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TMT
Valfor Attorneys-at-law was formed in 2024 following a merger between 3 Swiss business law firms, GHR Rechtsanwälte AG, BianchiSchwald, and Python to create a national law firm with 6 offices across Switzerland. The TMT team is led by Leo Rusterholz, a recent partner-level addition from Lenz & Staehelin, and supports clients on contentious and non-contentious matters such as transactions and compliance issues. Rusterholz specialises in tech-related matters such as data breach investigations and privacy compliance. Christoph Gasser provides expertise in intellectual property and information technology law.
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Key clients
- AVIA Vereinigung
- fernao Group
- MedScribe
- Stadler Group
- Standortförderung Zürioberland
- VAMED Management und Service Schweiz
- ZSC Lions Eishockey
Work highlights
- Provide comprehensive advice to a leading Swiss professional ice hockey team of the National League (Switzerland's highest league) and champion of the last season 2023/24 in relation to compliance with Swiss data protection laws.
- Advising a leading global recruitment company on all Swiss law aspects, including data protection, unfair competition and telecoms law, related to their global adoption of a new marketing program, data retention guidelines, data subject access requests handling, etc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Leo Rusterholz