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David Rosenthal

VISCHER AG

work Schützengasse 1 P.O. Box
8021 Zurich


Switzerland

Team Head / Partner
David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal is one of the leading Swiss experts in the field of Data and Technology law, referred to in Chambers as “absolutely stellar”. His background is atypical: he graduated in law at the University of Basel in 1997 and worked as a software developer, legal advisor and journalist before joining one of Switzerland’s top law firms, where he built up and managed the data protection department, among other things. David Rosenthal is the principal author of one of the leading commentaries on data protection law. In addition to data law (including GDPR) he advises projects in the IT and digital business sector and represents clients in technology-related arbitration proceedings. His clients include major international corporations as well as Swiss SMEs, start-ups and public authorities; he is regarded as pragmatic, efficient and solution-oriented. Rosenthal also has some 15 years of experience in conducting internal investigations and e-Discovery projects. He is Secretary of the Association for Corporate Data Protection (VUD) and the Cross-border eDiscovery Privacy & Investigations Association (CeDIV), as well as lecturer at the ETH Zurich and the University of Basel.

Education
  • University of Basel (lic. iur., 1997)
Practice
  • Partner at VISCHER (since 2020)
  • Secretary of CeDIV, the Cross-border eDiscovery Privacy & Investigations Association (since 2015)
  • Secretary of VUD, a corporate data protection association (since 2012)
  • Counsel at Homburger, Zurich (2001-2019)
  • Management Committee member of the ICT Division of the Federal Critical Supply Agency (Wirtschaftlichen Landesversorgung; 2001-2014)
  • Member of the Federal Appeals Commission for Telecommunications (1998-1999)
  • Lecturer on information technology law at the University of Basel (since 1999) and ETH Zurich (since 2006)
  • Freelance journalist, press agency owner (1989-2002)
  • Freelance software developer and IT consultant (1987-2002)
Memberships in Associations
  • Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS, Executive Board Member)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law (Ingres)

 

Languages
  • German
  • English
Practice areas
  • Administrative Law
  • Arbitration
  • Banking Law
  • Communication Law
  • Compliance Support
  • Contract Law
  • Data Protection
  • eDiscovery
  • Health Law
  • Information Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Investigations
  • IT Law
  • Law of Personality Rights
  • Licence Agreements
  • Online Law
  • Private Clients
  • Regulatory
  • Technology Law
  • Unfair Competition
  • White Collar Crime