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TMT
MLL Legal
MLL Legal represents and advises a broad range of clients such as software companies, e-commerce platforms, IT outsourcing service providers, and TV broadcasters on a host of TMT-related matters including IT outsourcing, licensing maintenance, regulatory issues, cybersecurity, and e-commerce projects. The team also has particular expertise in advising on the legal implications of emerging technologies, like AI or blockchain, and technology transfer projects. Nicola Benz, who co-heads the practice, supports clients such as investors and suppliers across the life sciences and technology industries in outsourcing, licensing, joint ventures, and collaborations, as well as associated intellectual property issues. Co-head Lukas Bühlmann advises domestic and international clients on matters relating to e-commerce, data protection, advertising, and the legal aspects of the digital economy. Michael Reinle has extensive expertise in areas such as software development, licensing, and data transfers. Michael Schüepp sports a special focus on e-commerce, data protection as well as unfair competition and antitrust law in the online context.
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Testimonials
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‘Very specialized practice. Extremely well staffed with excellent attorneys.’
‘Lukas Bühlmann: Excellent legal expertise. Enormous business acumen. Business-minded. Always on top of new legislative and technical developments. Great negotiations skills.'
- 'Michael Reinle: Excellent legal expertise.’
‘Very strong team with a good grip on the market. Quite innovative. They are consistently growing and shaping their profile.’
‘Lukas Bühlmann is a very capable, well connected IT and data protection lawyer. He is very pragmatic and solution orientated. It is a pleasure working with him together.’
‘MLL Legal has excellent skills and an enviable client list. Their comprehensive knowledge and excellent communication make it a true pleasure to work with them across a wide variety of TMT matters. They are reliable with very practical solutions. ’
‘Lukas Bühlmann is a brilliant TMT lawyer whose team is a joy to work with, consistently making complex matters easy for the clients to digest and make smart business decisions upon.'
‘Reliable and resourceful.’
Key clients
- International Trade Center (ITC)
- Avobis Ltd.
- Schweiz Tourismus
- HANDELSVERBAND.swiss
- IFPMA – Intl. Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
- Web 3.0 Technologies Foundation
- Avanade Schweiz GmbH
- British American Tobacco (BAT)
- Alife Health
- Tillotts Pharma AG
- Emmi Management
- isolutions
- Swiss Textiles
Work highlights
- Advised Web 3.0 Technologies Foundation on various aspects of Swiss law relating to the so-called web3.0.
- Advised BAT Switzerland in drafting and negotiating IT contracts with suppliers, in regulatory matters, in particular the placement of new nicotine-only snus and tobacco heating products as well as compliance with the new Swiss data privacy law.
- Advised the Avobis Group of companies on a broad range of legal issues relating to the digitalisation of underlying business models and compliance with data privacy regulation.
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Nicola Benz’s practice is focused on technology and life sciences transactions. She assists technology companies of all sizes, from start-ups to established players, as well as investors, suppliers and customers across a broad range of industries and sectors. Nicola Benz’s expertise covers outsourcing, licensing, joint ventures and collaborations and associated intellectual property issues. She also has considerable experience advising on all types of commercial contracts, competition and regulatory issues and data protection. Nicola Benz is recognised as a globally leading patent and technology licensing lawyer, as well as a leading practitioner in the field of intellectual property.
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Lukas Bühlmann is partner and head of the firm’s digital, data privacy & e-commerce group. He advises and represents a broad range of Swiss and international clients in the internet and e-commerce sector, in the health sector, in the tourism industry as well as for public transport providers. He regularly advises clients in e-commerce, data protection, advertising as well as numerous legal aspects of the digital economy. Lukas Bühlmann has a particularly broad experience in advising clients active in international, cross-border e-commerce as well as legal issues at the interface of competition law and all areas of digital commerce. Lukas Bühlmann chairs the firm’s ICT practice group comprising lawyers from the firm’s Zurich and Geneva offices. He leads the firm’s e-commerce task force that exchanges and develops know-how within the firm and its network of partner firms. Lukas Bühlmann has particular experience in the sectors of luxury goods, new technology, advertising, media, tourism and retail. He is fluent in German, English and French. Lukas Bühlmann is a highly recognized expert for the digital and internet economy. In 2019, he has been appointed Legal Expert to the International Trade Centre (Geneva) and advised the ITC as well as a foreign government on legislative projects with regard to data protection as well as cybersecurity. Lukas is also a member of the IBA (Past-Chair Product Law & Advertising Committee) as well as ITechLaw. He serves as a board member of the Swiss Direct Marketing Association responsible for regulation, self-regulation and data protection, legal counsel to the Swiss Distant Selling Association as well as media expert with the Swiss Commission for Fair Advertising. Since its launch in 2012, Lukas has been a member of the jury of the Swiss E-Commerce Award. Lukas Bühlmann is an author of numerous publications in the field of digital legal matters as well as the editor of one of the leading Swiss online blogs/journals on legal issues in digital business (www.mll-news.com). He regularly speaks at local and international conferences on legal issues within his areas of expertise. He has been listed in all relevant international lawyers rankings: Chambers and Partner Europe, Legal500, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal for several years in a row.
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Michael Reinle is a member of the firm’s digital, data privacy & e-commerce as well as the technology, media and telecommunication groups. He focuses on data protection and IT-technology law. He also has broad experience in regulatory matters concerning foodstuff, consumer goods, and medicinal products. Michael Reinle further advises and represents clients from a broad range of industries in intellectual property, unfair competition and advertising law matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicola Benz, Lukas Bühlmann