Andreas Mikos
MLaw, Attorney at Law
Partner
Contact details
Main areas of activity
- Litigation in commercial and civil law disputes
- Labor law and general contract law
- Intellectual property law (incl. trademark law)
Expertise
Andreas Mikos' practice focuses on litigation in commercial and civil law matters and advising national and international clients in all areas of employment, intellectual property and commercial law.
His area of expertise also includes advising Greek companies, entrepreneurs, executives and private clients on activities related to Switzerland or Swiss law. Andreas Mikos is fluent in Greek and has a wide network of Greek contacts in Greece and abroad.
In addition to his legal practice, he is on the board of directors of various SMEs in the financial, entertainment and medical technology industries and on the board of trustees of a pension fund.
He is an author at iusNet in the area of employment law and co-author of a commentary on trademark law (to be published in the second half of 2024).
Publications
- Name protection, Art. 29 ZGB, in: Weinmann/Willi (eds.), Kommentar zum Markenschutzgesetz (MschG) / Kennzeichenrecht, Zurich (to be published in September 2024), https://www.dike.ch/weinmann-markenschutzgesetz-kennzeichenrecht-mschg.
- Compensation for abusive termination is tax-exempt, commentary on BGer ruling 2C_546/2021 of October 31, 2022, iusNet AR-SVR 12/2022 (together with Gregori Werder).
- Bogus self-employment: Risks and consequences for companies, Recht§icher 04/2021, Weka Business Media AG.
Career
- Partner at Werder Viganò (2021)
- Attorney at Law and lawyer at Werder Viganò (2015-2020)
- Admitted to the bar (2017)
- Master of Law, University of Zurich (2015)
- Employee in the legal department of a public law company, a Zurich law firm and a consulting firm (2008-2015)
Languages
- German
- English
- Greek
- French
- Italian
Memberships
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- Zurich Lawyers' Association
- International Young Lawyers Association (AIJA)
- ZAV Civil Procedure Law Section