcing and fintech matters and its clients include financial institutions, start-ups and tech companies. Dirk Spacek leads the team and has notable expertise in both contentious and non-contentious matters, across a variety of technology and IP-related topics. Alain Raemy ensures the practice is strong in all key related areas through his experience in complex corporate transactions such as M&As, restructurings, venture capital and private equity investments.
Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection
‘Exceptionally strong negotiator’ Dirk Spacek heads up the data privacy and protection offering at CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd., providing clients with a strong understanding in a variety of compliance and advisory mandates, as well as data protection issues surrounding a stable of M&A transactions. The team maintains a comprehensive offering, particularly across regulated industries such as technology, energy, and financial services, that ranges from general data privacy compliance work to protection issues arising from sustainability and supply chains. Julia Nitschke is also recommended.
Switzerland > Intellectual property
Hailed for their ‘responsiveness’, the lawyers at CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. are well versed in the whole spectrum of trade mark protection, regulatory issues, and unfair competition proceedings. Operating out of Zurich, the practice is particularly active in the media, pharma, and tech industries, with joint heads Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser and Dirk Spacek each specialising in the enforcement of trade mark portfolios and complex patent disputes. Julia Nitschke is a cybersecurity expert, whilst Olivia Zingg predominantly focuses on copyright matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Switzerland > TMT
- TMT Switzerland
- Data privacy and data protection Switzerland
- Intellectual property Switzerland
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- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
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- Private client
- Real estate
- TMT
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Sports law
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: arbitration