ABOUT HERBERT M. KOCH
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Studies at the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, PH.D. at the New York University School of Law, "NYU", New York, LL.M. and the University of Zurich (UZH).
LEGAL WORKING EXPERIENCE
• Corporate legal consultant and international tax consultant at Burckhardt Treuhand und Revisions Gesellschaft Gmbh, in Zurich (establishment of new companies such as SAP and SWAROVSKI in Switzerland);
• Corporate legal consultant in the capital markets department of Swiss Bank Corporation in Zurich (capital market transaction of up to 100 million Swiss Francs for countries or companies or cities)
• Legal & Business Affairs Manager at Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft in Hamburg (contractual negotiations with representatives of Cecilia Bartoli, Leonard Bernstein, José Carreras, Myung Wung Chung, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, the Salzburg Festival, Musikverein Vienna and Opera Bastille in Paris and many other artists, media companies, sponsors and agents);
• Director Legal & Business Affairs at BMG Classics Music Gmbh in Munich (contractual negotiations with representatives of Elton John, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Paul Simon, Sting, Tina Turner, the Opera Paris Bastille, Myung Wung Chun, Rostropovich, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others);
• Head of Administration Director at SonyATV Music Publishing in Berlin;
• Legal consultant at the law firm "Weber Law Partners" in Zurich, Switzerland;
• Legal consultant under his own law firm "HMK LAW" in Zurich, Switzerland (since 2020)
AUTHOR
Co-Author of a dictionary of musical, legal and economical terms in the Music Business - with Dr. Alexander Unverzagt in Hamburg.
Studies at the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, PH.D. at the New York University School of Law, "NYU", New York, LL.M. and the University of Zurich (UZH).
LEGAL WORKING EXPERIENCE
• Corporate legal consultant and international tax consultant at Burckhardt Treuhand und Revisions Gesellschaft Gmbh, in Zurich (establishment of new companies such as SAP and SWAROVSKI in Switzerland);
• Corporate legal consultant in the capital markets department of Swiss Bank Corporation in Zurich (capital market transaction of up to 100 million Swiss Francs for countries or companies or cities)
• Legal & Business Affairs Manager at Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft in Hamburg (contractual negotiations with representatives of Cecilia Bartoli, Leonard Bernstein, José Carreras, Myung Wung Chung, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, the Salzburg Festival, Musikverein Vienna and Opera Bastille in Paris and many other artists, media companies, sponsors and agents);
• Director Legal & Business Affairs at BMG Classics Music Gmbh in Munich (contractual negotiations with representatives of Elton John, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Paul Simon, Sting, Tina Turner, the Opera Paris Bastille, Myung Wung Chun, Rostropovich, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others);
• Head of Administration Director at SonyATV Music Publishing in Berlin;
• Legal consultant at the law firm "Weber Law Partners" in Zurich, Switzerland;
• Legal consultant under his own law firm "HMK LAW" in Zurich, Switzerland (since 2020)
AUTHOR
Co-Author of a dictionary of musical, legal and economical terms in the Music Business - with Dr. Alexander Unverzagt in Hamburg.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Risk and Crisis Communication Consultant and Teacher at CELSA, Sorbonne University in Paris and PARIS-TECH Ecole des Arts et Métiers (Ingeneering school in France)
• Founder and President of the International Association of Risk and Crisis Communication, Geneva, Switzerland
• Founder and Senior Consultant of HMK Risk Crisis Communication, Zurich, Switzerland
