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Legal risk adviser and manager in the area of data and contracts (covering in particular e-banking, digital and online channels and platforms, data management and transfers, privacy and bank secrecy, procurement contracts).

Legal counsel in relation to all aspects of online and digital banking (private and corporate) at Credit Suisse and product counsel for core banking products (payments, debit and credit cards, banking bundles), with a focus on digitalization of identification and onboarding processes, drafting and review of related agreements in the online / digital area, legal support for the setting up of digital portals for private, corporate clients and external asset managers, all aspects of online and mobile banking for private and corporate clients (iOS and Android apps, "desktop banking"), processing of electronic documents, platforms and collaboration arrangements including drafting and negotiating of related contracts with providers, connectivity to networks in the area of payment services / clearing (scheme rules), financial infrastructures, all aspects of privacy laws and regulations and contract law and regulatory rules, including legals aspects of qualified electronic signature, online identification, blockchain, tokenization of assets, and acting as legal counsel for new technology and digital innovation.

Legal counselling on transformation and outsourcing of HR functions (labor law, technology and data protection / privacy law), transfer of business / employees (outsourcing), legal setup and running of data leakage and surveillance of communication, violation of rules and policies and disciplinary actions, related general aspects of labor law.

Senior legal counsel / global subject matter expert in data protection / management, privacy / client confidentiality, as well as telecommunications and technology law, social and new media, e-discovery / disclosures, outsourcings, drafting, reviewing and negotiation of respective contracts, IP / IP litigation. Lead counsel to one of the largest infrastructure projects of UBS (records management, data protection / privacy), including setting up global policies and governance, central tool to check and document data protection compliance, project work (master plan, business cases, budgets), coordination with legal departments of all divisions to ensure a globally consistent interpretation and implementation of group strategies.

Negotiating / drafting of contracts in all areas of telecommunications, IT, including network and infrastructure aspects, data protection, intellectual property, licensing law and sports law. Secondment (in-house counsel) at large Swiss telecommunications provider. Lead and preparation of due diligence reports, review and drafting of agreements and structuring share and asset deals with a focus on companies in the telecommunications, Internet / media and pharmaceutical industry, as well as issues of corporate and competition law.

Lecturer in contract law at the university of Zurich, editor/contributor to a textbook on securities, Swiss corporate and contract law. Secretary to several national and international arbitral tribunals. Research and drafting memoranda on contract and information technology law.

Criminal, family, and contract law, injunctive actions and debt collection proceedings.

Corporate, contract, and intellectual property law.

Investigations and examinations in criminal and municipal public law cases.