Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Zurich / Information and Communication Technology / Data Protection / Intellectual Property / Competition and Antitrust / International Arbitration / Dispute Resolution / Blockchain Technologies & FinTech / Telecommunication

Roland Mathys is a Partner and head of Schellenberg Wittmer’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Group. He advises clients in outsourcing transactions and major technology projects, particularly in the finance, life science and retail industries. He also renders advice in all matters related to emerging technologies (e.g. IoT, blockchain, AI). Data protection, both under Swiss law and the EU General Data Protection Regulation, technology related compliance issues and ICT dispute resolution are further strong fields of his activity.

Experience:

Counsels Bayer for various matters related to data privacy in the health and medtech sector Advises Coop, one of the largest Swiss retailers, in ICT and data protection matters Counsels Manor, Switzerland's largest department store chain, in ICT related matters Advises several large Silicon Valley technology companies in data privacy, telecommunications and regulatory matters under Swiss law

2014 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer 2000 - Associate and Partner in a Basel business law firm

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Co-Editor of sic!, Switzerland's leading periodical for intellectual property, information and competition law Chair of the Data Protection Committee of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) Cybersecurity Officer of the International Bar Association (IBA) Technology Law Committee Co-chair of the Law Committee of swissICT, the leading Swiss organization of ICT professionals Member of the Legal Circle of SWICO, the leading Swiss organization of ICT providers Listed as neutral with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

2003 - LL.M. in ICT Law, London School of Economics and Political Science 2000 - Bar Admission in Switzerland 1998 - lic. iur., University of Basel 1994 - lic. oec. publ. in Business Administration and Computer Science, University of Zurich