DR. ANDREAS RITTER
Admitted as a lawyer in Zurich 1996
E-mail a.ritter@ritterpartner.ch
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
MEMBERSHIPS
Zürcher Anwaltsverband, Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband, Forum für Kommunikationsrecht, Art Law Center Geneva, International Bar Association (IBA).
LANGUAGES
German, French, English and Italian.
DR. BRUNO SEEMANN LLM
Admitted as lawyer in Zurich 1996
E-mail b.seemann@ritterpartner.ch
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
After working for several years as a professional musician and music producer, Bruno Seemann studied law at the University of Zurich (law degree 1990) and subsequently worked as assistant to the chair of intellectual property law, media law, employment law and sociology of law. In 1992/1993 he studied US-law at Harvard Law School (LLM 1993), worked for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in Los Angeles and then – after obtaining his doctorate (Dr. iur.) and being admitted to the bar in 1996 – in a large business law firm in Zurich. From 1998 onwards Bruno Seemann has worked as independent lawyer and as media entrepreneur, TV and film producer.
He is the author of various publications in the fields of copyright law and the rights of privacy and publicity.
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LANGUAGES
Louise Schnidrig
Admitted as lawyer in Bern 2021
E-mail l.schnidrig@ritterpartner.ch
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
During her Master’s studies in Basel, Louise Schnidrig worked part-time as an intern and legal assistant at the law firm Ritter & Partner. After an exchange at Boston University School of Law and an internship at an art law firm in New York, she completed her legal internships at a renowned law firm and a court in Bern and gained further experience in an internship at UNESCO in Dakar, Sénégal. She passed the bar exam in July 2021 in the Canton of Bern and returned to Ritter & Partner as an attorney in November 2021.
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MLAW Riana Gasser
Junior Lawyer
E-mail r.gasser@ritterpartner.ch
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
After her master studies at the University of Zurich and the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (Master of Law magna cum laude), Riana Gasser worked first as a trainee and thereafter as a legal councel for a large Swiss company, before entering at a Zurich district court as a law clerk. Already during her bachelor studies she worked as an assistant and part-time trainee for Ritter & Partner and is now back as a junior lawyer since mid 2020. In addition to her legal activities, she is also head of the secretariat of the Swiss Art Market Association (VKMS).
MEMBERSHIPS
Museum Rietberg-Association, UZH Alumni, Ius Alumni.
LANGUAGES
German, English, French and Farsi.