Data Protection

The field of data protection is of major importance nowadays for individuals, public authorities and private companies, and has been reinforced by the entry into force of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act on September 1^st 2023 (DPA).

In this current and increasingly complex environment, our Firm offers its clients the following services in particular:

• Compliance of your structure and activities with data protection regulations (DPA, GDPR, etc.).
• Drafting, review and revision of documents relating to data protection (confidentiality policy, contractual clauses and agreements, etc.).
• Advice on specific processing operations.
• Exercise of your rights against third parties.
• Intervention as your external data protection officer.

 The lawyers active in this area are:

Christophe Perrin

Already active for the past 30 years in alternative dispute resolution through arbitration, the Firm has an active practitioner (certified as « Mediator SBA » and « CEDR Accredited Mediator ») both as a mediator and as counsel to clients participating in a mediation process. The mediation method can be applied flexibly to various areas of law. Over time, there has been a growing interest among litigants in finding a solution to their disputes outside the litigation process, which is often an imperfect response to their needs (mediation can be fast and flexible, enabling agreements to be reached on an individual basis and tailored to specific needs). In addition to the above, it is advisable to favour negotiated rather than litigated solutions, provided of course that an amicable outcome remains reasonable, the terms of which are thus more likely to be implemented without subsequent difficulties. In particular, the mediation process makes it possible to preserve the relationship between two parties divided by a conflict, which is a significant advantage particularly in the fields of family and commercial law. The Firm also has the skills to conduct mediation processes through private meetings if necessary. It is possible to work in both French and English.

Lawyer certified as « Mediator SBA » and « CEDR Accredited Mediator » : Florian Chaudet

With two Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Property law partners, CBWM AVOCATS is involved in the field of administrative law, public authorities law and procurement law. We have extensive experience and a broad practice built to serve a wide ranging base of clients including individuals and private businesses as well as public authorities or decentralized administrative bodies. Involved at all stages of the proceedings, whether contentious (litigation) or not, before local, state or federal authorities, the firm has developed very specific knowledge in all respect of administrative procedure.

The firm is particularly active in the following areas:

• Public markets.
• Formal and material expropriation/compulsory purchase.
• Liability of public authorities.
• Public contributions law.
• State monopolies and concessions.
• Contracts under administrative law.
• Public and Private Partnerships.
• Use of the public area.
• Organization and communal autonomy.
• Constitutional law.

The “Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Property law” are :
Benoît Bovay and Thibault Blanchard, both being entrusted with a master course in regional planning (zoning law) and construction law at the University of Lausanne.

Practising in the same field :
Maxime Flattet, Hugo Porchet.