Didier Sangiorgio advises corporations from different sectors, inter alia the sectors Information Technology, Telecommunication, Insurance, Health Care, Life Sciences and Media. He advises on a vast selection of IT- and Telecom-related transactions and has profound experience regarding comprehensive system integration and global outsourcing projects. In addition he holds several directorships on Boards of non-listed corporations and trusts.

Didier Sangiorgio is Co-Chair of the Zurich Bar’s Technology and Telecom Law Practice Group and past Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Committee on Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. He was a part-time lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH) Zurich from 1997 to 2009.

Born in 1959, Didier Sangiorgio was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1984, Dr. iur. 1996) and at the Georgetown University Law School, Washington D.C. (LL.M. 1992). He has working experience as clerk at the District Court of Winterthur and as associate in a Zurich and a Pittsburgh law firm.

Didier Sangiorgio speaks German, French and English. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Bar Admissions
He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Significant Accomplishments

The Best Lawyers Awards 2024

Legalcommunity.ch Awards: Walder Wyss Receives Awards as Market Leading Firm and Labour Law Firm of the Year

The Best Lawyers Awards 2022

ABB lagert Hosting-Infrastruktur und -Management an Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) aus

netrics hosting AG übernimmt Mehrheit an in4U AG

Sale of Plancal Group in auction process



Professional Associations

• iTechLaw and Techlaw Group Ltd
• SIMSA
• INGRES
• ASA

Der IT-Audit aus rechtlicher Sicht
Service Level Agreements
Systemintegration und implementierung
Rechtliche Grundlagen der Informationssicherheit
Neuerungen im elektronischen Verkehr mit dem Bundesgericht und den Bundesbehörden
Dienstleistungsverträge mit Providern im Bereich von eGovernment
Watermarking – Eine vielversprechende Technologie gegen Urheberrechtspiraterie
Software-Piraterie aus schweizerischer Sicht
Der vorsorgliche Rechtsschutz in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Für die Beurteilung der Verwechselbarkeit ist das Erinnerungsbild (nicht der gleichzeitige Vergleich) massgebend
Privatisierung der Rechtsprechung – Private Schiedsverfahren als wertvolle Ergänzung zur staatlichen Gerichtsbarkeit
Qualifiziert die Umwelt als Teil eines Kunstwerkes?
Urheberrecht und Topographien
Co-operation Agreements with Arbitration Courts of Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania