Practice Expertise
- Industry & Commerce
- Employment
- Corporate & Commercial
- Insolvency & Restructuring
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- Corporate & Commercial
- Employment
- Industry & Commerce
- Insolvency & Restructuring
- Economic Crimes & Investigations
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Start-ups & Venture Capital
- White Collar Crime & Investigations View More
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- Corporate & Business
- Dispute Resolution
- Financial Services
- Government & Public Sector
- Industrial & Manufacturing
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- Employment and Labor Group - Member
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Profile
Simone Wetzstein is Co-Head of our Employment Law Team and a partner. She advises national companies, international groups as well as private individuals on all aspects of employment law, in particular in connection with the drafting of employment contracts, compensation models, the termination of employment relationships and in the context of restructuring projects (transfers of undertakings, mass redundancies, etc.). In addition, Simone Wetzstein has many years of expertise in questions of personnel leasing/staffing agencies and obtaining work and residence permits. Simone Wetzstein also advises in the context of social security law issues related to employment law and represents parties in court. Finally, a particular focus of Simone Wetzstein’s work is on issues relating to various forms of discrimination and gender equality law.
Simone Wetzstein was supported by the Swiss Study Foundation during her studies, studied at the Universities of Zurich and Haifa, Israel (lic. iur. Zurich 2010), was admitted to the bar in 2013 and is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law. As a Fulbright Scholar, she complemented her education at Columbia Law School in New York, where she graduated in May 2017 with an LL.M. focusing on discrimination law issues and mediation. At ZHAW, she teaches as part of the CAS Legal Influencing Factors & HR
Simone Wetzstein has been working for Walder Wyss as a lawyer since 2013. Prior to this, she worked as a trainee lawyer in a major law firm in Zurich and at the Administrative Court of Aarau. Simone Wetzstein was also responsible for the management of the Winterthur Music Festival for many years.
Simone Wetzstein practices in both German and English and also speaks French and Hebrew. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all of Switzerland.
Simone Wetzstein was supported by the Swiss Study Foundation during her studies, studied at the Universities of Zurich and Haifa, Israel (lic. iur. Zurich 2010), was admitted to the bar in 2013 and is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law. As a Fulbright Scholar, she complemented her education at Columbia Law School in New York, where she graduated in May 2017 with an LL.M. focusing on discrimination law issues and mediation. At ZHAW, she teaches as part of the CAS Legal Influencing Factors & HR
Simone Wetzstein has been working for Walder Wyss as a lawyer since 2013. Prior to this, she worked as a trainee lawyer in a major law firm in Zurich and at the Administrative Court of Aarau. Simone Wetzstein was also responsible for the management of the Winterthur Music Festival for many years.
Simone Wetzstein practices in both German and English and also speaks French and Hebrew. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all of Switzerland.
