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Simon Henseler

Simon Henseler

Associate
MLaw, Attorney at Law

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Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 51 58
simon.henseler@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Data & Technology Commercial Contracts Intellectual Property

Simon Henseler is an associate in the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team. He primarily advises and represents Swiss and international companies concerning all aspects of data protection, information, and technology law. His main areas of expertise include cloud and technology projects, data security incidents and general data protection compliance (under European and Swiss law). In addition, he takes on mandates as an external data protection officer. Simon Henseler regularly publishes scientific papers in his fields of expertise, for example as an author in commentaries on the new Swiss Data Protection Act.

After studying law at the University of Fribourg and the University of Copenhagen (MLaw, 2016), Simon Henseler was admitted to the Aargau bar in 2018. Before joining Walder Wyss, he worked for the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) and the University Research Priority Program Financial Market Regulation of the University of Zurich. Besides working as an attorney at law, Simon Henseler is writing a doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich in the field of Swiss and European data protection law. He is a certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E).

Simon Henseler's professional languages are German and English. He also speaks French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all of Switzerland.

Basler Kommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz und Öffentlichkeitsgesetz: Kommentierung von Art. 21 DSG

| by Simon Henseler and David Vasella | in: Gabor Blechta, David Vasella (Editor[s]) | "Datenschutzgesetz /Öffentlichkeitsgesetz" | 4a edizione

Basler Kommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz und Öffentlichkeitsgesetz: Kommentierung von Art. 31 Abs. 2 lit. c DSG

| by Simon Henseler | in: Gabor Blechta, David Vasella (Editor[s]) | "Datenschutzgesetz /Öffentlichkeitsgesetz" | 4. Auflage

Article 22 GDPR on Automated Individual Decision-Making: Prohibition or Data Subject Right?

| by Simon Henseler, Thouvenin, Florent [co-author] and Früh, Alfred [co-author] | in: European Data Protection Law Review | pp. 183 ff.

Reaching beyond its territory – an analysis of the extraterritorial scope of European data protection law

| by Simon Henseler and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux | in: Kosta/Leenes (Editor[s]) | "Research Handbook on EU Data Protection Law" | Cheltenham | pp. 290 ff.

Regulation of Algorithms in the EU and in Switzerland, Reflections on Selected Regulatory Topics

| by Rolf H. Weber and Simon Henseler | in: Zeitschrift für Europarecht | pp. 28 ff.

Data Governance and Cloud Banking in the New Data Protection Framework

| by Rolf H. Weber and Simon Henseler | in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Finanzmarktrecht | pp. 604 ff.

What is an Automated Decision?, On the Conditions of Application of Art. 22 (1) GDPR

| by Simon Henseler | in: Zurkinden/Staffler/Meier (Editor[s]) | "recht. innovativ, APARIUZ Band XXI" | Zürich | pp. 301 ff.

Data as Counter-Performance

| by Rolf H. Weber and Simon Henseler | in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Finanzmarktrecht | pp. 335 ff.

Commentary on Art. 311-313 Federal Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act

| by Simon Henseler, Daniel Hunkeler and Geort J. Wohl | in: Kren Kostkiewicz/Vock (Editor[s]) | "Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs" | 4. Auflage | Zürich

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