Stefan Bürge
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Stefan Bürge
Stefan Bürge advises and represents clients in particular in scale-up, sustainability and intellectual property matters. As a solution-driven legal generalist, he has deep expertise in crafting and negotiating meaningful collaborations between organizations and is specialised in protecting and using inventions and know-how. This also includes technology development and go-to-market strategies. Further, he leverages his experience to provide hands-on and strategic advice for the creative and non-profit sectors (foundations, associations).
Stefan Bürge has built and led interdisciplinary, international teams across geographies. He is a board advisor and member, substitute judge at a cantonal court and lecturer for private law and intellectual property. Recognized as Swiss in-house lawyer of the year 2024 (Energy/Renewables) by legalcommunity.ch/ACC Europe.
- INSEAD Business School, Frankreich, Advanced Management Programme 2022
- University of Basel/ceps, Good Foundation Board Governance 2021
- Stanford University, USA, LL.M. in Law, Science and Technology 2011
- Admission to the bar 2009
- University of St.Gallen (HSG), M.A. HSG in Law 2007
- Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China, und Fudan University School of Law, Shanghai, China (Austauschprogramm) 2006
- University of British Columbia, Canada, Faculty of Law and Sauder School of Business (exchange term) 2004
- since 2025 with PROBST PARTNER AG
- General Counsel of Climeworks AG (2019-2025)
- Senior Associate at a large business law firm in Zurich (2009–2019)
- Inhouse Counsel at an international technology company in Bangalore, India, and Foreign Associate at a large business law firm in Mumbai, India (2011)
- Law clerk at the Commercial Court of the Canton Aargau (2008)
- Member of the Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations
- Founding president of #guerillaclassics (organizing classical concerts at unusual venues for a young audience to promote young musicians)
- Board member of the Stanford Club of Switzerland
Referat: Immaterielle Güter als Erfolgsfaktor, FHNW Winter School Entrepreneurship, Februar 2025
Referat: Direct Air Capture Technology, BAFU-Fachtagung zu CO2-Entnahme und -Speicherung, Oktober 2022
FinTech 2019 – Switzerland, in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, March 2019 (with Lukas Morscher)
Technology, Media & Telecommunications 2019 – Switzerland, in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, March 2019 (with Nadja Flühler and Lukas Morscher)
Technology 2018 – Switzerland, in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Country Comparative Guide, October 2018 (with Lukas Morscher)
Referat: Schutz von Wissen auf Social Media Plattformen, 39. Social Media Gipfel, Juni 2017
Presentation: Smart Contracts, SFTA Swiss Fintech Association, June 2017
Digital Business in Switzerland, in: Practical Law, Global Guide 2016/17 (with Lukas Morscher)
Referat: Rechtliche Aspekte der Gründung und Skalierung von Unternehmen, FHNW Summer School Entrepreneurship, September 2014
Referat: Immaterialgüterrechtliche Chancen und Herausforderungen, Handelskammer Deutschland-Schweiz, März 2013
Richterliche Behebung von Organisationsmängeln bei der AG und GmbH, SJZ 7/2009 (157-166), Zürich 2009 (mit Nicolas Gut)
Sicherheit im Rechtsverkehr: Zur Bedeutung der elektronischen Signatur in der Praxis, in: Philipp Juchli, Marcel Würmli, Diego Haunreiter (Hrsg.), Sicherheit als wirtschaftliches, rechtliches und kulturelles Phänomen, Schriften der Assistierenden der Universität St.Gallen (HSG), 3. Band, Bern 2008, S. 145-180
Gebrauch in Serie: Entscheid des EuGH zu Serienmarken und zum rechtserhaltenden Gebrauch (Urteilsbesprechung „Bainbridge“), sic! 10/2008 (752-757), Bern 2008
Zuordnung der Ergebnisse gemeinsamer Forschung und Entwicklung in der Praxis, sic! 1/2008 (3-20), Bern 2008 (mit Andrea Mondini)
Vorbereitungen zur Befreiung von der CO2-Abgabe in der Praxis, NZZ vom 30. November 2007, S. 31 (mit Jürg Simon)
Online Gaming – Reale rechtliche Stolpersteine in virtuellen Welten, sic! 11/2006 (802-818), Bern 2006