Walder Wyss Joins Trust Valley as Contributor Partner
Lausanne, 20 February 2024 – We are glad to announce that leading commercial law firm Walder Wyss joins Trust Valley as a contributor partner. This collaboration aims to provide legal support and guidance to early-stage companies, as well as insights into new regulations related to emerging technologies.
Walder Wyss is one of the leading Swiss commercial law firms, specialised in corporate, commercial, competition, employment, immigration, and tax law, as well as in banking and finance, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. The firm supports clients from national and international companies, publicly held corporations, start-ups, and family businesses as well as public law institutions and private clients. With offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Lugano, the firm offers a personalised and high quality one-stop shop for all legal and tax advisory needs across all language regions of Switzerland.
“Joining the Trust Valley is a natural step for Walder Wyss. As a leading Swiss commercial law firm, Walder Wyss has always been committed to staying at the forefront of legal and technological innovation, and the Trust Valley precisely allows that.” explains Rayan Houdrouge, Partner at Walder Wyss.
Walder Wyss and Trust Valley will work together in enabling the development of innovative solutions and early-stage companies active in cybersecurity and digital trust through the Tech4Trust acceleration programme and the Trust Village initiatives. “Startups and early-stage companies often encounter challenging legal hurdles, which require unique legal advice and support. Providing tailored and continuous support to our startups with Walder Wyss is a great added value for our innovation programmes” explains Lennig Pedron, CEO at Trust Valley.
In addition, this partnership will also provide Trust Valley’s members and its overall ecosystem with insights and updates on ever-changing regulations regarding emerging digital technologies through workshops and events. Understanding and complying with new regulations is crucial for startups, large corporations, as well as SMEs or public institutions to work towards a safer, more secure, and responsible digital future. “We look forward to benefiting from Walder Wyss’ expertise and guidance in topics related to artificial intelligence, data protection and privacy, among others topics” adds Lennig Pedron.
“This partnership therefore represents a unique opportunity to align our core values and aspirations in a way that resonates with our expertise and future-focused approach.” concludes Rayan Houdrouge.
About Walder Wyss
Walder Wyss is one of the most successful and fastest growing Swiss commercial law firms. We specialise in corporate, commercial, competition, employment, immigration, and tax law, as well as in banking and finance, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. Our clients include national and international companies, publicly held corporations, start-ups, family businesses as well as public law institutions and private clients.
Walder Wyss was established in Zurich in 1972 and has since grown continuously. With offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Lugano, we are able to offer our clients a personalised and high quality one stop shop for all legal and tax advisory needs across all language regions of Switzerland. Our expansive national and international network, spanning a wide spectrum of disciplines, is carefully selected to uphold the utmost standards of professional excellence. This diversity allows us to provide all-encompassing support across multiple sectors, addressing the multifaceted challenges brought on by globalisation as well as those unique to the digital era we are living in.
Learn more at: https://www.walderwyss.com
About Trust Valley
Trust Valley is the Swiss centre of excellence in digital trust and cybersecurity created to bring together a unique ecosystem of over 400 organisations and 500 experts in the region. Its mission is to promote, connect and network public, academic and private players in the sector, with the aim of enabling the development of innovations and talents in the fields, and start collaborative projects, such as the Tech4Trust startup acceleration programme and Trust4SMEs support programme in cybersecurity and digital trust for SMEs. The Trust Valley founders are the State of Vaud, the Republic and State of Geneva, EPFL, HEIG-VD, HES-SO Genève, IHEID, UNIGE, UNIL, ELCA, GCSP, Kudelski, SGS, SICPA and WiseKey. More information on trustvalley.swiss