English translation of the draft of the revised Swiss Federal Data Protection Act
by Jürg Schneider, David Vasella and Hugh Reeves
October 2017
Hugh Reeves is an associate in the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team. His preferred areas of practice include technology transfers, copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret law as well as information technology law. He is also active in the areas of data protection and privacy laws.
Born in 1987, Hugh Reeves was educated at the Universities of Lausanne (BLaw, 2008, magna cum laude; MLaw, 2010, summa cum laude) and Geneva (Ecole d'Avocature – Geneva Bar School, 2011). He furthered his studies with a Certificate in Transnational IP Law and Licensing (Bucerius and UC Hastings, summer 2014) and an LL.M. at the University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2016). Hugh was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2013. Prior to joining Walder Wyss, he worked for a boutique law firm in Geneva specializing in banking law and IT law. He also worked for an international auditing company and was a clerk of the Juvenile Court of the Canton of Vaud. In addition, he gained work experience as a foreign associate in the technology transactions and licensing team of a leading Silicon Valley law firm.
Hugh Reeves works mainly in French and English. He also speaks German. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
Contact
Hugh Reeves
Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 73
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Seefeldstrasse 123
P.O. Box
8034 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 658 58 58
Fax +41 58 658 59 59
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Hugh Reeves
Data Security and Cybercrime in Switzerland
by Jürg Schneider, Martin Zobl and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
Collection, storage and transfer of data in Switzerland
by Martin Zobl, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
Data security and breach notification in Switzerland
by Martin Zobl, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
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Hugh Reeves
Ardian will acquire lighting Group SLV from Cinven
The independent private investment company Ardian has won the bidding for the Germany based lighting maker SLV. Ardian entered into an agreement with Cinven to acquire SLV. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval of the applicable anti-trust authorities.
SLV has experienced significant growth over the past decades and became a leading provider of lighting fixtures for residential and commercial space. With the support of Ardian, SLV intends to continuously innovate its diversified product portfolio and further develop its international footprint.
Walder Wyss is advising Ardian with respect to Swiss law. The Walder Wyss team is led by Markus Vischer (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Samuel Lieberherr (Senior Associate, Corporate/M&A), Fabian Looser (Associate, Employment) and Hugh Reeves (Associate, IP/IT).
Hugh Reeves is an associate in the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team. His preferred areas of practice include technology transfers, copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret law as well as information technology law. He is also active in the areas of data protection and privacy laws.
Born in 1987, Hugh Reeves was educated at the Universities of Lausanne (BLaw, 2008, magna cum laude; MLaw, 2010, summa cum laude) and Geneva (Ecole d'Avocature – Geneva Bar School, 2011). He furthered his studies with a Certificate in Transnational IP Law and Licensing (Bucerius and UC Hastings, summer 2014) and an LL.M. at the University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2016). Hugh was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2013. Prior to joining Walder Wyss, he worked for a boutique law firm in Geneva specializing in banking law and IT law. He also worked for an international auditing company and was a clerk of the Juvenile Court of the Canton of Vaud. In addition, he gained work experience as a foreign associate in the technology transactions and licensing team of a leading Silicon Valley law firm.
Hugh Reeves works mainly in French and English. He also speaks German. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
Contact
Hugh Reeves
Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 73
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Seefeldstrasse 123
P.O. Box
8034 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 658 58 58
Fax +41 58 658 59 59
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English translation of the draft of the revised Swiss Federal Data Protection Act
by Jürg Schneider, David Vasella and Hugh Reeves
October 2017
Data Security and Cybercrime in Switzerland
by Jürg Schneider, Martin Zobl and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
Collection, storage and transfer of data in Switzerland
by Martin Zobl, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
Data security and breach notification in Switzerland
by Martin Zobl, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves
in: "www.lexology.com" 4 April 2017
Ardian will acquire lighting Group SLV from Cinven
The independent private investment company Ardian has won the bidding for the Germany based lighting maker SLV. Ardian entered into an agreement with Cinven to acquire SLV. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval of the applicable anti-trust authorities.
SLV has experienced significant growth over the past decades and became a leading provider of lighting fixtures for residential and commercial space. With the support of Ardian, SLV intends to continuously innovate its diversified product portfolio and further develop its international footprint.
Walder Wyss is advising Ardian with respect to Swiss law. The Walder Wyss team is led by Markus Vischer (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Samuel Lieberherr (Senior Associate, Corporate/M&A), Fabian Looser (Associate, Employment) and Hugh Reeves (Associate, IP/IT).