About

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VISCHER has deep experience in supporting new media, television, music, film, broadcast, telecomms, advertising, sports and gaming clients, as they strive to build succesful businesses against this complex backdrop. The team is made up of experts from different legal disciplines who combine sector-specific expertise with all relevant areas of the law, including anti-trust, copyright, corporate and tax. We have significant expertise in sector-specific self-regulation and promise to bring a pragmatic, agile and solution-orientated approach to your legal challenges.

VISCHER's IT and Communications Law specialists provides with their extensive legal expertise, drawing on the experience gained over the years in large and small digital transformation projects in various industries.

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What the Team is Known For

VISCHER has a significant team active in the IT and telecommunications sector, representing clients in the negotiation of outsourcing arrangements, AI advice and cloud migration projects. The law firm is further active in media sector matters, such as compliance cases in regard to VOD services. The team also advises on data protection and privacy law, with experience in responses to data breaches.

Work Highlights

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  • VISCHER acted for ETH AI Center on the training of new large language models for generative AI.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Rosenthal
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David Rosenthal
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David Rosenthal is particularly noted for his strong expertise in data protection matters, including advising on responses to ransomware attacks. He also has notable experience in cloud migration matters, the introduction of new technology platforms, AI advice and telecommunications sector disputes.

David Rosenthal is convincing in every respect. He has excellent expertise and experience and an excellent reputation within the industry.

David Rosenthal has outstanding expertise in data protection and technology law.

David Rosenthal is lightning fast, has excellent knowledge of the customer's real pain points and is in a position to shape standards and best practices.

David Rosenthal is excellent in his work and truly a market leader.

David Rosenthal is a very clever, interested and friendly lawyer. We love working with him.

Rolf Auf der Maur
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Rolf Auf der Maur
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Rolf Auf der Maur is a popular choice among domestic and multinational media companies for advice on VOD services. Additionally, he assists clients with cloud-based projects, AI compliance programmes, regulatory issues and technology sector disputes.

Rolf Auf der Maur has a lot of experience in the industry.

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David Rosenthal
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David Rosenthal
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Rolf Auf der Maur
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Rolf Auf der Maur
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Members

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Adrian Dörig

Adrian Gautschi

Barbara Meier

Benedict F. Christ

Christian Wyss

Dan Pruschy

Daniele Favalli

David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal

Head of Department

Elias Mühlemann

Gian-Andrea Caprez

Joel Drittenbass

Jonas Baeriswyl

Jonas D. Gassmann

Jürg Lugginbühl

Klaus Neff

Lukas Züst

Nigar Mustafazade

Rolf Auf der Maur

Rolf Auf der Maur

Head of Department

Samira Studer

Sarah Bischof

Sebastian P. Weber

Tabea Steiger

Urs Haegi