Parliament has revised the federal telecoms legislation – in particular, the Federal Telecommunications Act (TCA) and its various implementing ordinances. These revised regulations entered into force on 1 January 2021. The revision of the telecoms legislation brings about several fundamental changes that affect consumers as well as telecoms service providers (TSPs) and telecoms operators. Consumer protections The revised Swiss telecoms legislation offers increased protection for consumers in different areas. Concerning international roaming, per-second pricing (instead of per-minute pricing) and tariff options should benefit consumers by reducing costs...
Walder Wyss Ltd.
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Walder Wyss is one of the most successful and fastest growing Swiss commercial law firms. We specialize in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, intellectual property and competition law, dispute resolution and tax law. Our clients include national and international companies, publicly held corporations and family businesses as well as public law institutions and private clients.
We are a dynamic law firm with flat management structures. The team of around 250 legal experts - all of whom with a high level of professional qualifications, international experience and excellent knowledge in many languages - is augmented by over 100 employees working in support functions.
Growth and a close relationship to our clients are the factors that determine our success. Walder Wyss was established in Zurich in 1972 and has since grown continuously. With offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Lugano, we provide our clients with a seamless one-stop-shop, personalised and high quality services in all language regions of Switzerland.
Our strong national and international network of correspondents and partners from a broad range of disciplines are selected according to the highest standards of professional competence.
Year this Office was Established: 1972
Lawyers Worldwide: 261
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Diana Akikol
PartnerAlain Alberini
PartnerRoger Ammann
PartnerAdriano Antonietti
PartnerMarion Bähler
PartnerDavid Borer
PartnerAlexandre Both
PartnerMarius Breier
PartnerMicha Bühler
PartnerJohannes A Bürgi
PartnerMartin Busenhart
PartnerAntonio Carbonara
PartnerMichael Cartier
PartnerStefano Codoni
PartnerMaurice Courvoisier
PartnerAyesha Curmally
PartnerLuc Defferrard
PartnerRobert Desax
PartnerHans-Jakob Diem
PartnerSamuel Dürr
PartnerChristian Eichenberger
PartnerMichael Feit
PartnerStefano Fornara
PartnerMarkus R Frick
PartnerRodolphe Gautier
PartnerUrs P Gnos
PartnerPierre-Alain Guillaume
PartnerFlorian Gunz Niedermann
PartnerAlexander Gutmans
PartnerTheodor Härtsch
PartnerHubertus Hillerström
PartnerDieter Hofmann
PartnerDominik Hohler
PartnerRayan Houdrouge
PartnerMichael Isler
PartnerNicolas Iynedjian
PartnerReto Jacobs
PartnerDavide Jermini
PartnerStefan Knobloch
PartnerPascale Köster
PartnerAndré Kuhn
PartnerOliver M. Kunz
PartnerFabienne Limacher
PartnerLiburn Mehmetaj
PartnerAndrea Meier
PartnerThomas Meister
PartnerThomas Müller
PartnerThomas P Müller
PartnerOlivier Nicod
PartnerAlex Nikitine
PartnerFrancis Nordmann
PartnerPhilippe Nordmann
PartnerVincent Pfammatter
PartnerMarkus Pfenninger
PartnerLuc Pittet
PartnerPhilippe Pulfer
PartnerMark A Reutter
PartnerDidier Sangiorgio
PartnerFouad G Sayegh
PartnerJürg Schneider
PartnerKatja Schott-Morgenroth
PartnerOlivier Sigg
PartnerRoger Staub
PartnerMarco Strahm
PartnerThiemo Sturny
PartnerMonique Sturny
PartnerIrène Suter-Sieber
PartnerHans Rudolf Trüeb
PartnerDavid Vasella
PartnerMarkus Vischer
PartnerPatrick W Vogel
PartnerRobert von Rosen
PartnerReto Vonzun
PartnerKinga M Weiss
PartnerSimone Wetzstein
PartnerAndreas Wildi
PartnerMaurus Winzap
PartnerLukas Wyss
PartnerRamona Wyss
PartnerMartin Zobl
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Julia Aeschbacher
AssociateFabian Akeret
Senior AssociateRoxane Allot
Managing AssociateFabian Altmann
AssociateKerstin Arnesson
Senior AssociateMaël Azokly
AssociateNatassia Bangerter
AssociateFrédéric Barth
AssociateLuca Belloni
AssociateDimitrios Berger
Managing AssociateNico Bernhard
Managing AssociateMatteo Berti
AssociateJulia Bhend
Managing AssociateManuel Bigler
Managing AssociateNicolas Bopp
AssociateFrancesca Borio
Senior AssociateLia Börlin
AssociatePaul Brasey
AssociateMichelle Bruni
Managing AssociateLisa Brunner
AssociateLoïc Bujard
AssociateChristoph Burckhardt
AssociateValerio Caccia
Managing AssociateAnne-Catherine Cardinaux
Senior AssociateAmina Chammah
