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TMT
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. provides a full service for all TMT-related matters including IT-procurement and sourcing, IT-based offerings in insurance and finance sectors, and regulation of telecommunications companies. Practice head Dirk Spacek has a primary focus on new business models arising in the media, internet, and technology sectors, as well as data commercialisation and intellectual property law. Alain Raemy has particular expertise in network-based industries and technology matters. Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser advises clients in connection with contentious and non-contentious issues relating to trade marks, copyrights, unfair competition, and advertisement.
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Testimonials
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‘Dirk Spacek is an outstanding professional with a great understanding of our commercial and technical implementation needs in larger projects and implications of data-driven business models under privacy regulations. His team has great expertise in IT, IP and privacy matters.’
‘Dirk Spacek is a genuine pleasure to work with. I am amazed by the overall breadth of expertise the team has both in TMT, IP and data privacy matters but also interconnected areas of law such a contract negotiations, public/regulatory law and litigation support in disputed matters.’
‘Dirk Spacek has been a collaboration partner for a long time period. He is a very quick thinker with great knowledge on the IT- and technology-sector and has a good sense of commercial pragmatism. His team is well aligned and ensures broad capabilities in the TMT-sector and a quick turnaround time.’
Key clients
- Aon Schweiz AG
- Commerzbank AG
- Aequitec AG
- All4 Education GmbH
- mobile Health AG
- nChain Group
- GENUI
- Voigt Holding AG/Phoenix Pharma Switzerland
- Hochalpines Institut Ftan AG (HIF)/EIM Global
- Merck AG
Work highlights
- Advised Aon on all legal aspects of it entering into a strategic cooperation with GLOBAZ with respect to a pension administration IT solution.
- Advised nChain on all aspects of IP-, software-, copyright- and blockchain-specific data protection matters with respect to two nChain Group entities relocation from Antigua and Barbuda to Switzerland.
- Advised Merck AG on the process of updating all internal data protection matters and documents with a view on the new data protection legislation in Switzerland.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dirk Spacek