Franz specialises in all aspects of IP law and advises in particular in the areas of unfair competition, trade mark and copyright law. He also advises clients in the areas of sports and media law. In 2003, he completed his Master of Law degree at Fordham Law School in New York and he graduated in law at the University of Munich (First State Examination 1999) and the State of Bavaria (Second State Examination 2001) and was admitted to the Munich bar in 2004. Franz is a member of GRUR, admitted to the bar in Germany and the United States (State of New York) and is fluent in German and English.

With over 17 years’ experience, Thomas is an award-winning IP specialist & litigator who enjoys supporting his clients with all prosecution, enforcement & litigation matters within IP law. Thomas joined BRANDIT in 2022, opening their Norwegian office with fellow IP expert, Christoffer Vedal. Prior to this, Thomas gained extensive experience at both Protector IP & the Norwegian IPO. As an avid bass player & music programmer, Thomas discovered his passion for IP through his love of music.

Andrew Bridges is a partner in Fenwick & West, resident in its Silicon Valley headquarters. He has over 30 years of experience representing clients in trial and appellate courts, advising clients regarding business-model risks, and advocating in global policy forums, chiefly on trademark, copyright, advertising, and Internet regulation matters. He has been lead defense counsel in landmark victories in the United States in which plaintiffs challenged the legality. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School after receiving an undergraduate degree in Greek and Latin from Stanford and an M.A. in philosophy and ancient history from University of Oxford. He speaks modern Greek, French, and Italian.

Simon Casinader is a senior associate in K&L Gates’ London office and had previously worked in the Melbourne office for over seven years. He is an IP lawyer with extensive experience in protecting and enforcing IP rights across multiple jurisdictions. His experience includes developing and enforcing brand protection strategies on matters for trade mark, copyright and design owners, and providing contentious and non-contentious advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property law. Simon works closely with clients across all sectors including in the fashion, luxury goods, food and beverage, sports, entertainment, media, technology, publishing and financial services industries

Peter is Coordinating Partner and heads the IP Practice at Winkler Partners, a certified B Corporation, and the first law firm partnership between Taiwanese and foreign attorneys in Taiwan. Peter’s client list includes roughly a third of the world’s top global brands, including many European companies. Peter is currently a member of the Marques Copyright Team and has previously been a member of the Marques Design and China Teams. He is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Liza earned her J.D. at Universidad Externado de Colombia, she has a specialization degree in Commercial Law at Universidad de los Andes and Government contracts at Universidad Externado de Colombia. Liza also earned a master of laws (LLM) in IP at The George Washington University. She is a Professor at Universidad Católica de Colombia of Sports Law, and International Private Law. Liza has extensive experience in the private sector in the area of Intellectual Property, she has also worked in the public sector in the Superior Council of the Judiciary; and as a practitioner in the Colombia Patent and Trademark Office.

Thomas represents clients in all aspects of IP law, with a special focus to sport, media and entertainment law. He advises German and foreign media companies on digital business models and all legal questions in connection with the development, production, evaluation and sale of audio-visual products, incl. regulatory requirements. In addition to clarifying the rights situation and defending the rights holder against third party violations, this includes the creation of contracts. This also applies to sport. He deals with sport formats in TV, on-line and print media and advises companies which use sport as an advertising and communication platform in all questions related to the marketing of media sports rights

Alkisti-Irene is an attorney at law, member of the Athens and the Cyprus Bar Associations and is active in IP law since 1992. As a lawyer she represents clients in anti-counterfeiting actions and litigates on IP matters before the national courts and the General Court of the EU. She also prosecutes IP rights, including TMs, designs, patents, copyright and GIs before the local and European authorities, advises on local and worldwide IP strategy and protection and in respect of licensing, technology transfer agreements and IP-related contracts. She is the author of chapters on Greek law and practice in several international law guides on TMs, patents, copyright, art law, GIs and anti-counterfeiting.

With more than 30 years of experience in IP, Slobodan has built a successful network of boutique, full-service IP firms throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and has significantly contributed to the growth and development of the IP profession in the region.
Slobodan’s practice ranges through all areas of IP and currently concentrates on contentious and negotiating strategies, brand development and enforcement of IP rights. He has successfully represented both regional and multinational clients across all industries throughout his career.

Nicolas Sapp is a managing Partner of Robic, a Quebec-based Intellectual Property Law Firm founded in 1892. He assists his clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including trademark prosecution and portfolio management. He has also developed a significant expertise in copyright issues, particularly as relates to educational and publishing sectors, through various mandates as legal counsel to several universities.

Having completed his legal studies in Vienna and earned an LL.M. degree in New York, he has been working at the law firm Schönherr Rechtsanwälte since 2000. Christian is admitted as an attorney-at-law and has experience in advising brand owners in portfolio management and enforcement strategies, in particular also with more complex issues, such as abstract color marks. In his practice, he takes care to make clients aware of copyright issues when establishing their brand elements such as logos.

Sara joined AWA in May 2021. She has a Masters of Law from the University of Lund (2009) and a Masters in European Intellectual Property rights from the University of Stockholm (2012). Sara has experience from both in-house as well private practise. She advises clients across a broad range of legal issues relating to protection, infringement and commericalisation of intellectual property rights. She is also a frequent and appreciated lecturer within her areas of expertise.

Robert Stutz was admitted to the bar in Bern in 1992 and obtained his LL.M. in 1996 (University of London) in International Intellectual Property Law. 2001 Dr. iur. with a thesis on design and copyright protection of works of applied art. Robert is co-founder and partner of BKS AG, Switzerland, an IP Boutique. Author of numerous articles and co-author of a commentary on Swiss and international design law. President of the Bernese Design Foundation. Member of MARQUES Designs Team, INTA and INGRES.

Stefan is an IP lawyer with 30 years experience. His focus areas are Copyright, Trademarks, Media & Entertainment and Marketing. He is continuously top ranked in his focus areas. Stefan is on MARQUES’ Copyright Team, on the Standing Committee on Copyright of AIPPI and on ICC Sweden's Standing Committees for IP and Marketing respectively.