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Dr. Markus Wang

Markus Wang is a very fast thinker and a great strategist at the same time. He provides in-depth know-how.

Client in Legal 500 2022

Markus Wang is the embodiment of Bär und Karrer's intellectual property expertise.

Legal 500 2025

Not only is their legal understanding outstanding, but also their economic and transactional mindset. Markus Wang and his team really know what it takes to manoeuvre clients through complex intellectual property issues.

Legal 500 2025

Markus Wang is great to work with. He is very fast and extremely accurate.

Legal 500 2025

As an experienced litigator and highly intelligent attorney with an excellent commercial and technical understanding, Markus Wang provides court-proven contracts and guides its clients through demanding negotiations.

Legal 500 2025

Markus Wang is the IP lawyer to go to for complex transactions and contract drafting.

Legal 500 2025

Markus Wang possesses over three decades of experience and comes "highly recommended" for skilfully advising clients in the pharmaceuticals sector on complex patent litigation.

Lexology Index, Healthcare & Life Sciences - Patent Litigation 2025

The "excellent" Markus Wang is a highly accomplished lawyer with deep expertise in handling high-stakes Swiss and international transactions in the life sciences and IT sectors.

Lexology Index, Healthcare & Life Sciences - Transactional 2025

Markus Wang has fantastic knowledge and is able to handle very complex matters.

Chambers Europe 2025

Markus Wang is an outstanding lawyer who brings exceptional speed, precision and clarity to every engagement.

Chambers Europe 2025

Markus Wang has an impressive ability to keep an overview of multifaceted legal matters, ensuring that no detail is overlooked while always keeping the bigger picture in sight.

Chambers Europe 2025

In even the most complex and fast-moving situations, he maintains a calm, focused demeanour, providing concise, strategic advice that cuts straight to the core of the issue.

Chambers Europe 2025

Markus Wang is very experienced, responsive and hands-on. He is fantastic to work with.

Chambers Europe 2025

Markus Wang is an absolute expert in life sciences.

Chambers Europe 2025

Markus Wang delivered highest quality advice and displayed spot-on contract drafting skills on a very fast paced and highly complex major M&A transactions.

Client in Legal 500 2024

Markus Wang is very brainy, intelligent and experienced.

Intellectual Property Client in Chambers Europe 2024

He is super bright, great to work with and has a business-focused approach. Overall, Markus is a stand-up guy.

IAM Patent 1000 2023

Markus Wang is a brilliant lawyer with a very broad expertise and a deep understanding of the client’s business. Very careful and hands on.

Client in Legal 500 2023

Markus Wang enjoys a strong reputation in the life sciences market for his specialist knowledge of IP law and his expertise in transactional patent matters.

Who's Who Legal, Thought Leaders 2022

Markus Wang is a very fast thinker and a great strategist at the same time. He provides in-depth know-how.

Client in Legal 500 2022

Markus Wang is the embodiment of Bär und Karrer's intellectual property expertise.

Legal 500 2025

À propos de

Markus Wang heads the intellectual property team and co-heads the life sciences group of the firm. His practice covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark, copyright and other IP-related issues, in particular in the pharmaceutical, biotech and IT sector. He frequently drafts and negotiates license, outsourcing and R&D agreements. Furthermore, he specializes in regulatory matters in the fields of life sciences and health care.

Markus Wang lectures on intellectual property law at the University of Fribourg. He has written two books on design protection and contributed chapters to the latest commentary on Swiss trademark law and to several books on other IP, IT and life sciences topics. Further, he has published several articles for periodicals in these fields.

Markus Wang is recognized as a leading practitioner in the field of intellectual property in professional and life sciences publications and listings such as Chambers Europe, European Legal Experts, Who's Who Legal, WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals and IAM Patent 1000.

LanguesAnglais, Allemand
Curriculum
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Bär & Karrer AG (2009-2017)
  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2002)
  • London School of Economics and Political Sciences: LL.M. (1998)
  • University of St. Gallen: Dr. iur. (1998)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (1996-2001)
  • Trainee at Bär & Karrer (1994)
  • Research Fellow Sponsored by a Scholarship of the Swiss National Fund at the Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich (1993/1994)
  • University of St. Gallen: lic. iur. (1992)
  • Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. Carl Baudenbacher (1991-1993)
Associations et fonctions publiques
  • Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Fribourg (since 2007)
  • Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law at the University of St. Gallen (1998-2003)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Institute of Intellectual Property (INGRES)
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Markus Wang
P: +41 58 261 55 10
M: +41 58 262 55 10

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Sonia Widmer
P: +41 58 261 54 61

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