Kurt C. SchweizerChristian T. Suffert

PETER K. NEUENSCHWANDER
Dr. iur., born 1956


Peter K. Neuenschwander

Peter K. Neuenschwander

Chambers Awards
Education: University of Zurich and IMD; admitted to the Zurich and Swiss bar in 1986.

Experience: Associate in Zurich law firm; over 12 years in the law department of a leading global information technology enterprise whereof 3 years as Legal Counsel Europe; partner of a Zurich law firm for
5 years; head of the IT-law group of the Swiss Information and Communication Industry Association (SWICO); Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Zurich (Master of Advanced Studies in Business Engineering); former board member of the Swiss and the European Corporate Lawyers Association (VSUJ/ECLA) as well as the Legal Committee of the European ICT Association EICTA; partner of SN&P since 2003.

Preferred Areas of Professional Activity: Information technology; electronic commerce; telecommunications; distribution law; international commercial transactions and joint ventures.

Publications: Author of: "Semiconductor Chip Protection"; "EDI und MWSt - Feuer und Wasser"; "E-Commerce in der Schweiz und in der EU" (5th St. Galler Internationales Immaterialgüterrechtsforum 2001); "Outsourcing Project Contracting" (in: IT-Outsourcing, ZIK Volume 23); "Rechtliche Aspekte von Records Management" (9th St. Galler Internationales Immaterialgüterrechtsforum 2005); "Vom Outtasking zum BPO - was gilt es zu beachten?" (in: Internet-Recht und IT-Verträge); Co-author: "Draft Revision of book keeping and -preservation rules in the Swiss Code of Obligations"; "Model EDI Agreement for Switzerland"; "Electronic Bookeeping and Records Retention"; "Informatikrecht im Europäischen Umfeld"; "Records Management".