Practice Areas
Intellectual Property / Life Sciences / Data / Competition and Antitrust / Information and Communication Technology / IT Security and Cybercrime / Art and Entertainment / Dispute Resolution
Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald heads our Intellectual Property, Information and Communication Technology as well as Life Sciences practices in Geneva. She advises on a range of R&D, compliance and venture projects, IP strategy, Data Protection as well as dispute resolution matters.
Experience
- Numerous judicial proceedings (administrative and civil) related to the defense of intellectual property rights.
- Advised and supported several private clinics on projects involving medical data (data protection and medical secrecy).
- Provides full data protection advice to a leading Swiss industrial group.
- Data protection advice to several Swiss pension funds (including federal organs under the applicable laws).
- Assisted a UN agency in the context of international clinical trials.
- Negotiated and drafted sensitive R&D contracts and CRO agreements.
- Developed strategies for the protection of digital assets for several leading companies in the luxury industry.
- Defended individuals and companies in cases of online violations of personal rights.
- Provided legal opinions on intellectual property issues related to new technologies.
- Provided legal support in the creation of the COVAX No-Fault Compensation Program (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21013803?via%3Dihub).
- Assisted several leading companies in the luxury industry with NFT issuance projects and defense against NFTs infringing intellectual property rights.