Informations- und Kommunikationsrecht

Since the beginning of his career as an attorney in 1992, Rolf Auf der Maur has focused on the legal aspects of the internet, combining his fascination with new communication technologies with his legal expertise. His clients include leading companies from the media and entertainment industry as well as from the telecommunications and information technology industries. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Rolf publishes and speaks regularly on internet-related legal issues, and is active as an entrepreneur. Renowned as the leading expert in Switzerland in his field, Rolf is listed as "1st Tier” for TMT and Intellectual Property in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.

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

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

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• Licence 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 Propriété 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 banking and finance. He specialises in structured finance transactions, in particular in acquisition, restructuring and lease financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes and asset management. In addition, he advises clients on M&A projects and real estate transactions.
According to the Legal 500 (EMEA 2011), Adrian is "experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practical 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 Reorganisation
• 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.); he also serves as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. Daniele has extensive experience of working with clients from the United States and Latin America, having worked as a practitioner in these regions. In addition to German and English, Daniele’s working languages are Italian, Spanish, and French. A founding member and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, Daniele has a teaching assignment as head coach of the VIS Moot Team of the University of Lucerne. He publishes and regularly lectures on 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)

• Aviation
• 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
• Licence 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)

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)

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

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

At the University of St. Gallen, Peter Hettich is Tenure Tack Professor of economic constitutional law and market regulation, environmental law and the regulation of land use. In addition, Peter lectures on market regulation at the University of Basel, is Co-Director of the Research Center for Information Law (FIR-HSG), and is of counsel to VISCHER.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur., 1999; Dr. iur., 2003);
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M., 2006)
James Kent Scholar (Columbia Law School, 2006)
Scholarship Janngen-Poehn Foundation (2004)
Rudolh-Maeder-Award (2003)
J.S.D. summa cum laude (St. Gallen, 2003)

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

• Public Economic Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust Law
• Competition Law
• Public Media 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

Jürg Luginbühl’s main practice area is mergers & acquisitions, advising Swiss and foreign clients in national and international corporate acquisitions, company mergers and restructurings, and public takeovers. He specialises in business transfers, spin-offs, outsourcing, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, private equity and venture capital as well as succession arrangements. He also assists clients in the preparation and implementation of shareholders’ meetings, the drafting of shareholder agreements and all issues pertaining to corporate governance and compliance.
Jürg heads the mergers & acquisitions and private equity teams at the VISCHERS in Zurich.

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
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganisation

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
Europa Institute
Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commere
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association

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

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

• 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 on energy law, government procurement law and general administrative law. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and administrative courts and in administrative criminal proceedings. In addition she practices in the areas of law relating to food products, product security and aviation.

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

Claudia Keller is primarily practises in the areas intellectual property law (in particular trademark and copyright law) and media and communication law. She also advises media companies and companies in the advertising business on the legal requirements for new media and digital forms of advertising, including on the relevant data information protection requirements in this area. Claudia also assists companies in other fields with media, advertising and intellectual property law issues. Claudia’s interdisciplinary education in brand management and social media management has proven invaluable to her clients.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2001)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (LL.M., 2004)
CAS Brand Management University of Lucerne (2007)
Social Media Manager (SOMEXCLOUD, 2011)

• Intellectual Property
• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Media and Entertainment
• White Collar Crime
• Information and Communication Technology

• Intellectual Property
• Trademarks
• Law of Personality Rights
• Regulatory
• Unfair Competition
• Contract Law
• Competition Law
• Data Protection
• Information Law
• Communication Law
• Online Law
• Advertising Law

INGRES
INTA
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal assistant at the Copyright Department of the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute
Internship with VISCHER, Attorneys at Law, Zurich
Internship with the Swiss Competition Commission
Internship with the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute

Thomas Steiner was a research fellow at the i-call Research Centre of the University of Lucerne, investigating the legal and regulatory conditions for new digital media and online business models. As an attorney, he uses his skills to offer our clients tailored solutions, mainly to legal issues relating to advertising, data protection, information and communication technology and new digital and online media. Thomas is also the co-editor in chief for broadcasting law for medialex, the 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 Media 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 from the life sciences and IT industries on licensing, research collaborations and transactions. He regularly supports companies in financing, acquisitions and joint ventures. Christian 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 recently advised Saba Software, Inc. on the acquisition of a Swiss-based international information technology company. He was part of the VISCHER team advising Hannover Finanz on the acquisition of the hardware business from Kofax plc. Christian also acted as Swiss Counsel to IK Investment Partners in the acquisition of 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

• Licence 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