Areas of Practice
- Corporate & Commercial
- Employment
- Industry & Commerce
- Insolvency & Restructuring
- Economic Crimes & Investigations
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Start-ups & Venture Capital
- White Collar Crime & Investigations
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Walder Wyss advises Mercer on the acquisition of hkp///group
Voliro announces USD 12 million Series A funding round
Flowit announced CHF 4m seed funding round
Subway® expands Presence in Switzerland and Liechtenstein with Convenience House Schweiz AG
Bregal Unternehmerkapital erwirbt Mehrheitsbeteiligung an BSI Software von Capvis
Walder Wyss berät die Fundamenta Group Holding AG beim Verkauf ihrer Immobiliensparte an die Swiss Prime Site AG
SMG acquires majority stake in Flatfox from Mobiliar
Walder Wyss recognized as "Global Elite 2024" by International Employment Lawyer IEL
Walder Wyss advises WEG S.A. as Swiss counsel in the acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of the Regal Rexnord Corporation
ITS Kanal Services AG erwirbt die Restclean AG
Bavarian Nordic Acquires Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Vaccines Portfolio
Promotions at Walder Wyss
CRK wird Teil der MYTY Group
Series Seed Finanzierungsrunde von myDropz AG
Ufenau verkauft die Swiss IT Security Gruppe an Triton
Permira führt Nexthink Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von USD 180 Mio. an
Erfolgreicher Abschluss der Weiterbildung als Fachanwälte SAV Arbeitsrecht
Swiss IT Security Group übernimmt keyon AG
Blue Sail Medical vollzieht Erwerb der NVT
WiseTech Global erwirbt SISA Studio Informatica SA
Walder Wyss berät Nestlé beim CHF 10.2 Mrd. Verkauf ihres Skin Health Business
Blue Sail Medical erwirbt NVT
Dana erwirbt Oerlikon Drive Systems
DigiCert kauft QuoVadis
Beförderungen bei Walder Wyss
Chinesischer Tech-Riese Baidu investiert in Schweizer Startup aiCTX
Continental verkauft Continental Automotive Switzerland
Dana erwirbt Oerlikon Drive Systems
Flexera übernimmt Brainwaregroup
Rieker Investment AG übernimmt die Meister Abrasives Gruppe
FinanceFox successfully completes Series A financing round
Recordati erwirbt Pro Farma AG
Groupe SEB erwirbt die WMF Gruppe von KKR
Oriflame: Grenzüberschreitende Vermögensübertragung abgeschlossen
IPH-Gruppe übernimmt Montalpina
Chequers Capital to acquire Spandex from Gilde Buy Out Partners
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa to acquire Keytrade Bank
Arval übernimmt das Flottenservicegeschäft von GE Capital in Europa
ADVA Optical Networking erwirbt Oscilloquartz SA
HgCapital erwirbt 91.85% an P&I Personal & Informatik AG und lanciert öffentliches Übernahmeangebot
Walder Wyss advises Mercer on the acquisition of hkp///group
Voliro announces USD 12 million Series A funding round
Flowit announced CHF 4m seed funding round
Subway® expands Presence in Switzerland and Liechtenstein with Convenience House Schweiz AG
Bregal Unternehmerkapital erwirbt Mehrheitsbeteiligung an BSI Software von Capvis
Walder Wyss berät die Fundamenta Group Holding AG beim Verkauf ihrer Immobiliensparte an die Swiss Prime Site AG
SMG acquires majority stake in Flatfox from Mobiliar
Walder Wyss recognized as "Global Elite 2024" by International Employment Lawyer IEL
Walder Wyss advises WEG S.A. as Swiss counsel in the acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of the Regal Rexnord Corporation
ITS Kanal Services AG erwirbt die Restclean AG
Bavarian Nordic Acquires Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Vaccines Portfolio
Promotions at Walder Wyss
CRK wird Teil der MYTY Group
Series Seed Finanzierungsrunde von myDropz AG
Ufenau verkauft die Swiss IT Security Gruppe an Triton
Permira führt Nexthink Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von USD 180 Mio. an
Erfolgreicher Abschluss der Weiterbildung als Fachanwälte SAV Arbeitsrecht
Swiss IT Security Group übernimmt keyon AG
Blue Sail Medical vollzieht Erwerb der NVT
WiseTech Global erwirbt SISA Studio Informatica SA
Walder Wyss berät Nestlé beim CHF 10.2 Mrd. Verkauf ihres Skin Health Business
Blue Sail Medical erwirbt NVT
Dana erwirbt Oerlikon Drive Systems
DigiCert kauft QuoVadis
Beförderungen bei Walder Wyss
Chinesischer Tech-Riese Baidu investiert in Schweizer Startup aiCTX
Continental verkauft Continental Automotive Switzerland
Dana erwirbt Oerlikon Drive Systems
Flexera übernimmt Brainwaregroup
Rieker Investment AG übernimmt die Meister Abrasives Gruppe
FinanceFox successfully completes Series A financing round
Recordati erwirbt Pro Farma AG
Groupe SEB erwirbt die WMF Gruppe von KKR
Oriflame: Grenzüberschreitende Vermögensübertragung abgeschlossen
IPH-Gruppe übernimmt Montalpina
Chequers Capital to acquire Spandex from Gilde Buy Out Partners
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa to acquire Keytrade Bank
Arval übernimmt das Flottenservicegeschäft von GE Capital in Europa
ADVA Optical Networking erwirbt Oscilloquartz SA
HgCapital erwirbt 91.85% an P&I Personal & Informatik AG und lanciert öffentliches Übernahmeangebot
Articles
Formal Requirements in Employment Contracts: What Must Be Observed?
