With more than 220 legal professionals (consisting of partners, of counsels, associates, tax advisors and notaries) and more than 400 employees, the firm, which has its origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland, with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, and representative offices in Binningen, Sion, Shanghai and Tokyo. Kellerhals Carrard is active throughout Switzerland, maintaining very strong local roots, whilst advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: Company and corporate law, external legal department Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law M&A and capital markets law Construction and real estate Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law International sports law Tax Public law Employment and social insurance law Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance Family and inheritance law for private customers Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport, energy, real estate/construction as well as on trading and retail.

ABOUT RAPHAËLLE NICOLET Raphaëlle Nicolet is a lawyer specializing in criminal law, an area in which she has extensive and solid experience. Ms Nicolet works in French, English, Spanish and occasionally in German. She worked for the Vovan Trocadelyo group in Bangkok where she provided advice on Thai law and Swiss law to Swiss nationals and companies, as well as information on legal issues related to Switzerland to Thai nationals. Her mastery of several languages, her professional background covering diverse and varied fields (such as aviation and teaching), as well as her experience of living and working abroad allow her to give sound advice adapted to a large and varied clientele.

Welcome to Fabiano, Franke & MGTWe are a consultancy firm, specialising in the field of industrial property that operates nationally in Switzerland and internationally. Our mission is to transform the intangible into the tangible, to help our clients create value from their ideas, their innovations, their distinctiveness. We realise that a complete understanding of our clients' ideas, inventions and business objectives, together with dedication to them, is essential to creating a valuable portfolio of industrial property rights. Therefore, we provide customised services to our clients, whether they are large industrial groups or small inventors. To realise our mission, we have built a partnership with some of the best intellectual property professionals working in Switzerland and Europe. We are, in fact, in partnership with Franke & Partner of Munich, the Torner & Juncosa I Associats of Barcelona, the Italian MGT (Milan, Novara, Perugia and Lecco) and have a network of correspondents that allows us to protect our clients' rights in all countries of the world. Welcome to Fabiano, Franke & MGT ! Our services specifically PATENTS → Study, preparation and filing of patent applications for invention in Switzerland and abroad → Continuation of proceedings up to the granting and subsequent defence of the acquired right → Opposition and appeal proceedings → Advising on the validity and infringement of patents → Prior art searches in international databases → Surveillance and reporting of competing patent rights → Validation of European patents in Switzerland and Italy → Assisting with and preparing assignment or licensing agreements → Continuation of proceedings up to the granting and subsequent defence of the right to purchase → Assistance in the development of new projects taking into account the presence of pre-existing rights → Assistance before Swiss, Italian and foreign courts → Assessing the commercial value of a patent or patent application TRADEMARKS → Study, preparation and filing of applications for Swiss, International, European and individual trademark registration in each country worldwide → Continuation of proceedings up to the grant and subsequent defence of the acquired right → Opposition proceedings against the granting of competing trademarks → Advising in connection with infringement problems with own or third-party trademarks → Searches for earlier, identical or similar trademarks nationally and internationally → Assistance in cases of assignments or licenses → Surveillance of trademarks registered and/or filed by third parties → Assessment of the commercial value of a trademark DESIGN → Study, preparation and filing of Swiss, international, European and individual design applications worldwide → Searches between national and international designs → Advice in connection with infringement or slavish imitation problems → Design transfers in Switzerland and abroad → Regular reporting of competitor designs COPYRIGHT → Studying, preparing and filing copyright applications with the Società Italiana Autori ed Editori (SIAE) for unpublished works, with the Literary Property Office for published works and with the Public Register for software → Advising on copyright infringement issues DOMAIN NAMES → Registration of domain names → Deadline management → Domain name disputes and defence → Reassignment Procedures *** LATEST NEWS: BOLDBRAIN 2022 The fifth edition of the Boldbrain Startup Challenge, Ticino's accelerator for young start-ups, opens at USI Campus Ovest Info: www.boldbrain.ch Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Modiano & Partners is one of the leading European firms specializing exclusively in intellectual property law, with a staff of over 250 persons and main offices in Lugano, Munich and Milan.

Based in Yverdon-les-Bains since 2014, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS takes care of your SMEs, companies, businesses in the North Vaud region, the Broye, as well as Lausanne and the surrounding area. Our law firm is specialized in corporate, contract and commercial law, as well as banking and financial market law. Our law firm also offers its services in the fields of real estate and property law, as well as in the support for individuals and private clients (as marital difficulties, divorces, inheritance, road traffic law, victim support according to federal law on assistance to victims of crime). Founder and managing partner of the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS, Olivier Bloch, Esq. has been practicing in these different fields for about twenty years. He holds a doctorate in law from the University of Lausanne and a postgraduate degree in European law from the University of Bremen in Germany (LL.M.). He regularly gives conferences and courses, and publishes articles in his areas of expertise. He has an excellent knowledge of local and regional institutions while benefiting from a strong, solid and important national and international network. Mr. Olivier Bloch was joined in 2018 by Mr. Raphaël Hämmerli, Esq., associate attorney, and in 2022 by Mrs Arielle Meylan, legal trainee. The team thus formed is committed to putting all its skills at your service and to accompany you in your legal projects and operations. Based in the city center of Yverdon-les-Bains, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS offers easy access to its clients. www.blochavocats.com

Me BRACHER-EDELMANN est la quintessence de l'esprit de géométrie allié à l'esprit de finesse au service de ses clients !