Sarah Drukarch

Sarah Drukarch is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s IP & TMT, Life Sciences, as well as Corporate/M&A practice groups in Zurich. She specializes in intellectual property, with a particular focus on life sciences, and also frequently advises clients on matters of unfair competition, data protection, food and healthcare as well as IT and media law. Sarah's expertise has been recognized by her continued inclusion as Rising Star for Switzerland by IP Stars since 2020.

Sarah Drukarch advises and represents domestic and foreign corporations in the life sciences sector as well as in a broad range of other industries, including foodstuffs, consumer goods, media, ICT, and automotive, with establishing and maintaining intellectual property rights and related licensing and transfer matters. Her broad IP experience covers both national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as contentious matters.

In the field of life sciences, Sarah Drukarch is regularly involved in the negotiations for international research and development projects, covering all ranges and aspects of pre-clinical, clinical, and post-marketing set-ups. She advises manufacturers and service providers of regulated products comprehensively, for example in connection with supply chain and distribution arrangements for pharmaceutical products and medical devices, marketing authorizations, industry-specific permits, know-how protection, marketing, compliance and vigilance, sponsoring, compensation, rights in data, as well as other complex contract negotiations. In addition, Sarah handles disputes in the life sciences industry and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings, before domestic state courts, and administrative authorities.

Sarah Drukarch graduated from the University of Lucerne (Master of Law, 2014), having spent one semester at Temple University Beasley School of Law (Philadelphia, USA). She joined Pestalozzi in 2015 and was admitted to the Swiss bar in 2016. Her professional languages are German and English. She has also a proficient command of Hebrew, French and Italian and is able to freely communicate in Dutch.

2023

Partner at Pestalozzi

2020

Part time secondment at a global medical device manufacturer advising the local business units for the end customer market
Senior Associate at Pestalozzi

2018

Part time secondment at a global medical device manufacturer focusing on contractual & regulatory requirements for clinical trials

2016

Associate at Pestalozzi
Admission to Swiss bar

2015

Junior Associate at Pestalozzi

2014

University of Lucerne: Master of Law

2013

Exchange student Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia

2012

University of Lucerne: Bachelor of Law

Languages

German, English, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, French

Expertise & Industries

Corporate / M&A
Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)
IP & TMT
Life Sciences

Membership

Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
International Bar Association (IBA), officer in the IP and Entertainment Law Committee
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Licensing Executives Society Switzerland (LES)
Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES)
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)