We are pleased to announce that

Thomas Würsten

Attorney-at-law, Certified Tax Expert

has been promoted to partner of our law firm, effective 1st January 2023.

Thomas Würsten specialises in tax law and provides legal advice in all tax matters related to domestic and international enterprises, entrepreneurs and private individuals. He also offers valuable practical experience and broad knowledge in related areas of law and provides support to clients on tax-related topics such as mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings, corporate succession and estate planning as well as real estate transactions.

Around 8,000 visitors attended the Startup Nights in Winterthur. As in previous years, Probst Partner was present at this sixth edition with its own booth to keep its finger on the pulse of the startup community and to offer legal advice. In between the many interesting conversations, fun was not neglected: every visitor could test his luck and pick up one of the numerous prizes.

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• Julia Bhend

We are proud to have been selected again this year as one of the top law firms of Switzerland according to the Bilanz magazine survey (https://www.handelszeitung.ch/bilanz/die-besten-anwaltskanzleien-der-schweiz-2022).

According to the Bilanz magazine, we are among the best in Switzerland in the following categories in particular:

• Corporate Law
• Liability Law
• Public Procurement
• Sports Law
• Technology and Telecommunications Law

We would like to thank our clients for their trust and, of course, for voting for us.

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• Dr. Christoph D. Studer
• Julia Bhend
• Roy Levy

We would like to thank the handball club Pfadi Winterthur for allowing us to support them in the restructuring of the club into as association (Verein) and a corporation (AG) and wish them every success for the future.

For further information please go to:

• https://www.landbote.ch/jetzt-ist-pfadi-winterthur-eine-ag-519131721241
• https://www.pfadi-winterthur.ch/gluecksgefuehle/

• https://www.toponline.ch/news/winterthur/detail/news/die-pfadi-winterthur-handball-ag-ist-gegruendet-00179498/

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• Dr. Christoph D. Studer

We are pleased to announce that

Dr. Oliver Fritschi
Attorney-at-law, LL.M. (Columbia),

has become a partner of the firm, effective 1^st January 2022.

His areas of expertise include contract, corporate, and employment law. He advises companies and individuals on contract drafting as well as in the area of corporate acquisitions and corporate structuring.

Current press reports cover a copyright lawsuit in Germany. The world-famous musician Eric Clapton is said to have sued a woman because she wanted to sell on ebay a CD of one of his concerts, which the musician apparently did not authorise. The lawsuit is not directed against the producer of the said CD, but the private person who wanted to resell the CD online is sued.

The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has imposed a fine of 225 million Euros on Whatsapp for violations of the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The investigation against Whatsapp, which has its European headquarters in Ireland, was initiated by the DPC in 2018 when the GDPR came into force. The background to the investigation were complaints from both Whatsapp users and third parties as well as a request for assistance from Der Bundesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (the German Federal Data Protection Authority) to the DPC, which were in connection with requests for information to Whatsapp. This also involved the transfer of personal data to other Facebook companies.

The Federal Law on Amendments to the Swiss Code of Obligations, which the Federal Councils passed on June 19, 2020, will comprehensively revise stock corporation law. The referendum deadline expired without having been used on October 8, 2020. The new law is expected to come into force in the second half of 2021.

The revision aims, among other things, to improve corporate governance at the board level. What is new?