Your guide through digital law

Data protection & data security

The purpose of data protection and data security is to protect the personality and fundamental rights of persons about whom data is processed. We support you with the implementation of the applicable regulations.

External data protection officer

As an external data protection officer, we take on all legally required tasks and support your company in all matters relating to data protection and data security.

Online Training

We train your employees online on the most important data protection topics in an understandable, entertaining and practical way.

All Services

Competent. Efficient. Transparent.

Balthasar Legal AG is a competent partner for data protection and data security, AI and legal issues relating to digitalisation. Under the leadership of Dr Michèle Balthasar, the company supports small, medium-sized and internationally active companies with legal and regulatory challenges. Balthasar Legal also offers online training courses (e-learning).​

Through her many years of experience as an in-house lawyer, she has acquired a strong practical orientation, with which she supports her clients in complex legal and organizational challenges in a solution-oriented and efficient manner.
Her strengths include her profound know-how, pragmatic and goal-oriented solutions, as well as absolute transparency.

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Our clients

Bruno Schnarwiler

Konsulent Informationssicherheit

Bruno Schnarwiler ist ein Experte in Wirtschaftsinformatik mit über 30 Jahren Erfahrung als Auditor, Projektmanager, Berater und Führungskraft. Mit Abschlüssen als Eidg. Dipl. Wirtschaftsinformatiker, CISA und ISO 27001 Lead Auditor verfügt er über Fachkenntnisse in Informationssicherheit, Krisen- und Risikomanagement sowie digitalen Archivierungslösungen. Er hatte Schlüsselrollen wie Leiter IT-Revision und Risikomanagement in einer Bank, Leiter Softwareentwicklung und Berater für Sicherheit. Diese Tätigkeiten gaben ihm umfassende Einblicke in Branchen und Prozesse. Er trägt zur Implementierung sicherer IT-Umgebungen, Optimierung interner Kontrollsysteme und Entwicklung nachhaltiger Lösungen bei, die moderne Anforderungen erfüllen.
Edith Luginbühl

Assistant

Edith Luginbühl is a dedicated and experienced assistant with over 50 years of professional experience. Her professional career began with a commercial apprenticeship at a major bank and has taken her through various sectors, including the catering, hotel, car rental, travel agency and newspaper editorial offices. Her strengths include her friendly and professional manner, her reliability and her keen eye for detail.

Alex Wild

Student

Alexander Wild began his law studies at the University of Zurich in 2019. Before and during his studies, he gained initial experience in the compliance department of a bank, worked as an IT supporter and in the legal department of an international pharmaceutical company. His activities included checking/compliance with bank instructions, sanctions, customer and country risk; assessment of general customer risk for the bank; wet ink support and support in the process optimisation of contract signings. Since 2022 he has been working as a paralegal at Balthasar Legal AG and LR | Rechtsanwälte. He is expected to complete his Master's degree in 2025.

Sangmo Agontsang

Paralegal

Sangmo Agontsang completed her diploma in business administration at the Kaderschule Zürich in 2012. After graduating, she worked as a CEO assistant for Freitag lab ag and CBM Switzerland, among others. She also gained experience in the organisation of the Kaderschule Zürich and worked in the Intellectual Property department of Freitag lab ag. There she worked internationally with a team of lawyers to defend the company's rights. Since 2022 she has been working as a paralegal at Balthasar Legal AG.

 

Markus Bruggmann

MLaw Senior Adviser

MLaw Markus Bruggmann completed his law degree at the University of Zurich in 2013 and has since worked for a bank, a commercial law firm and an insurance company, among others, where he specialised in advising, reviewing and drafting contracts in the areas of communications and technology law (data protection), taking into account liability and intellectual property law. His strengths include his analytical skills and broad experience.