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Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Sport
5 Years Ranked
3
TMT
17 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Michele Bernasconi

Europe

Practice Areas

Michele Bernasconi advises on a broad range of sports, media, energy, telecom and IT matters, acting for both domestic and international clients. He has particular expertise in international litigation and arbitration as well as in commercial and transactional work relating to such industries. His recent experience includes acting as arbitrator in international commercial and sport matters, providing advice on outsourcing and joint venture projects, broadcasting and sponsorship agreements, ambush marketing, regulatory and antitrust work in both the telecom and sport sector, software licensing, electricity transmission and distribution, doping matters as well as international transfers of football players.

Career

University of Zurich (lic.iur., 1989), Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1996), admitted to the Zurich Bar (1992)

Professional Memberships

Lecturer at the University of Lucerne, Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Chair of the Committee Sports Law of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Former Chair of the Committee Telecommunications of the International Bar Association, Chairman of the Sports Law Committee of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA), President of the Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS), Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Programme

Publications

Several publications on International Sports Law and International Arbitration.

Personal

Michele speaks German, English, French, Italian and Spanish

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Europe

Sport - Switzerland
1
Band 1

One of the most esteemed practitioners in sports law, Michele Bernasconi offers his clients extensive expertise in international sport litigation and arbitrations. He regularly assists international governing bodies and federations.


TMT - Switzerland
3
Band 3

Michele Bernasconi advises domestic and international clients on regulatory issues in the telecommunications sector and on disputes around broadcasting agreements.

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