Attorneys at law - Beutler Künzi Stutz - Attorneys at law

Stephan Beutler

Attorney-at-Law, Dr. iur, LL.M

Admitted to the bar in 1993. Subsequently worked as an assistant at the Institute of Economic Law at the University of Bern and as an attorney specialised in intellectual property matters in an internationally reputed Zurich law firm. 1996 LL.M. (University of London) in International Intellectual Property Law. 1998 Dr. iur. with a thesis entitled "Multimedia and Copyright Law" (awarded with the Professor Walther Hug prize). Author of numerous articles in learned journals and co-author of a commentary on Swiss and international design law.

Languages: German, English, French

Muriel Künzi

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Admitted to the bar in 1993. Thereafter worked as an attorney focusing on liability and contract law in a major law firm in Biel. Subsequently employed in Zurich as a legal staff member of the ombudsman for private insurances. Acted as mediator between the insured and the insurance companies for personal and property insurances. Partner at BKS Attorneys Ltd. since 2002. Lecturer on information technology and data protection law at the School of Engineering and Information Technology (BFH-TI) in Biel and Bern and at the Software Engineering School. Co-author of a commentary on Swiss and international design law.

Languages: German, French, Italian, English

Robert Mirko Stutz

Attorney-at-Law, Dr. iur, LL.M.Partner

Robert Stutz was admitted to the bar in 1992. He subsequently worked as a state prosecutor, as an assistant at the Institute of Economic Law, University of Bern and, afterwards, as an attorney specialized in intellectual property law. He obtained an LL.M. (University of London) in 1996 in International Intellectual Property Law. In 1993 he started lecturing in law at different technical colleges and universities. He currently lectures at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art, the Écal (École Cantonale d`Art de Lausanne), the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) and the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK).
Robert Stutz has focused on design since the beginning of his career, having written about the overlap of Copyright and Design rights in the field of industrial designs in his Ph.D. 2001 Thesis. He has written numerous articles on this subject in learned journals and is co-author of a commentary on Swiss and international design law. He has also contributed to a Swiss IP Handbook, with a chapter on design rights. As Co-Chair of the MARQUES Designs team, he is very much involved in matters related to Design protection and the Hague Agreement in particular and has published various articles on the topic. President of the Berner Design Stiftung since 2019.

Languages: German, English, Italian, French

Senta Willi

Attorney-at-Law, lic. iur.

2000 lic. iur., university degree. Subsequent internships by the Federal Agency for Agriculture in the area of protected geographical indications, at BKS Attorneys Ltd., and in the civil and judicial district court VIII Bern-Laupen. In the summer of 2003 employed in the judicial court III Bern-Mittelland and preparation for the bar exam. Admitted to the bar in spring 2004 and working since then as an attorney at BKS Attorneys Ltd. Collaboration on writing a commentary on Swiss and international design law.

Languages: German, English, French, Bahasa Indonesia

Chantal Bolzern

Attorney-at-law, LL.M., Mediator, Partner

Admitted to the bar in 1997. In 2003, completed the Master`s (LL.M.) at the Free University of Berlin, majoring in Copyright Law and completed studies as a Culture Manager in 2005. From 2004, worked as a lawyer at SUISA, concentrating mainly on Copyright and Contract Law. 2010 promotion to head of department, responsible for licensing music performances in the German and the French part of Switzerland. Guest speaker at various institutions on Copyright Law and Collecting Societies.
Completed studies as a mediator in 2016. Since 2018 working as an attorney at BKS Attorneys Ltd. and partner since 2021. Co-President of HELVETIAROCKT since March 2018 and President of the Swiss Syndicate Film and Video (SSFV) since 2022.

Languages: German, French, English

Marc Hottinger

Attorney-at-Law, lic. iur.

2010 lic. iur., university degree, subsequent internships in the legal department of an international advertising agency in Hamburg (D), at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property and in the Civil and Criminal Division of the Berne-Mittelland District Court, internship at BKS Attorneys Ltd., 2015 Admission to the bar and employment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property as a trademark lawyer, additionally ad interim/ deputy editor-in-chief of the intellectual property magazine „sic!“. Since 2018 working as an attorney at BKS Attorneys Ltd.

Languages: German, English, French

Evelyne Feller

Attorney-at-law

Bachelor of Law (BLaw) degree at the University of Bern in 2018, followed by a Master of Law (MLaw) degree at the University of Zurich in 2020 (including a semester abroad at Lund University in Sweden). Subsequent law internships at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Berne and at BKS Attorneys Ltd. Admitted to the bar in 2024, since then working as an attorney at BKS Attorneys Ltd, concentrating on Design law and Copyright law. She has collaborated on a commentary on Swiss design law.