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Profile
Nicola Benz’s practice is focused on technology and life sciences transactions. She assists technology companies of all sizes, from start-ups to established players, as well as investors, suppliers and customers across a broad range of industries and sectors.
Nicola Benz’s expertise covers outsourcing, licensing, joint ventures and collaborations and associated intellectual property issues. She also has considerable experience advising on all types of commercial contracts, competition and regulatory issues and data protection.
Nicola Benz is recognised as a globally leading patent and technology licensing lawyer, as well as a leading practitioner in the field of intellectual property.
She joined our firm as an associate in 2002 and became a partner in 2010. Since 2017 she has been the managing partner of our firm.
Experience
Education & Admission
Recognition of qualification in Switzerland (2005)
Admitted to the Scots Bar (1998)
University of Edinburgh (LLB Hons)
Memberships
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
International Technology Law Association (iTechLaw)
Languages
English
German
Services
Rankings
Chambers Europe (Intellectual Property & TMT)
Legal 500 EMEA (Data Protection & Data Privacy)
Legal 500 EMEA (IP)
Legal 500 EMEA (TMT)
Who's Who Legal Thought Leader Switzerland
Who's Who Legal National Leader Switzerland (Data)
Who's Who Legal National Leader Switzerland (Trademark)
Who's Who Legal Global Leader (Data Privacy & Protection, Data Security, Information & Technology, Telecoms & Media)
Leaders League (Health, Pharma & Biotechnology - Life Sciences)
Leaders League (Technologies, Internet & Telecommunications - IT & Outsourcing)
Best Lawyers in Switzerland (Telecommunications Law, Technology Law, Media and Copyright Law & IP)
News
News
FRORIEP’s video greeting HR-Circle | 29 October 2020 FRORIEP Lawyers Recognised in The Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt Switzerland 2020 Start-up Stories Night | 19 August 2020 FRORIEP recognised in 2020 Edition of the Legal 500 EMEA Nicola Benz – Speaker at the seminar FinTech 5.0 – Platforms as new market places at the Europa Institut of the University of Zurich | Zurich, 26 March 2020 FRORIEP _NexGen Incubator Start-up Stories Night | 28 August 2019 FRORIEP Lawyers Recognised in The Best Lawyers Switzerland 2019 FRORIEP recognised in 2019 Edition of the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa Nicola Benz quoted in #12 app (Tamedia) FRORIEP recognised in Chambers Europe 2019 Guide Nicola Benz Speaker at the SEED2019 on 26 February 2019 FRORIEP and Rentsch Partner mentioned in the Japan TimesBlog
You Snooze, You Lose – Make Sure That Your Idea Is Protected When Sharing It With Third PartiesAre We There Yet? Artificial Intelligence and Automation in the Adjudicatory ProcessChatbots - Key Legal IssuesSwiss-US Privacy Shield No Longer Provides an Adequate Level of Data ProtectionBrexit - What to Do to Preserve EU and International Registration Trademark Rights in the UKEU Declares the EU-US Data Protection Shield Inadequate: Immediate Consequences for Businesses Transferring Personal Data to the USA and Other CountriesOnline Service Providers - Have You Already Updated Your Terms and Conditions?The EU White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – What Does It Mean for AI Developers?Artificial Intelligence and the Future Workplace – a Chance or a Danger?Is there a new chapter for the EU and its data transfer rules on the horizon?Publications
Where do we work?
We are Swiss-oriented but think internationally, to serve the needs of our clients wherever they arise.