Peter Ling

Partner at Lenz & Staehelin / Lecturer at ETH Zurich

Switzerland

About

Peter Ling’s practice is centered on intellectual property, unfair competition, licensing and life sciences matters. He has extensive experience in complex multinational IP and licensing disputes and arbitral proceedings, as well as in advising clients on contractual and regulatory issues related to IP, licensing and life sciences. Peter Ling graduated from the University of Fribourg in 2004 and completed an LL.M. degree at Columbia Law School in 2013 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar). Following his admission to the Swiss Bar in 2010, he joined the Intellectual Property group of Lenz & Staehelin as an associate. He is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. In addition to regular publications in scientific journals, he has been one of the GuestKats on the IPKat Blog since January 2019 and has authored numerous posts in the field of Swiss, European and international intellectual property.

Experience

  • Lenz & Staehelin (16 yrs 1 mo)
    • Partner
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    • Attorney-at-law
      Jun 2010 - Dec 2019 · 9 yrs 7 mos

  • Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law at ETH Zürich
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Legal Counsel of the Board
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Co-Chair of the Technology Transfer Committee
      Aug 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • GuestKat at The IPKat
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs

    Passionate about IP! Since June 2003 the IPKat has covered copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech, privacy and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

  • Junior Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    Dec 2007 - Feb 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos

    I worked as an Intern in the IT and IP teams of the law firm.