Simone Wetzstein
Associée
lic. iur., LL.M., Avocate, Avocate spécialiste FSA droit du travail
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simone.wetzstein@walderwyss.com
Curriculum Vitae
Simone Wetzstein is Co-Head of our Employment Law Team and a partner. She advises national companies, international groups as well as private individuals on all aspects of employment law, in particular in connection with the drafting of employment contracts, compensation models, the termination of employment relationships and in the context of restructuring projects (transfers of undertakings, mass redundancies, etc.). In addition, Simone Wetzstein has many years of expertise in questions of personnel leasing/staffing agencies and obtaining work and residence permits. Simone Wetzstein also advises in the context of social security law issues related to employment law and represents parties in court. Finally, a particular focus of Simone Wetzstein’s work is on issues relating to various forms of discrimination and gender equality law.
Simone Wetzstein was supported by the Swiss Study Foundation during her studies, studied at the Universities of Zurich and Haifa, Israel (lic. iur. Zurich 2010), was admitted to the bar in 2013 and is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law. As a Fulbright Scholar, she complemented her education at Columbia Law School in New York, where she graduated in May 2017 with an LL.M. focusing on discrimination law issues and mediation. At ZHAW, she teaches as part of the CAS Legal Influencing Factors & HR
Simone Wetzstein has been working for Walder Wyss as a lawyer since 2013. Prior to this, she worked as a trainee lawyer in a major law firm in Zurich and at the Administrative Court of Aarau. Simone Wetzstein was also responsible for the management of the Winterthur Music Festival for many years.
Simone Wetzstein practices in both German and English and also speaks French and Hebrew. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all of Switzerland.
The Walder Wyss Employment Team recognized as "Global Elite 2025" by International Employment Lawyer IEL
Walder Wyss advises Mercer on the acquisition of hkp///group
Voliro announces USD 12 million Series A funding round
Flowit announced CHF 4m seed funding round
Subway® expands Presence in Switzerland and Liechtenstein with Convenience House Schweiz AG
Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquires majority stake in BSI Software from Capvis
Walder Wyss advises Fundamenta Group Holding AG on the sale of its real estate division to Swiss Prime Site AG
SMG acquires majority stake in Flatfox from Mobiliar
Walder Wyss recognized as "Global Elite 2024" by International Employment Lawyer IEL
Walder Wyss advises WEG S.A. as Swiss counsel in the acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of the Regal Rexnord Corporation
ITS Kanal Services AG acquires Restclean AG
Bavarian Nordic Acquires Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Vaccines Portfolio
Promotions at Walder Wyss
CRK joins MYTY Group
Series Seed Financing Round of myDropz AG
Ufenau sells Swiss IT Security Group to Triton
Permira introduit un tour de financement Nexthink de USD 180 millions
Succès de la formation continue d’avocat spécialisé FSA en droit du travail
Le groupe Swiss IT Security fait l’acquisition de keyon AG
WiseTech Global acquires SISA Studio Informatica SA
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
| par Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz et Pascale Köster | edit.: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | éd.: 2nd editionOf public holidays, home office and the crux of the matter
| par Simone Wetzstein et Gustaf Heintz | éd.: 2nd editionSwitzerland Chapter in The Employment Law Review Edition 14
| par Simone Wetzstein | dans: «The Law Reviews» | ZürichEmployment in Financial Services
| par Simone Wetzstein, Matthias Lötscher et Sarah Vettiger | dans: «The Law Reviews» | ZürichDetermining the thresholds for collective dismissals
| par Simone Wetzstein | dans: HR Today | P. 36-37Pitfalls in employment contracts
| Conférenciers Irène Suter-Sieber et Simone Wetzstein | WW Employment Luncheon | St. GallenThe basics of (calculating) blocking periods
| par Simone Wetzstein et Chiara Wirz | dans: WEKA Arbeitsrecht Newsletter 04Continued payment of wages for COVID-19
| par Simone Wetzstein | dans: HR TodayReconnaissances
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