Simon Holzer is a member of MLL’s IP team, which is consistently ranked as one of the top Swiss IP teams by peers and clients, and heads the firm’s Patent and Life Sciences team. He has extensive experience in all areas of IP law, with a focus on patents, trademarks, geographical indications and unfair competition. Simon Holzer is also a trusted advisor in the field of pharmaceutical regulatory law and competition law.

Michael Ritscher is recognised as one of the most experienced and esteemed IP litigators and arbitrators in Switzerland, and beyond. Michael Ritscher heads Meyerlustenberger Lachenal’s IP group. He has extensive practise in advising and representing clients from a broad variety of sectors, including life sciences, luxury goods and retail. Michael Ritscher is often at the forefront of precedent-setting cases. He is a reference for companies which regularly seek his support to handle their cross-border contentious affairs involving Swiss, EU and international law. Michael Ritscher appears as an opinion leader in his field in client and peer feedback ratings.

Frank-Erich is head of our patent litigation group in Düsseldorf.

Over his more than 20 years with the firm, he has built a remarkable patent litigation record for many large corporations in various fields of technology, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors.

In addition, his extensive track record of patent litigation and enforcement ranges from biotech to automotive and from primarily mechanical medical devices to complex optical and semi-conductor patents, with most of his cases being multijurisdictional in nature.

Wolrad is a patent litigator specialising in the intersection of competition and patent law.

He has extensive experience of complex patent proceedings. He regularly advises on multijurisdictional litigation strategies, particularly in relation to the assertion of standard-essential patents. Wolrad’s clients include multinationals in the telecoms, consumer electronics, pharma and biotechnology industries.

Before joining Freshfields, Wolrad worked at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich, where he researched patent law, with a focus on biotech and genetic inventions.