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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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Praised for its ‘exceptional knowledge’, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is adept at managing IT, IP, and telecoms matters arising from the insurance, pharmaceutical, and construction industries, among others, with other skills extending to the sphere of arbitration. Practice leader Roland Mathys is well-versed in the realm of outsourcing, SaaS, and cloud transactions, as well as sizeable technology projects. Other key names to note include Lorenza Ferrari Hofer, who deploys her wide-ranging experience in product development, licensing, and technology distribution issues to advise a range of life sciences and technology companies, while Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald handles compliance and venture projects alongside dispute resolution issues.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Exceptional knowledge.’

  • 'Dedicated, very skilled people with strong ownership for cases to be covered. Strong internal collaboration with strong coverage to topics across company needs.'

  • 'Very skilled individuals in law, but also in areas that need to be covered case-wise, e.g. technology frameworks and metrics.'

  • 'Strong identification with and commitment for customer success, going over the last mile. High availability in case of need.'

  • 'Personal involvement of senior partner if case requires this.'

Key clients

  • ABB
  • Aity AG
  • Amazon
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Aon
  • Axpo
  • BEKB
  • Berner Kantonalbank
  • CSS Insurance
  • DHL
  • DocuSign
  • Facebook
  • Husqvarna
  • Gardena
  • Kardex
  • Lindt & Sprüngli
  • Manor
  • Mettler Toledo
  • Novartis
  • Ringier
  • Salesforce
  • Swiss Digital Initative
  • SIX Paynet
  • Sonova
  • Standard Chartered
  • Swizzonic
  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Tesla
  • Vifor
  • Voi
  • Migros Genossenschafts-Bund
  • Adobe
  • Chubb
  • Emirates
  • Hilton
  • Kanebo
  • Mondelez
  • Samsung
  • Sky
  • TikTok
  • Valiant
  • Valora

Work highlights

  • Advising Dynoptic/ANWR/SATC and other associations on their efforts to comply with the new Swiss data protection law, in effect since September 2023.
  • Advising Valiant Bank on a number of technology and data-related matters.
  • Advising Husqvarna group on the implementation of the new Swiss data protection law, essentially for the group's Swiss affiliate.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Roland Mathys

Other key lawyers

Lorenza Ferrari Hofer, Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald