Meet
our team
PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE
Isabelle Bruder is an Intellectual Property lawyer. Isabelle has been working for more than ten years in private practice, including six years within major Swiss law firms. During these years, Isabelle has assisted many clients in providing legal advice and in managing IP right portfolios of worldwide top companies as well as of SMEs, startups and non-profitable organizations.
Isabelle provides her clients with strategic advice for the constitution, the maintenance and the defence of their immaterial assets such as trademarks, designs, copyrights and domain names at Swiss and international levels.
Isabelle is a member of AROPI.
LANGUAGES
French, English
EDUCATION
French Qualification for practising the profession of Industrial Property Attorney
Master in Intellectual Property law, design law - University of Lyon, France
PUBLICATIONS
Recent developments in trademark law, LES - IPI, on 27 april 2016 in Geneva, in cooperation with Mrs Michèle Burnier (sic ! 7+8/2016, 414)
Recent developments in trademark law, LES - IPI, on 5 June 2013 in Geneva, in cooperation with Mrs Michèle Burnier (sic !11/2013, 724)
Professional experience
Nathalie Denel is a lawyer with a strong expertise in intellectual property. She has over ten years of experience, having worked for several international companies including Nestlé. In her past position, she was responsible for the worldwide intellectual property portfolio of the Nestlé Waters business.
Now, in private practice, she is advising her clients on all aspects of risk assessment, protection and defense of their brand assets with a focus on generating a competitive advantage through intellectual property rights.
Nathalie is a member of AROPI, INTA and MARQUES (member of Geographical Indications Team).
Languages
English, French, Spanish (Basic knowledge)
Education
Master of Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Agreements, New Technologies Law – University of Grenoble, France
Business Law Degree – University of Lyon, France
publications
Apple lost against the trademark “Tick Different" of Swatch, Lexology May 14, 2019
Professional experience
Olga Fayad is carrying out the filings, follow-up of registration procedures, renewals and requests for recordals of address changes, transfers and trademark licences of trademarks, designs and patents in Switzerland and before WIPO. Olga is in charge of the preparation of cost estimates for specific projects of clients and of the administrative management of trademark and domain name portfolios together with the lawyers. She also brings her support for the watching of trademarks and for the responses to IPI’s objections on formal grounds.
Her scientific background and past experience in a research laboratory at The Geneva University Hospital brings an interdisciplinary approach to the management of intellectual property matters.
Languages
English, French, Russian, Arabic (basic knowledge)
Education
Master of Neuroscience – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Psychology Degree – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Professional experience
Vanessa Klein is Sedin’s Administrative and Financial Manager. In addition to supporting our IP practice, Vanessa is responsible for overseeing the major functional areas of the firm including client services, finance, IT, records management, and human resources. Vanessa plays an integral role in helping to monitor operations and implement updated systems and processes to more efficiently serve our clients.
Prior to joining Sedin, Vanessa worked in Sales & Marketing with Hewlett Packard Switzerland for 10 years.
Languages
English, French, Italian
Education
Master of Business Administration- Executive MBA – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Diploma of Advanced Studies in Strategic Marketing, Communication & e-business – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Bachelor's degree in Economy & Social History - University of Geneva, Switzerland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hadia Panschiri is carrying out the filings, follow-up of registration procedures, renewals and requests for recordals of address changes, transfers and trademark licences of trademarks, designs and patents in Switzerland and before WIPO. Hadia is in charge of the preparation of cost estimates for specific projects of clients and of the administrative management of trademark and domain name portfolios together with the lawyers. She also brings her support for the watching of trademarks and for the responses to IPI’s objections on formal grounds.
Her current formation in Business Law allows her to acquire both legal and business skills giving her a company-oriented approach.
LANGUAGES
French, English, Spanish, German (basic knowledge), Farsi
EDUCATION
Bachelor Degree in Business Law - University of Applied Sciences of Neuchâtel
Professionnal experience
Olga Taibi is responsible for the Accounts Receivable. She is in charge of issuing invoices to our clients according to their invoicing procedures and notably via their billing systems (Anaqua, Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker, CounselLink, Datacert, TyMetrix360, Corridor, Basware, Go Counsel, LECORPIO, etc.) as well as preparing the accounting documents necessary for the proper functioning of our company.
Before joining Sedin, Olga worked for various Swiss SMEs with international clients, especially in Eastern Europe.
Languages
French, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish (basic knowledge)
Education
Post Graduate Education Financial Accounting, Principles and Developments - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Degree French Foreign Language, University of Geneva, Switzerland
University Diploma of Teacher Secondary Level Schools, specialization English and French Languages / Foreign Literature, Donbass State University, Horlivka, Ukraine
