Dr Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Dr Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald

+41 22 707 8000 [email protected]

Work Department

Intellectual Property / Life Sciences / Data / Competition and Antitrust / Information and Communication Technology / IT Security and Cybercrime / Art and Entertainment / Dispute Resolution

Position

Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald heads our Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, and Information and Communication Technology 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.

Stéphanie offers an out-of-the-box and result-oriented approach, tailored to the needs of natural and legal persons, with corporate clients ranging from start-up and SMEs to international organizations and multinational companies. Her practice is distinguished by a deep understanding of new technologies, as well as a responsive, pragmatic, and innovative approach, rooted in current technological and economic challenges.

She represents clients in litigation before Swiss courts and frequently assists clients in drafting and negotiating IP and data-sensitive contracts. She also advises on IP and LS (including regulatory) aspects of transactions.

Career

Languages

French, English

Memberships

• President of the Geneva Bar Association’s Commission for innovation and modernization of the Bar
• Member of Licensing Executives Society Switzerland
• Member of Association romande de propriété intellectuelle
• Regular publications and speaking engagements in the field of intellectual property, LS and health law, as well as data protection law