Johanna Moesch (Mösch)

Biography

Johanna Moesch is an associate in the Firm’s IPTech and Compliance & Investigations Practice Groups in Zurich. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie she worked as an associate and senior associate in a major Zurich law firm and prior thereto as a law clerk in a Swiss district court. She was also a tutor and student research assistant at the University of Basel in the fields of public and private law. Johanna obtained a LL.M. degree from the Tsinghua University (Beijing). She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and since January 2021 a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).

Practice Focus

Johanna advises Swiss and international companies on all legal aspects around information technology, in particular on data protection and telecommunications law, cybersecurity, IT contracts as well as on e-commerce and in general contract law. Her practice covers in particular advice of companies on issues concerning domestic and cross-border technology law related issues.

Representative Legal Matters

Advising numerous globally operating as well as Swiss companies from various industries on the implementation of the revised Swiss data protection act as well as on general questions concerning GDPR and on international data transfers.
Advising globally operating as well as Swiss companies about cybersecurity issues and data breaches.
Advising globally operating as well as Swiss companies on their website compliance requirements (including terms of use, imprints, privacy statements, use of cookies and similar technologies, price indications, unfair competition, consumer protection law, contract law).
Advising Swiss federal bodies (including pension funds) on compliance with the revised Swiss data protection act.
Advising global and Swiss companies in all questions around telecommunications laws.
Advising globally operating companies in the course of (internal) investigations on all data protection related questions (including questions relating to secrecy such as attorney-client secrecy).
Advising global operating as well as Swiss companies (including financial institutions) on questions around outsourcing to cloud service providers.
Seconded for six months with additional subsequent part-time secondments to a large financial institution to advise on questions around sharing of personal data, banking secrecy and the implementation of the revised Swiss data protection act and on data protection law in general.

Professional Honors

Legal 500 - Rising Star Data Protection (2023)
Legal 500 - Rising Star Data Protection (2022)
Legal 500 - Rising Star Data Protection (2021)
Legal 500 - Rising Star Data Protection (2020)

Professional Associations and Memberships

Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) (2021)
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
International Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association - Member

Admissions

Switzerland (2010)

Education

Tsinghua University (LL.M.) (2014)
University of Basel (lic. iur.) (2007)

Languages

English
French
German

Author, "Die Rolle der Datenschutzberaterin / des Datenschutzberaters unter dem neuen Schweizer Datenschutzgesetz," iusNet Digitales Recht, March 2023
Author, "Switzerland: Entry into force of the revised FADP in September 2023 - what you need to know," Data Guidance, January 2023
Co-author (with Evelyn Schilter), "Rechtsgrundlage für die Offenlegung von Daten zur Rechnungslegung im Bereich der beruflichen Vorsorge," iusNet Digitales Recht, April, 2022
Co-author (with Evelyn Schilter), "Offenlegung von Daten zur Rechnungslegung," Schweizer Personalvorsorge, 10-21
Co-author (with Alessandro Celli), "Der räumliche Geltungsbereich – Revision DSG," iusNet Digitales Recht, May 26, 2021
Author, "Ist die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung auf mich als Schweizer Arbeitgeber anwendbar – und falls ja, was muss ich beachten?", Treuhand und Revision, Jahrbuch 2019, pp. 223-240, 2019