Dr iur Irène Suter-Sieber > Walder Wyss Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Walder Wyss Ltd.
SEEFELDSTRASSE 123
PO BOX 1236
8034 ZURICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Irène Suter-Sieber is an employment law partner and member of the Management Board (Hiring Partner) at Walder Wyss.

She has extensive experience in representing clients in court in employment law related civil proceedings. She advises Swiss and international companies on all aspects of employment law, in particular, in the drafting of employment contracts, personnel regulations and employee participation programmes, in executive compensation matters, in the enforcement of restrictive covenants, terminations, restructurings such as transfers of undertakings and mass dismissals, international employee transfers, personnel lease as well as employment-related internal investigations, social security and data protection issues.

Before joining Walder Wyss, Irène Suter-Sieber worked at a leading Swiss law firm in Zurich for eight years.

Languages

Irène Suter-Sieber speaks German, English and French.

Education

After completing her studies of law at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 2006) and her piano studies at the Zurich School of Music (Musician MH, 2006), she was admitted to the bar (2009) and received her doctorate at the University of Zurich in 2012 (summa cum laude, awarded the Prof. Walther Hug Prize and Issekutz Prize).

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Irène Suter-SieberWalder Wyss Ltd.

Walder Wyss Ltd. provides a full employment service to clients including support with litigation, negotiations and conflicts resolution, executive compensation, mass dismissals, international assignments of employees, and governmental support schemes. Basel practice head Philippe Nordmann supports companies and executive employees with setting up compensation schemes, employment contracts, and employee regulations. In Zurich, Irène Suter-Sieber, regularly represents clients in employment-related civil proceedings, and Simone Wetzstein, whose has extensive expertise in questions relating to employers of record and migration matters. Rayan Houdrouge, who advises Swiss and multinational companies, including disruptive technology companies, and international organisations on all employment-related matters, heads the Geneva office.