Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Banking, Finance & Insurance
- Competition
- Data & Technology
- Public Law & Litigation
- Public Procurement
- Start-ups & Venture Capital View More
Profile
Adrien Alberini specializes in technology law, providing services in relation to the setting up of innovative projects, drafting and negotiating complex agreements, as well as representing clients before courts or in the context of settlement negotiations. Adrien Alberini further assists entrepreneurs and fast-growing companies in relation to the development of their commercial activities, the structuring of their business and the management of financing matters. Moreover, Adrien Alberini is a recognized expert in economic law, a field in which he assists entities in the public sector on a regular basis. He also provides regular assistance to private companies with respect to regulatory issues and their relationship with States or regulators.
After graduating from law school at the Universities of Lausanne and St-Gallen (2001-2005), Adrien Alberini has obtained a PhD in European Competition Law at the University of Geneva (2005-2009). Adrien Alberini was then admitted to the Geneva Bar (2011) and has postgraduated from Stanford Law School with an LL.M. in Law, Science & Technology (2013-2014). Prior to joining Walder Wyss, he has practised at a leading Swiss law firm (2009-2016) and was a partner at a boutique firm specializing in technology law (2016-2024).
Adrien Alberini speaks French, English, German, and Italian. He is registered with the Geneva Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
After graduating from law school at the Universities of Lausanne and St-Gallen (2001-2005), Adrien Alberini has obtained a PhD in European Competition Law at the University of Geneva (2005-2009). Adrien Alberini was then admitted to the Geneva Bar (2011) and has postgraduated from Stanford Law School with an LL.M. in Law, Science & Technology (2013-2014). Prior to joining Walder Wyss, he has practised at a leading Swiss law firm (2009-2016) and was a partner at a boutique firm specializing in technology law (2016-2024).
Adrien Alberini speaks French, English, German, and Italian. He is registered with the Geneva Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
Areas of Practice
- Banking, Finance & Insurance
- Competition
- Data & Technology
- Public Law & Litigation
- Public Procurement
- Start-ups & Venture Capital
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Two new Partners, a new Counsel and three new Associates strengthen our teams in Geneva and Lausanne
Two new Partners, a new Counsel and three new Associates strengthen our teams in Geneva and Lausanne
Articles
Swissness Project
Data protection for NGOs, Legal update and workshops for Geneva based NGOs
Affaires récentes en droit de la protection des données
Affaires récentes en droit de la protection des données
Protection des données dans les études d’avocats – Relations avec les sous-traitants
Egalité femmes-hommes – Table ronde
Data Protection and the Swiss Non-Profit Sector: How the GDPR considers the specificities of charities and international organizations
Minority shareholders of Swiss corporations – How they can protect their interests
Protection des données à l’attention des Compliance Officers
Open banking/insurance : une ouverture à géométrie variable
Nouvelles technologies et établissements financiers : quel futur pour la relation client ?
IA, Algorithmes, Machine Learning : de quoi parle-t-on ?
Comment sortir d’un contrat d’outsourcing
Cloud banking : questions pratiques
Commentaire des art. 33-35a LBA, Protection des données et blanchiment d’argent
Non Fungible Tokens (NFT) : Une tentative de « décompilation » au regard du droit suisse
e-commerce & LCD
La vente en ligne et la concurrence déloyale
Upcoming Framework Governing the Protection of Personal Data in High-Tech Research Projects
Locaux professionnels: bureau virtuels, espaces de co-working, cloud, etc.
Data Protection and Privacy, The Upcoming Framework Governing the Protection of Personal Data (GDPR), Challenges and How to Strike the Right Balance
Accords de technologie et droit de la concurrence
Table ronde : perspectives et souhaits pour les 10 prochaines années [en matière de propriété intellectuelle et droit de la concurrence]
Augmenting competition law with AI: the case for computational antitrust – comments to the presentation given by Dr. Thibault Schrepel
Data and Antitrust Issues – Comparative Perspectives
Data and Antitrust Issues – Comparative Perspectives
GDPR: Key Issues and Main Experiences, Are you ready for the GDPR?
Protection des données et cybersécurité
Quelques réflexions sur l’application du droit de la concurrence à l’innovation rapide et aux marques attractives à la lumière de l’affaire iPhone
The Swiss Competition Authority Fines an ADSL Provider for Margin Squeeze (Swisscom)
Le transfert de technologie en droit communautaire de la concurrence – Mise en perspective avec les règles applicables aux accords de recherche et développement, de production et de distribution
Commentaire de l’art. 3 al. 2 de la LCart, Relation entre le droit de la concurrence et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle
Design change: quelles limites posées par le droit de la concurrence? Une approche globale de Nespresso aux secteurs high-tech
Merger control in the IT sector
Accords de technologie et droit de la concurrence – De l’approche plus économique à la saisie par l’abus de position dominante
Pouvoir de marché dans le secteur numérique : l’accès à de larges quantités de données est-il suffisant ?
Regulation of large online platform companies acting as gatekeepers
Online Exhaustion of IP Rights
Plateformes numériques : quel risque de responsabilité ? Systématisation au regard des plateformes Airbnb et Tripadvisor
AI vs Law
May the GDPR force be with you (GDRP and digital marketing)
Automatisation de la profession d’avocat
Data governance from a legal perspective
Protection des données et cybersécurité
Utilisation de solutions cloud : Cadre réglementaire dans la perspective de l’avocat
Data Protection in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Digital Governance and GDPR
Protection des données et cybersécurité
Utilisation d’un outil d’intelligence artificielle – répartition des droits sur les données utilisées entre le titulaire de l’outil et ses utilisateurs
L’innovation au sein de l’Etat
Intelligence artificielle – Perspective juridique
Projets informatiques : comment gérer contractuellement les risques (notamment de propriété intellectuelle) ?
«Online Exhaustion of IP Rights», Rapport suisse pour la Ligue internationale du droit de la concurrence International (LIDC), Congrès de Turin 2014
Legal Marketplaces : opportunité et/ou menace pour les avocats et les Ordres d’avocats
Secret professionnel de l’avocat et solutions cloud
Data portability and interoperability: an issue that needs to be anticipated in today's IT-driven world
Copyright 4.0: a global perspective (and many takeaways)
Le droit suisse des noms de domaine
Contrat de services cloud
« Table ronde sur l’affaire Gaba », dirigée par Me C. Rapin, avec la participation du Prof. V. Martenet, de Me Dreyer et de Me Birkhäuser
Les accords dans le secteur de la construction : quelles limites posées par le droit de la concurrence ?
Les clauses de non-concurrence en droit communautaire de la concurrence : approche systématique d’une notion à géométrie variable
The Swiss Competition Commission Authorizes the Pre-Implementation of a Merger before its Formal Notification (Schaeffler/Continental)
The Swiss Competition Commission Opens the Door to a More Economic Approach for Vertical Price Fixing (Clips and Shears)
Droit des accords verticaux : de l’enfance à l’adolescence
Ex-post evaluation of competition authority decisions: the case of Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Tribunal renders a judgment taking a hard line on vertical restraints
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
Recent developments in Swiss competition law
E-commerce – LCart et protection des données : quels enjeux ?
The Protection of minority shareholders
Data Protection and GDPR for non-profit organisations
Blockchain and Data Protection
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