Simon Schmid
Principal at EGGER PHILIPS
Competencies and experiences
- Senior legal advisor, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) (2009-2019)
- Head Legal and Finance TEDxZurich (2018-2019)
- 10 years of experience in international negotiations:
- Lead negotiator for EFTA countries in the field of intellectual property
- Swiss negotiator in UN organisations (such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)) as well as the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Advisor to the Swiss export industry on market access with a focus on China (2009-2019)
- Advisor to i.a. the UK government for the post Brexit free trade negotiations (2018)
Qualifications
- Master in international law and economics, World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern
- Master in international relations, the Graduate School of International and Development Studies, Geneva
- Two years at the University Complutense of Madrid (faculties of economics, political science, law and history)
- Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop
Languages: German (native), English, French, Spanish as well as basic knowledge in Portuguese