Walder Wyss strengthens its teams with new appointments

Walder Wyss announced the appointment of Simone Wetzstein and Martin Zobl (both pictured above) as partners in the firm, effective from 1st of January, 2022. 

Simone Wetzstein is a partner in the Employment Law Team. 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. 

Martin Zobl is a partner in the Regulated Markets, Competition, Technology & IP team. He specializes in public commercial law and administrative litigation. Martin Zobl has vast experience in the public sector and in regulated markets with a particular focus on public procurement, health care and life sciences, energy, infrastructure and transport as well as data protection. In addition, he benefits from an extensive track record in handling complex litigations before administrative bodies and courts on all federal levels. He speaks at conferences and publishes in his areas of expertise on a regular basis. 

In addition, Laura Luongo has been promoted to counsel and Nico Bernhard, Manuel Bigler, Regula Fellner, Ursina Gremminger, Grégoire Henriod, Matthias Lötscher, Yannick A. Moser, Rafal Szala, Valentin Wiesner and Dzevrije Zendeli have been promoted to managing associates. All promotions are effective as of 1st of January, 2022.