Managing Consultant

Thomas Nydegger studied law at the University of Bern. As a lawyer admitted to the bar, he provided in his professional career to date his expertise and professional experience to various companies as in-house counsel. For several years, Thomas Nydegger also worked at the Swiss Competition Commission, where he led a team of lawyers and economists focusing on financial services (banks, insurance companies, brokers, stock exchanges, etc.). He expanded his knowledge of Swiss and European competition law and financial market law by obtaining an Executive Master of European and International Business Law (Exec. M.B.L.-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen.
Before joining Swiss Infosec AG, Thomas Nydegger worked for a large Swiss watchmaking group and for a provider of solar equipment. It was during this time that he first came into contact with IT and data protection law. He supported several subsidiaries in Switzerland and in various EU countries in implementing the European General Data Protection Regulation. Most recently, he worked as a partner in a Zurich commercial law firm and advised his clients namely in the areas of competition law, data protection law and compliance. Thomas Nydegger is also a regular course instructor and speaker and is highly regarded in this capacity by both domestic and foreign authorities and companies. He offers his services in German, French and English.

«Cessante causa cessat effectus – If the cause ceases to exist, the effect also ceases to exist.» Violations of data protection law or the neglect of information security can have devastating consequences for companies today. We support you in any case with our expertise.

Managing Consultant

Ursula Thier studied law at the University of Zurich and is admitted to the Lucerne Bar. She has worked for the Swiss National Bank and the Canton of Zurich in various positions (senior legal counsel, head of legal services, deputy chief of staff) and has more than 20 years of professional experience. She gained in-depth knowledge and experience in administrative and private law (in particular business administration law, procurement law, data protection law, contract law, financial market law and compliance) and project management. Ursula Thier expanded her legal knowledge in the area of management with a postgraduate degree (DAS MLP-HSG) at the Executive School of the University of St. Gallen.

In her work, she regularly dealt with IT law and data protection and was the data protection officer of the department at her last employer, thus laying the foundation for her work at Swiss Infosec AG.

Ursula Thier works at Swiss Infosec AG in consulting and training in the areas of data protection and IT law. She creates customer-specific concepts, guidelines or directives for our customers and deals with legal issues of all kinds, especially in the area of data protection. Furthermore, she is available to our clients as an external data protection officer (DPO) according to DSG and DSGVO. Ursula Thier provides legal services in German and English.

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