Portrait

Peter Pestalozzi is counsel to Pestalozzi. He was partner of the firm from 1980 until 2010. His main practice areas are corporate and commercial law and intellectual property. His experience includes corporate transactions and profit participation plans as well as copyright, licensing, media, unfair competition and international judicial assistance.

After graduating from the University of Zurich, Peter Pestalozzi worked in the field of industrial property (research and licensing). He joined Pestalozzi in 1974 and was admitted to the bar in 1976. In 1977, he worked as a foreign associate with Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, New York. He set up and until 2009 headed the firm’s IP&TMT practice group. His most important clients rank among international corporations in the field of commodity trading, health and consumer products. He is a member of various national and international professional organisations including industrial property organisations such as AIPPI, where he has served on various committees and in 2000 has been decorated with the AIPPI Award of Merit for outstanding contributions. His professional languages are German, English, French and Italian.

contact

Peter A. Pestalozzi
Counsel
peter.pestalozzi(at)pestalozzilaw.com VCARD

Pestalozzi
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone (assistant) +41 44 217 93 34

Expertise

Commercial, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate, Intellectual Property, International Mutual Assistance, Licensing & Sponsoring, Media, Patents, Sports, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Trust & Foundations, Art

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Admission

Switzerland 1976

Publications

- Willkommenes Geschenk oder strafbare Handlung? Überlegungen zur Korruption von Privatpersonen

Memberships

AIPPI, IBA, INGRES, ZAV/SAV

pro bono

Chairman Gertrud Rüegg Foundation, Zurich (scholarships)