AssociateViktoriya Chernaya
AssociateLouis Christe
Senior AssociateNicole Cleis
Managing AssociateDavid Cuendet
Senior AssociateAlfio Decristophoris
Senior AssociateMarius Denoth
AssociateLisa Di Biase
AssociateRemo Di Marco
AssociateAngela Diener
Senior AssociateAngela Diener
Senior AssociateJoffrey Dobosz
Senior AssociateAlex Domeniconi
Managing AssociateGiulio Donati
AssociateBertrand Donzé
Senior AssociateAgnès Dubey
AssociateStephanie Eggimann
Senior AssociateValentina Eichin
AssociateAnaïs Essinger
AssociateLukas Fellmann
Managing AssociateDaniel Ferreira Colaço
AssociateManu Ferro
Senior AssociateSonya Figueredo
Managing AssociateRamona Fischer
Senior AssociateFlora V Francioli
Senior AssociateValentin Freiermuth
AssociateDario Galli
Managing AssociateDrilon Gashi
AssociateAnaëlle Genoud
Senior AssociateLea Germann
AssociatePamela Giampietro
Senior AssociateDario Glauser
AssociateLena Götzinger
Senior AssociateUrsina Gremminger
Managing AssociateTabea Gutmann
Senior AssociateGabrielle Guye
Senior AssociateChristian Hagen
Managing AssociateGustaf Heintz
AssociateSimon Henseler
AssociateLucina Herzog
AssociateAndreas Hösli
Senior AssociateDaniela Hottiger
AssociateTina Hurni
Senior AssociateFlorian Iten
AssociateMirella Janett
AssociateMelanija Jovanovic
AssociateVangelis Kalaitzidakis
Senior AssociateTiffany Kärle
AssociateMichael Kissling
Senior AssociateMartin Klingler
Senior AssociateJonas Knechtli
Managing AssociatePhilippe Kohler
Managing AssociateSandrine Kreiner
Managing AssociateKathryn Kruglak
Senior AssociateMichael Kündig
Managing AssociateSabrina Kunz
AssociateNadia H Kuzniar
AssociateAnnemarie Lagger
Managing AssociateErik Lanz
AssociateJulia Lehner
Senior AssociateNadja D Leuthardt
Senior AssociateAnnina Lippuner
AssociateMatthias Lötscher
Managing AssociateMichael Lysakowski
AssociateMartina Madonna-Quadri
Senior AssociateAlma Marchand
AssociateLucas Maurer
AssociateAnna Mentzer
AssociateHannes Meyle
Senior AssociateBojan Momic
Senior AssociateYannick A Moser
Managing AssociateStefanie Mühlebach
Senior AssociateMichael Müller-Zhang
AssociateGillian Nassisi
AssociateSanela Ninkovic-Jakob
Senior AssociateNaomi Noël
AssociateTimon Nydegger
Managing AssociateMirjam Olah
Senior AssociateSimon Olstein
AssociateAngelina Pellegrini
AssociatePatricia Pinto
Senior AssociateKatja Rauber
AssociateSara Razgallah
Senior AssociateHugh Reeves
Managing AssociateBenjamin Reis
AssociateKento Reutimann
AssociateChloé Ricci
AssociateNatascha Rizzi
Senior AssociateKatharina C Röhl
AssociateFlorian Roth
Managing AssociateCaroline Sauthier
Senior AssociateKen Savioz
Senior AssociateIsabell Schellhas
AssociateLetizia Schlegel
AssociateChristian A Schmid
Senior AssociateLaurent Schmidt
Senior AssociateValentine Schnyder
Senior AssociateAlbane Selimi
Senior AssociateMatthieu Seydoux
AssociateMichelle Sollberger
AssociateBenjamin Sommerhalder
AssociateAlexander Sorton
Senior AssociateCéline Squaratti
Senior AssociateMarina Srienz
AssociateJohannes Stamm
AssociateGian Sulser
AssociateLaura Tarenzi
Senior AssociateChloé Terrapon Chassot
Managing AssociateTamara Teuscher
AssociateQuentin Thorens
AssociateNaomi Toren
AssociateTizian Troxler
AssociateKarina Tschon
Managing AssociateFelix Tuchschmid
AssociateOlivier van den Brand
AssociateSarah Vettiger
Senior AssociateMattia Vidoz
Senior AssociateAlain von Wattenwyl
Senior AssociateAlice Vorburger
Managing AssociateCeline Weber
Managing AssociateAndrea Tina Weber
Senior AssociateYannick Weber
AssociateValentin Wiesner
Managing AssociateSteven Winter
AssociateDzevrije Zendeli
Managing AssociateSabrina Zimmermann
Managing AssociateMathieu Zufferey
Senior AssociateLaura Zürcher
AssociateOf Counsel
Dominik Aerni
CounselAdrien Alberini
CounselFabienne Anner
CounselSylvia Anthamatten
CounselPeter Bürkli
CounselJanine Corti
CounselDaniel Dedeyan
CounselIliana Djagova
CounselMarcus Eklund
Foreign CounselMarco Galli
CounselTéo Genecand
CounselGion Giger
CounselChristine Glättli
CounselCaroline L Goette
CounselKathrin Häcki
CounselAndrea Haefeli
CounselUrs Hofer
CounselJohannes Landbrecht
CounselSamuel Lieberherr
CounselFabian Looser
CounselLaura Luongo
CounselJan Ole Luuk
CounselJoy Malka
CounselElisabeth Moskric
CounselStéphanie Oneyser
CounselSophie Püschel-Arnold
CounselEmilia Rebetez
CounselUrs Schenker
CounselMarkus Schülin
CounselMarco Stacher
CounselTervel Stoyanov
CounselPeter Straub
CounselBenjamin Suter
CounselBéatrice Viertl Bujard
CounselStefan Walder
CounselOther
Thierry Irrthum
Tax Compliance ManagerStina Rispoli
MarketingDaniela Schaefle
MarketingSamantha Thomann Brand
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