November 28-30, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET
Faculty profiles
Dr. Jan-Michael Ahrens, Siemens AG, Erlangen
Jan Ahrens is Principal Counsel Dispute Resolution at Siemens AG and responsible for managing major disputes worldwide, across all business areas.
Jan is a German lawyer and also qualified to practice in England & Wales and Switzerland. He holds a PhD from Freiburg University and an LLM from Geneva and Lausanne Universities. Before joining Siemens in 2009, Jan Ahrens practiced with a leading Swiss law firm in Geneva in the field of international arbitration and worked as a legal counsel for a major European pharmaceutical company. Since 2002, Jan has been acting as counsel, managing in-house counsel and arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations and he is a regular lecturer in the field.
Dr. Joachim Feldges, Icking
Joachim Feldges is a German attorney at law being domiciled in the south of Munich. Joachim studied at the Universities of Würzburg and Geneva and holds a Doctorate in law and a Diplôme d’études supérieures en droit from the University of Geneva. Joachim was a partner with several multinational and global law firms over 30 years. He has practiced multinational patent litigation in the fields of pharmaceuticals and biotech more than 35 years. He has a long term experience in licensing and has acted as arbitrator and mediator in many cases. He is a member of the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Advisory Committee and regularly gives lectures on arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Philipp Groz, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich
Philipp Groz is a dispute resolution partner at the Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer and heads the IP and life sciences teams. He regularly represents clients in domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings with a focus on disputes related to IP, unfair competition, licensing and distribution. He also sits as an arbitrator. Philipp is listed as a neutral with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and is a board member of Licensing Executives Society Switzerland. He is recognized, inter alia, in Who's Who Legal's Future Leaders Arbitration rankings (2018-2020). Philipp graduated from the law school of the University of Zurich and also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from NYU Law.
Mr. Martin Hauser, Martin Hauser Mediation, Munich
Martin Hauser, certified mediator in Germany and France, leads national and international commercial mediations in English, French, and German. He has a legal background in intellectual property, IT, licences, distribution, competition, complex industrial projects, and international business law. With over 30 years of practice as a business lawyer in commercial litigation, international arbitration and negotiations, Martin Hauser works exclusively as commercial mediator on the resolution of complex and emotional legal conflicts. He is accredited with mediation institutions such as WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva, CMAP, Paris, ICC Centre for ADR, Paris. Martin Hauser is Vice Chair of the Mediation Committee of the IBA International Bar Association. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the IAM, Dallas and is selected by WWL Who’s Who Legal Mediation.
Martin Hauser is a member of the Munich (Rechtsanwalt) and Paris (avocat honoraire) Bars. He practiced from 1988 to 2019 as founding partner at BMH AVOCATS, Paris. From 1980 to 1983, he was a research fellow in French intellectual property and competition law with the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich.
Martin Hauser holds degrees of Master of Arts (M.A.) in negotiation and mediation from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt Oder (2015), Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.) from New York University (NYU) (1986), Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Munich (1983) and law degrees from the Universities of Munich and Freiburg i. Br. (1985, 1979).
Mr. Chung Nian Lam, WongPartnership LLP, Singapore
Chung Nian Lam heads the Intellectual Property, Technology & Media, Telecommunications and Data Protection Practices at WongPartnership LLP, a leading Singapore law firm.
He has extensive experience representing multinational companies, listed corporations and government clients on regulatory, transactional, enforcement and advisory matters. He is a leading practitioner in his areas of expertise, having won many awards and accolades.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointed as an IP Adjudicator empowered to hear disputes before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, as well as to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators for IP Disputes, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Panel of Film and Media Mediators, Arbitrators and Experts, among others. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar and to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales and is also a registered patent agent in Singapore.
Mr. David Muus, Sisvel International S.A
Before joining Sisvel in 2015, David Muus worked at the Dutch telecom operator KPN as IP counsel. At Sisvel David has been responsible for its 3G and 4G licensing and litigation activities, resulting in a succession of settlements completed in 2022. David has also been working on the creation of Sisvel’s latest pools for 5G and cellular IoT. Now he is heading Sisvel’s legal team, from their Barcelona office.
Founded in 1982, Sisvel is the only licensing administrator that has been operating for more than 40 years, becoming a world leader in fostering innovation and managing IP. Sisvel creates forms of intermediation in IP transactions that reduce complexity and remove friction between willing licensees and licensors, whilst fostering the creation of a level playing field in the markets for technology.
Ms. Kathleen Paisley, Ambos NBGO, Brussels
Kathleen Paisley is a recognised international arbitrator and mediator. She is triple qualified in law, finance and accounting, with a JD from the Yale Law School, an MBA in finance and has completed the CPA exam. Kathleen has acted in commercial cases under all the major international arbitration rules and in investor-State cases before ICSID and under the UNCITRAL rules. She is an expert in IP, technology, pharmaceuticals and bio-technology, data-protection and cybersecurity, as well as having a sophisticated understanding of finance and accounting-related issues. She has also acted as chief legal officer in both technology and pharmaceutical companies. In addition to her commercial and corporate experience, she is also recognised in both public and private international law having acted in investor-State cases for more than 25 years.
Ms. Joyce A. Tan, Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC, Singapore
Joyce A. Tan is managing director of the firm she established in 1998, a business-focused commercial law practice, with strengths in intellectual property and technology. She is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous legal publications including Legal 500, Chambers, AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers, Practical Law Company, World Trade Mark Review, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Internet, E-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers, Global Communications, Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Global Law Experts, The Best Lawyers and Acritas Stars and has been recognized in the A-List of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.
Her subject matter expertise in the IP and TMT space has also been validated by her appointment as expert witness on domain names and cybersquatting in legal proceedings before the Supreme Court of Singapore, which led to a precedent-setting decision in which she was heavily quoted.
Her business-focused legal practice which routinely involves intense negotiations and the development of creative business solutions, is a natural ally to her mediation work, in which she has been active for many years. She is credited for her work in the successful mediation of an international dispute involving IP rights spanning six jurisdictions, which the World Trademark Review reported as “groundbreaking” and that “could redefine the trademark status quo”. Her mediation work has extended to disputes involving cross-border trade mark rights, copyright, passing off, TMT procurement, commercial matters and personal rights, including those arising from proceedings before the Supreme Court and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.