Information and Communication Technology

Rolf Auf der Maur has since the beginning of his career as an attorney in 1992 concerned himself with the legal aspects of the Internet. In this way he is able to combine his interest for new communication technologies with his legal experience in an ideal manner. His clients include leading companies from the areas of media, the entertainment industry as well as telecommunications and information technology. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Rolf Auf der Maur publishes and speaks regularly on legal questions in connection with the Internet and is also entrepreneurial. He is considered the leading expert in Switzerland for legal questions for the interfacing of telecommunications, media and IT. The Directories “Chambers and Partners” and “Legal 500” recommend him for the area TMT (“1st tier”) and for intellectual property.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1990)
continuing education in entertainment law at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA (1992)

• Intellectual Property (Teamleader)
• Media and Entertainment (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology (Teamleader)
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• License Agreements
• Trademarks
• Online Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Regulatory
• Technology Law
• Unfair Competition
• Advertising Law
• Competition Law

Vice-President of the Executive Board of simsa swiss interactive media and software association
Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Vice-Chair of the Technology Law Committee of the International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprièté Intellectuelle
Forum on Communication Law
Swiss Institute for Industrial Property

Court clerk
Associate with a mid-sized law firm specialising in intellectual property matters
Associate with an international law firm in Zurich
Intellectual property department of a leading law firm in London (1994)
Partner in a mid sized law firm in Zurich
Partner at VISCHER since 2000

Adrian Dörig is primarily active in the area of banking and finance. His main interest is in structured finance transactions with a focus on acquisition, restructuring and leasing financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes as well as asset management. In addition, he advises clients in M&A projects and real estate transactions. From Legal 500 (EMEA 2011): Adrian Dörig is experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practice advice.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1996)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• Banking and Finance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Stock Exchange Law
• Real Estate
• Information Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German-American Lawyer's Association (DAJV)
Forum Kapitalmarktinstrumente - Kapitalmarktfinanzierung e.V.

Court Clerk
Associate with Cantonal Tax Administration
Foreign Associate with Howard Darby & Levin (by now Covington & Burling) in New York
Associate with major law firm in Zurich and Geneva

Daniele Favalli is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Team of VISCHER. He represents Swiss domestic and international clients in commercial disputes before Swiss and international courts and arbitral tribunals (Swiss Rules, ICC, AAA, etc.). Daniele Favalli as well serves as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. Because of his experience as a practitioner in the United States and in Latin America, Daniele Favalli has a special focus on matters and clients stemming from this region. Beside German and English, his working languages are Italian, Spanish, and French. Daniele Favalli is a founding member and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, and has a teaching assignment as head coach of the VIS Moot Team of the University of Lucerne. He publishes and regularly lectures on topics of arbitration, procedural law, and international private law.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. HSG, 1994, JD equivalent)
Master of Laws at University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (LL.M., 2000)

• Real Estate
• Information and Communication Technology
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Litigation
• Private International Law
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Unfair Competition
• Bankruptcy Law
• License Agreements

Member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy
Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
American Arbitration Association (AAA), Roster of Neutrals, Commercial Panel
International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel (ICDR), International Panel
Chairman of the Annual ICDR Miami International Arbitration Conference (2003 - 2006)
Swiss Association for Cultural and Economic Relations with Italy (ASRI)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
German Arbitration Institution (DIS)
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
American Bar Association (ABA)

Associate with Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich (1994 - 1999)
Of Counsel with Steel Hector & Davis LLP, Miami, Florida (2000 - 2005)
Daniele Favalli, P.A., Miami, Florida (2005 - 2006)

Markus Guggenbühl primarily advises Swiss and foreign banks, financial services providers and international companies. His specialities include debt financing, capital market transactions (related to debt, equity and hybrid financial instruments) and financial services regulations where he ranks among the leading experts in Switzerland. In addition, Markus has many years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, restructurings and bank insolvency law. He is head of the Banking & Finance practice team in Zurich.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1985; Dr. iur., 1990)
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M., 1992)
University of St.Gallen (Diploma in European Economic Law, 1994)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Arbitration

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Zurich Chamber of Commerce
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce

Court Clerk, Research Assistant to Professor Arthur Meier-Hayoz (University of Zurich), Associate with major Swiss law firms and with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)
University of California at Davis and Berkeley, Orientation in American Law (1991)
University of St. Gallen (M.B.L.-HSG, 2003)

• Aviation (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Information and Communication Technology

Zurich Bar Association (President 2009/2010)
Zurich Lawyers Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German competition lawyers'' association

Managing Partner VISCHER (2006-2011)
Associate with a major law firm in Zurich
Court clerk

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

Peter Hettich is Assistant Professor (tenure track) for Public Commercial law with regard to construction, planning and environmental law at the University of St. Gallen. He acts as the Director of the Research Department for Information Law (FIR-HSG) and as counsel for VISCHER. With his team he practices, researches and publishes in the areas of commercial constitutionality and regulated markets. These activities include Competition law, Domestic Market law, Commercial Supervisory law, Infrastructure law and the law relating to public companies.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. 1999; Dr. iur. 2003);
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M. 2006)

• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology

• Public Economic Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust Law
• Competition Law
• Public Medial Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Information Law
• Communication Law
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Association of Jurisprudents
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Director of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen (FIR-HSG)
Assistant Professor for Economic Constitutional Law, Regulated Markets, Regulation of Land Use, and Environmental Law at the University of St. Gallen
Lecturer for Market Regulation at the University of Basel
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and at Columbia University School of Law, New York

University of Neuchâtel (licence en droit, 1993)
New York University (LL.M., 1998)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Financing and Funding
• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Real Estate
• Location Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Union Internationale des Avocats (M&A Commission; standing member for Switzerland)
PPP Association
SchKG-Association
Chambre franco-suisse du commerce et de l'industrie

Assistant (droit des sociétés) at the University of Neuchâtel and Lausanne
membre de l'Autorité de conciliation en matière de bail (Neuchâtel)

Jürg Luginbühl’s main practice area is mergers & acquisitions, advising Swiss and foreign clients in national and international corporate acquisi-tions, company mergers and restructurings, as well as in public takeo-vers. Additional areas of particular interest include business transfers, spin-offs, outsourcing, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, private equity and venture capital as well as succession arrangements. His primary practice area also includes the preparation and implementation of shareholders’ meetings, the drafting of shareholder agreements and all issues pertaining to corporate governance and compliance.
Jürg Luginbühl heads up the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams at the Zurich location.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1993)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Teamleader)
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance (Teamleader)
• Corporate and Commercial
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Zürcher Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
International Bar Association
Europa Institut
Schweizerisch-Chinesische Handelskammer
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Unternehmensfinanzierung

1995 till 1996 at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Hongkong
since 2000 Partner at VISCHER

Board Member of various Swiss corporations

Matthias's primary focus is on company and capital market law. He advises Swiss and international clients on mergers & acquisitions, private equity/venture capital and capital market transactions. In addition to his full legal education, Matthias gained a Master’s degree in business management (MBA) at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Matthias regularly publishes on legal issues related to the legal fields he works in. He is also a lecturer in Swiss company law on the Executive MBA Programmes of the international institute of management in technology at the University of Fribourg.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2001; Dr. iur., 2006)
Copenhagen Business School (MBA, 2011)

• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking and Finance
• Information and Communication Technology

• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Financing and Funding
• Capital Markets

Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Pro iure
Basel Bar Association

Associate with Bär & Karrer, Zurich
Internship at VISCHER, Basel
Internship at the Criminal Court of Basel

Azra Dizdarevic-Hasic advises both companies and the public sector in questions of Energy law, Government Procurement law and general Administrative law. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and administrative courts as well as in administrative criminal proceedings. In addition she practices in the areas of law relating to food products, product security and aviation law.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 2004; lic. oec., 2001)

• White Collar Crime
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation

• Technology Law
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
• Competition Law
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Assistant at the University of St. Gallen in the field of Constitutional and Administrative Law (especially Economic Constitutional and Economic Administrative Law)
Internship at the District Court of Meilen
Internship at the Coordination Unit EEA, Vaduz

Thomas Steiner has been a Research Fellow at the i-call Research Centre of the University of Lucerne where he focused his research on the legal and regulatory conditions for new digital media and online business models. As an attorney, he uses the acquired competences and offers to our clients tailored solutions, mainly in the areas of Advertising Law, Data Protection, Media and Communications Law and Online Law. Thomas Steiner is also the co-editor in chief for Broadcasting Law of medialex (Swiss Journal of Media Law).

University of Lucerne (MLaw, 2007; Dr. iur., 2009)

• Antitrust and Competition
• Intellectual Property
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• Public Medial Law
• Online Law
• Advertising Law
• Competition Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Lucerne Lawyers Association

Trainee Lawyer in Lucerne (Die Advokatur Sury GmbH) and Zurich (VISCHER)
Research Fellow at the i-call (International Communications & Art Law Lucerne)
Research Centre of the University of Lucerne
Trainee at the Swiss Federal Chancellery, Legal Department

Christian Wyss advises clients in the areas of Life Sciences and IT regarding licensing, research collaborations and transactions. He regularly supports companies in financing, acquisitions and Joint Ventures. Christian Wyss has particular experience in contract manufacturing and technology transfer, distribution agreements, clinical trials, transition services agreements, coordination of multi-jurisdictional due diligence as well as the implementation of Swiss data protection compliance in international companies.
Christian Wyss recently advised Saba Software, Inc. in the acquisition of a Swiss-based international information technology company. He was part of the VISCHER team advising Hannover Finanz in acquiring the hardware business from Kofax plc. Moreover, he acted as Swiss Counsel to IK Investment Partners in acquiring Hansa Metallwerke AG and its Swiss subsidiary KWC AG from private investors.

University of Lausanne (1998/1999)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2000)
Wake Forest University School of Law (LL.M., 2005)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• License Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Intellectual Property
• Data Protection

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Pro Iure

Legal internships with a corporate law firm in Basel and at the Basel-Land Criminal Court
Law clerk at the Basel-Land Criminal Court