About us

Danuta Szymura Berglas B.A. LLB Solicitor-at-Law CELTA Compliance began her legal career as Solicitor-at-Law at large commercial law firms in Sydney, Australia before moving to Zürich, Switzerland, acquiring over 30 years’ expertise as international corporate, commercial and contracts lawyer through her broad experience as Solicitor, Swiss University research lawyer, Legal and English Consultant, and in-house Legal Counsel for multiple Swiss and international companies in the pharmaceutical biotech, Medtech, automotive engineering, chemical, entertainment, engineering  and building/ construction industries. 

Professional background

• 2024 Interim Legal Counsel  for thyssenkrupp Presta AG, Liechtenstein.
• 2023-2024 Axiom Global AG interim Senior Legal Counsel for Cook Research Inc. USA and BioNTech SE Germany.
• 2023 Interim Counsel Europe and ICO for CSL Behring AG, Bern.
• 2022-2023 Interim Senior Legal Counsel EMEA Vegetable Seeds for Bayer Crop Science (Schweiz) AG, Basel.
• 2021-2022 Interim Senior Corporate Counsel GMS-GQ EUCAN for Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG, Zürich.
• 2020 Legal and English Consultant
• 2019-2020 Legal Counsel EMEA/ Asia for AOC Resins, Schaffhausen Switzerland, a leading global supplier of chemical resins for the composites industry.
• 2011-2019 Corporate Legal Counsel for the Dragone Entertainment group, Zug Switzerland/ Belgium. Dragone is a leading creator of spectacular live performing arts shows in purpose built theatres around the world.
• 2007-2011 in-house Lawyer for Kuros Biosurgery AG, a pharmaceutical medical devices biotech company based in Zürich, Switzerland.
• 2005-2007 Legal and English Consultant
• 2001-2005 Legal research associate Juristische Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin II for a Swiss Government DEZA funded interdisciplinary legal project through the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern and University of Basel, Switzerland. 
• Associate Editor and a co-author of the resulting legal textbook written in English entitled: Biber-Klemm, S. and Cottier, T. (eds) Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives (2006) CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire UK.
• 1987-1992 fully qualified Solicitor-at-Law for several large commercial law firms in the central business district of Sydney, Australia - Allen Allen and Hemsley, Dunhill Madden Butler, Dibbs Crowther and Osborne, Bruce and Stuart Turton, as well as Company Lawyer for the Australian Federation of Construction Contractors (AFCC).

• Author “Structuring International Deals for Live Show Performances” in: Mak, Cecily and Pecoraro, Anne-Marie (eds) Creative Lawyering for Growth in the Entertainment Industry (2013) International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, London UK
• Associate Editor and a co-author of Biber-Klemm, S. and Cottier, T. (eds) Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives (2006) CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire UK