Mr Guy Vermeil > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Lenz & Staehelin
ROUTE DE CHÊNE 30
1211 GENEVA 6
Switzerland
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Work Department

Technology, Media & Telecoms, Outsourcing (ITO, BPO transactions), Corporate and M&A, Bankruptcy and Reorganization of Distressed Companies, Commercial and Contracts, Private Clients

Position

Partner, Head of Technology and Outsourcing

Career

Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1991), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (1997)

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), International Bar
Association (IBA), Association Genevoise de Droit des Affaires (AGDA)

Education

University of Geneva (lic. iur. 1984), Admission to Geneva Bar (1988), Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina (LL. M. 1989), Admission to New York Bar (1990)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > TMT

(Leading partners)

Guy VermeilLenz & Staehelin

Lenz & Staehelin offers transactional and regulatory services across the spectrum of technology and digitalisation-related matters. The firm is particularly active in advising national and international financial institutions such as digital banks, asset managers and investment companies. The team provides services across a range of legal matters, most commonly outsourcing arrangements for business infrastructure such as security, finance, accounting and facility management services. Lukas Morscher and Guy Vermeil co-lead the team from Zurich and Geneva respectively.

Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection

The ‘pragmatic and responsive’ practice at Lenz & Staehelin covers a broad range of regulatory, corporate, and technology sourcing issues connected to data privacy and protection; alongside this, the team is routinely involved in data transfers, customer data usage, and cybercrime. The practice is steered by Guy Vermeil, an adept practitioner in relation to IT and outsourcing issues, Lukas Morscher, whose set of skills encompass technology, financial services, and business sourcing issues, and Jürg Simon, who capitalises on his IP and competition expertise to strengthen his advice to notable technology clients regarding data issues.