Specialized in Intellectual Property, Competition law and legal aspects related to Information and Communication Technology, Alain Alberini is involved in the national and international strategy of protecting, implementing and defending his clients' intangible assets. It includes representing clients before judicial (civil and criminal) and administrative authorities, as well as negotiating and drafting complex agreements (including M&A transactions). As a corollary, Alain Alberini is active in the fields of cybersecurity, data protection, health sciences, media and entertainment law.

Alain Alberini is ranked by the World Trademark Review in relation to trademark enforcement and litigation, as well as in relation to trademark prosecution and strategy.

Alain Alberini was educated at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich (BLaw and MLaw) and UCLA (LL.M. in Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law and Policy Specialization). He also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne in trademark law and unfair competition. Thanks to his academic background and professional experience, Alain Alberini teaches in a number of institutions at the university level and publishes in his areas of expertise. He notably teaches the Intellectual Property class of the Neuchatel University School of Law.

In addition, Alain Alberini is the Chairman of the attorneys-experts panel of Justitia 4.0 (digitalization of the Swiss justice system) (since 2022; member of the panel since 2018).

Before joining Walder Wyss in 2024, Alain Alberini was a partner for six years in a Geneva and Lausanne-based boutique law firm specialized in business and innovation law.

Alain Alberini’s professional languages are French and English. He also understands Italian and German. He is registered with the Vaud Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Brands and influencers on social media

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Journée de Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle 2025 | Geneva University

Les limites de la parodie au regard du droit des marques et de la concurrence déloyale

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Journée neuchâteloise de la propriété intellectuelle – JNPI2, Neuchatel University

Prestations digitales et indications de provenance

| di Alain Alberini e Marie Pfammatter-Boillat [Co-autore] | in: Semaine Judiciaire (SJ) | pag. p. 153

La procédure de recours devant le Tribunal administratif fédéral (TAF)

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Training course for IP specialists and patent attorneys, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Justitia 4.0 – Perspective de l’avocat.e

| Relatore Alain Alberini | L’étude digitale : défis et solutions, Conférence latine des Bâtonniers

Droit sur les données – titularité et utilisation

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Basel Area Business & Innovation

Management of IP Assets

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Trust Valley – Tech4Trust

Propriété intellectuelle et concurrence en droit du travail

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Vaud Bar Association, Conférence du stage

Propriété intellectuelle et technologies de l’information

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Société Genevoise de Droit et de Législation (SGDL)

Litiges en matière de signes distinctifs – premiers réflexes

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Vaud Bar Association

L’image et son utilisation – Le point de vue légal

| Relatore Alain Alberini | 22e Journée de la presse paroissiale

La notion d’usage de la marque au sens de l’art. 13 LPM

| Relatore Alain Alberini | IPI-LES, Développements récents en droit des marques

Plateformes numériques – Quelle protection ?

| Relatore Alain Alberini | HEG Geneva and Pulse Incubateur HES | 21 May 2021 & 8 April 2022

Réseaux sociaux et enjeux juridiques

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Lausanne University Law School

Online Legal Update for NGOs, IP & Data Protection

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Centre d’Accueil de la Genève Internationale (CAGI)

Specific issues relating to distinctive signs

| Relatore Alain Alberini | CAS in Digital Finance Law, Geneva School of Law | 14 November 2020, 12-13 November 2021 and 18-19 November 2022

Propriété intellectuelle et concurrence en droit du travail

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Vaud Bar Association, Conférence du stage

Dans l’ombre du Covid-19, la révision du droit d’auteur est entrée en vigueur

| di Alain Alberini | in: Heidi.news

Transnationalism and the Internet: Legal Concepts Under Stress

| Relatore Alain Alberini | Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), 11th Annual Business Law Forum, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 30 & 31 January 2020

E-commerce – LCart et protection des données : quels enjeux ?

| Relatori Alain Alberini e Adrien Alberini | 10e journée du droit de la concurrence (Centre Patronal, Association suisse du droit de la concurrence et CECIDAC)