Peter Georg Picht
Zurich

Prof. Dr. Peter Georg Picht, LL.M. (Yale)

Of Counsel

+41 44 215 5254

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Peter Georg Picht is a professor of law and holds the Chair for Commercial, Competition and Intellectual Property Law at the University of Zurich and is the chair of the Center for Intellectual Property & Competition Law (CIPCO). He is Of Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer's Competition Group and IP Group. He regularly advises and represents clients in the areas of competition law, intellectual property law, private international and procedural law, and arbitration.

Career

Professional Experience
2018
Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
2016
Full Professor for business and commercial law, Zurich University
Since 2016
Affiliated Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
2013-2016
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
2008 - 2012
Cooperation with international law firms
2005-2006
Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels
2000-2008
Institute for International Private and Business Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Education and Admission
2012-2013
LL.M., Yale University
2011
Dr. iur., LMU Munich (summa cum laude)
2008
Second State Exam and Bar Admission in Germany, registered in Switzerland (Art. 28 BGFA)
Additional Professional Activities
  • Center for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Zurich – CIPCO (Chairman)
  • Munich IP Dispute Resolution Forum (Board member)
  • Academic Society for Competition Law - ASCOLA (Board member)
  • Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR)
  • Association Internationale de Droit Économique (Board member)
  • Listed as neutral with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • Regular visiting professor at King's College (London), the European University Institute (Florence) and Kyoto University
 

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