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Julia Bhend

Julia Bhend
Partner
lic. iur., Rechtsanwältin

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Julia Bhend

Julia Bhend advises companies and public authorities in matters of technology and data protection law, i.a. in the procurement of ICT services, IT outsourcing agreements and software development and implementation projects.  She has been ranked by Chambers and Partners and Who's Who Legal as a recognised expert for technology, media & telecommunications, data protection law  (Thought leader / global leader by Who's Who Legal) and government contracts in Switzerland and according to clients "provides excellent practical advice, and is very business-oriented, precise and concise.“ Julia Bhend has vast experience in commercial administrative law.  She regularly advises and represents providers and public procurement offices in public procurement procedures. Moreover she is a lecturer for ICT procurement at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and for data protection in the health sector at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  • Attorney at Law 2004
  • University of Bern, lic. iur. 2000
  • Université Paris V – René Descartes, Paris, 1998
  • since 2013 with PROBST PARTNER AG
  • Trainee and associate with two major business law firms in Zurich (2001–2013)
  • Legal Counsel at a telecommunications provider in Zurich (2004)
  • Law clerk at the District Court of Bülach (2002)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association and various professional organisations
  • Member of BPW (Business & Professional Women)
  • Member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Association Winterthur (HAW)
  • Member of the Board of WinLink

  • Public Procurement and Information Security, in: Zufferey/Beyeler/Scherler (Eds.), Aktuelles Vergaberecht 2024 / / Marchés publics 2024, Zurich 2024.

  • Cloud Procurements, Webinar with Roland Füllemann, Zurich 2024

  • Data breach – what to do?, Schweizer Personalvorsorge 02/23, p. 32 ss.

  • Exemptions from procurement law due to security interests, BR/DC 2/2022, p. 77 ss.

  • IT and data protection in the attorney-client engagement agreement, Anwaltsrevue 10/2021, p. 407-413 (together with Wolfgang Straub)

  • Cloud-Procurements, University of Bern, January 2021

  • Selected aspects of the scope of the new procurement law, BR/DC 1/2020, p. 16 ss.

  • Revision of the Public Procurement Law 2019, Forum Neues Vergaberecht, Basel, September 2019

  • Distribution of roles under data protection law, Zurich, November 2018

  • Data Protection: What should a law firm do?, Anwaltsforum Zurich, November 2018

  • Software Escrow Agreement, in: Schweizer Vertragshandbuch, Musterverträge für die Praxis, 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (Verlag Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2018)

  • Public Procurement Conference 2016 and 2018

  • Unmanned vehicles: The future is out there!, AIJA Congress Tokyo 2017

  • The hybrid side of construction works for states and public entities - Public procurement law and contract law, AIJA Seminar Lausanne, April 2017

  • Data Protection in the Digital Age - Theory and Reality, Presentation St. Gallen, January 2017

  • 100 questions on IT-Procurement, Appeal Procedure and Risk Prevention, Evening Seminar HWZ, Zurich, October 2015

  • Country Reports on Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and Social Networking in Switzerland, Data Guidance, March 2015

  • Life Sciences 2.0 – Risks and Side-Effects of New Trends, Basel, March 2015

  • Basic rules for avoiding disqualification in public procurement, Zürcher Wirtschaft, Ratgeber Recht, 13 March 2014

  • The NSA in cc? Recommendations after the disclosures of the NSA scanda, 7. Tagung zum Datenschutz, 28 January 2014

  • Basler Kommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz/Öffentlichkeitsgesetz, Kommentierung Art. 10-15 BGÖ, Basel 2014 (co-author)

  • Open source software for dummies: Are you underestimating technology in your business transactions?, AIJA Annual Congress 2014

  • The essentials in  online contracts, AIJA Half-year conference 2013

  • Die Bedeutung des Street View-Urteils für die Veröffentlichung von Bildern im Internet ("The significance of the Street View-judgment for the publication of photos on the Internet"), sic! 11/2012

  • Beschaffungen zwischen Personalverleih und Dienstleistungsvertrag ("Public procurement between 'bodyleasing' and service agreements"), Herbstversammlung SVöB, Bern 2011

  • Safe Harbor: Globaler Datenumschlagplatz? ("Safe Harbor: Global Data Hub?"), digma 3/2011, p. 122–125

  • Making and breaking license and distribution agreements. Risks and rewards, practical tips and lessons learned, AIJA Annual Congress 2009