The team of ‘market leaders’ at VISCHER maintains a wide-ranging practice that is centrally comprised of cloud computing compliance, global privacy programmes, and AI compliance work. The team is praised for its ’very good expertise in both technical and legal matters’. David Rosenthal, who heads up the group, is regarded as ‘one of the leading experts’ and a ’household name’ in the data privacy field. Rolf Auf Der Maur is well-versed in the arenas of digitalisation, online businesses, and various other facets of data law, while Christian Wyss is particularly accomplished in the life sciences sector, frequently handling a core workload of IP and IT transactions. Samira Studer is also recommended.
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Data & Privacy, Information and Communication Technology, Intellectual Property, Investigations & eDiscovery
Position
Partner
Career
David Rosenthal is one of the leading Swiss experts in the field of Data and Technology law. 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.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
University of Basel, Law School, Lecturer on information technology since 1999
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Lecturer on information technology since 2006
CeDIV, the Cross-border eDiscovery Privacy & Investigations Association, Secretary since 2015
VUD, Verein Unternehmens-Datenschutz , Secretary since 2012
ICT Division of the Federal Critical Supply Agency, member of the Management Committee from 2001-2014
Federal Appeals Commission for Telecommunications, Member from 1998-1999
Education
University of Basel, Switzerland, 1997 Lic. iur.,
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Testimonials
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‘David Rosenthal is one of the leading experts in this area in Switzerland, also with regards to AI.’
‘David Rosenthal is very present on all different fields of technology laws and provides a lot of material for free. He is not shy from taking sometimes an out-of-the-box view and come up with solutions for problems the competitors have not yet even identified.’
‘VISCHER has one of the largest and most prolific legal teams in data privacy. They are clear market leaders, spearheaded by superstar David Rosenthal. The team is experienced, business-oriented and very responsive.’
‘David Rosenthal is a household name in data privacy in Switzerland and the clear thought leader in this field. He is always ahead of the curve, uses the most innovative tools and is always available.'
- 'Rolf Auf Der Maur is very well-connected and very knowledgeable about the newest marketing trends. He has a distinct business mindset.'
‘Top team - super responsive and always on the top of the developments, practical and fast. I could not imagine a better team.’
‘David Rosenthal is exceptional, one of the best privacy lawyers I know. Super innovative and pragmatic.’
‘The team has a very good expertise in both technical and legal matters. Furthermore, they have sound business knowledge.’
Key clients
- ETH AI Center
- World Economic Forum
- Swisscom
- Raiffeisen
- Twint
- Implenia
- Allianz
- Ringier
- Sauter
- Basler Kantonalbank
- Bucher Industries
- Comparis
- Swiss Marketplace Group
- Lyfegen
- Kanton Zürich
- BKW
- Medbase
- Open Systems
- Viseca
- Jaywalker
Work highlights
Advising the ETH AI Center on training new large language model for Switzerland.
Advised Google on various data protection issues in Switzerland.
Assisted several cantonal banks with moving their CRM to the cloud.