{"id":1094,"date":"2025-06-05T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epartners.berta-bewegt.ch\/mitarbeiter\/alexander-schmid\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:33:38","slug":"alexander-schmid","status":"publish","type":"mitarbeiter","link":"https:\/\/epartners.ch\/en\/mitarbeiter\/alexander-schmid\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Schmid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Professional Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Schmid joined our firm in 2010. Previously, he worked as an attorney with a renowned Zurich commercial law firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Areas of Expertise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Schmid mainly advises clients from the IT, the machinery and electrical industries and the video gaming industry. Having worked as a software developer in the past, he has wide practical experience in the areas of IT and software development. Furthermore, Alexander Schmid has in-depth knowledge in the aviation and financial market areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Schmid drafts and reviews contracts, leads contract negotiations and represents clients in proceedings. His main areas of activity are contract law, corporate law and intellectual property law. Additionally, he advises clients in matters of regulation in the context of IT, including the relevant EU (e.g. Data Act, Cyber Resilience Act, AI Act), telecommunications and export control regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Schmid has also been recognized by Who’s Who Legal<\/a> as a leading attorney in the Data <\/em>and Telecommunications, Media & Technology <\/em>categories. In the Who’s Who Legal guide, he is described by clients as a “great IT negotiator with a hands-on approach” and “an excellent lawyer with both a computer science background and a commercially oriented approach” who possesses \u201ca wealth of experience and skills.” Also, he has been ranked by Chambers & Partners<\/a> in their Chambers Guide Europe 2025 in the TMT category (band 3) where clients describe him as having \u201ca very good understanding of the technology sector\u201d and \u201cextensive experience negotiating IT procurement and outsourcing arrangements on behalf of customers and suppliers\u201d. Furthermore, Handelsblatt features Alexander Schmid as one of the best lawyers in Switzerland for IT, technology, media and entertainment law and Leaders’ League \u201chighly recommends\u201d in the areas of IT outsourcing<\/a> and TMT<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During his career, Alexander Schmid has, among others, carried out the following mandates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • negotiation of various outsourcing projects (customer and supplier side)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • drafting and review of numerous cloud agreements (including SaaS, PaaS and IaaS agreements);<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • creation of standard contracts for various IT suppliers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • drafting or review of numerous IT procurement contracts (customer and supplier side)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • drafting and\/or negotiation of various joint venture and shareholders’ agreements<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • drafting and negotiation of various contracts in M&A projects in the IT and machinery industry sectors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • negotiation of common copyright tariffs for copyright users vis-\u00e0-vis collecting societies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • negotiation of interantional plant engineering contracts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • representation of clients in various court proceedings linked to contractual or intellectual property disputes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • general external counsel for various corporations from the IT and media sectors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    Languages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    German and English<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Memberships and other mandates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Member of the board of the umbrella organization of the copyright and neighboring rights users (DUN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lecturer at HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • German Association of Law and Informatics (DGRI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Video Game Bar Association (VGBA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Swiss bar association and Zurich bar association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • University of St. Gallen Alumni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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      Publications<\/h2>\n\n
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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n FIFA teams up with Delphi Interactive \u2013 new soccer game in partnership with Netflix<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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      epartners Focus<\/h3>\n \n
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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n New gTLDs – neue Adressen im Cyberspace<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: epartners Fokus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n e:7.15 Mehr Transparenz im Gesellschaftsrecht \u2013 neue Stolperfallen f\u00fcr Gesellschaften und Gesellschafter<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n e:2.17 Beschaffung von Cloud Services<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: epartners Fokus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n e:2.21 Elektronische Signaturen<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: epartners Fokus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n e:1.24 EU-Datenverordnung: Neue Pflichten f\u00fcr Cloud-Anbieter und Hersteller von vernetzten Produkten<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: epartners Fokus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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      Scientific Publications<\/h3>\n \n
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      Der Verf\u00fcgbarkeits-Service Level bei Cloud- und anderen IT-Outsourcingverh\u00e4ltnissen<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: SZW\/RDSA 4\/2019<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      Der IT-Outsourcingvertrag im schweizerischen Recht<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Diss. Universit\u00e4t Luzern 2018<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n Der Kautionsgrund bei der zivilprozessualen Sicherstellung der Parteientsch\u00e4digung<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: AJP 5\/2016<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      Haftung f\u00fcr Outsourcing<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Gross\/Pribnow, Schweizerisches Staatshaftungsrecht, Bern 2013<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      Neue Generic Top Level Domains – eine Auslegeordnung<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Jusletter 2012<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n Bitcoin – eine Einf\u00fchrung in die Funktionsweise sowie eine Auslegeordnung und erste Analyse m\u00f6glicher rechtlicher Fragestellungen<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Jusletter 2012<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n Neue Generic Top Level Domains – eine Auslegeordnung<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Computer und Recht 2\/2012<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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      \n \n \n <\/svg>\n\n Gerichtsstandsklauseln in allgemeinen Gesch\u00e4ftsbedingungen in \u00fcber das Internet abgeschlossenen Vertr\u00e4gen<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

      Published in: Jusletter 2011<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1329,"template":"","mitarbeiter_tag":[62,69,67,70,71,72],"mitarbeiter_fokusbranchen_tag":[86,89],"class_list":["post-1094","mitarbeiter","type-mitarbeiter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mitarbeiter_tag-contract-law","mitarbeiter_tag-data-protection-law","mitarbeiter_tag-digitalization-artificial-intelligence","mitarbeiter_tag-intellectual-property-law","mitarbeiter_tag-it-technology-law","mitarbeiter_tag-telecommunications-law","mitarbeiter_fokusbranchen_tag-it-data-technology","mitarbeiter_fokusbranchen_tag-sports-entertainment-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlexander Schmid - EPARTNERS AG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/epartners.ch\/en\/mitarbeiter\/alexander-schmid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexander Schmid - EPARTNERS AG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professional Career Alexander Schmid joined our firm in 2010. 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