Formvorschriften in Arbeitsverträgen: Was muss beachtet werden?
Neue Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zur arbeitsplatzbezogenen Arbeitsunfähigkeit
New Case Law of the Federal Supreme Court on Workplace-Related Incapacity for Work
New case law of the Federal Supreme Court on the justification of employer terminations in the area of federal personnel law
Neue Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zur Rechtfertigung der Arbeitgeberkündigung im Bereich des Bundespersonalrecht
Von Feiertagen, Homeoffice und der Gretchenfrage
Flexibilization of working time and resting period provisions Amendments to Ordinance 2 to the Labour Act (ArGV 2)
Flexibilisierung von Arbeits- und Ruhezeitbestimmungen Änderungen in der Verordnung 2 zum Arbeitsgesetz (ArGV 2)
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
Stolpersteine im Arbeitsvertrag
Gleichstellungsgesetz (GlG)
Switzerland Chapter in The Employment Law Review Edition 14
Employment in Financial Services
Arbeitsrechtliche Aspekte bei der Einführung einer vier-Tage-Woche
Labour law aspects of the introduction of a four-day-week
Ermittlung der Schwellenwerte bei Massenentlassungen
Gerechtfertigte fristlose Kündigung bei Katzenzucht als Nebentätigkeit während Arbeitsunfähigkeit
Lohnfortzahlung bei COVID-19
Einmalseins der Sperrfristen (-berechnung)
Remote working from abroad: what employers need to know
Home Office im Ausland: Was Arbeitgeberinnen wissen müssen
Arbeitsplatzbezogene Arbeitsunfähigkeit
Business Immigration in Switzerland: Overview
Was müssen Arbeitgebende zur Chancengleichheit beitragen?
Rechtliche Besonderheiten für Schwangere und frischgebackene Eltern am Arbeitsplatz
Impfobligatorium im privatrechtlichen Arbeitsverhältnis
Mandatory Vaccination in Employment Relationships under Civil Law
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
Chapter Switzerland
Chapter Switzerland
Revidiertes Gleichstellungsgesetz: Lohngleichheitsanalyse
White Paper - Whistleblower-Schutz in der schweizerischen Privatwirtschaft
The Employment Law Review - Chapter 44: Switzerland
Geschäftsimmigration in der Schweiz: Ein Überblick
Lohnfortzahlungspflichten des Arbeitgebers nach Niederkunft einer Mitarbeiterin
Proskauer zum Thema Privatsphäre: Ein Leitfaden zu Privatsphäre und Datenschutzrecht im Informationszeitalter – Kapitel 14, Schweiz
Unternehmensansiedlung: Ein globaler Leitfaden des praktischen Rechts, Zweite Ausgabe
Neue Bestimmungen zur Arbeitszeiterfassung
Erneute Verschärfung der EU-Firmenfahrzeugregelung
Fallstrick im internationalen Sozialversicherungsrecht
Kurzarbeit
Teilrevision des Obligationenrechts – Neues Whistleblowergesetz
Neuregelung der bezahlten Stillzeiten
EU-Neuregelung Firmenfahrzeuge
Gerichtsstandsvereinbarungen in Arbeitsverträgen mit internationalem Bezug
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