Technology and Outsourcing

Strengthening every link in your digital value chain

Technology, digitalisation and data. All powerful drivers of progress throughout the global economy. And all areas requiring specialist legal advice from sector experts who not only know the value of what they can deliver now – but where digital is heading next.

Our Technology and Outsourcing practice handles a wide range of transactional and regulatory work in all fields of technology and digitalisation across industries. From digital transformation and ICT projects, through to data protection and cybersecurity, distributed leger technology (DLT), media and telecoms. But we’re not just familiar with the sector and its challenges – we’re fully immersed in it. We handpick specialised teams to suit your individual case – both from within our practice area and also right across our firm – to offer a fully integrated technology law service. As the sector and its respective regulations continue to grow, so does our expertise in unravelling the complex digitisation and tech issues your business may face. 

  • Expertise

    Data-driven business models, technology transactions and ict projects:

    • Digitisation and digital transformation projects
    • Digital marketplaces, eCommerce, electronic contracts/signatures and identities
    • Outsourcing (regulated and non-regulated industries)
    • Hosting, cloudCloud computing, managed services, hosting / housing
    • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) arrangements
    • Strategic business alliances and joint ventures
    • Complex ICT projects
    • M&A unbundling and IT integration, transitional services
    • Software development, licensing and distribution, and acquisition and implementation

    Data protection and privacy, cyber security (swiss and international law, including eu-gdpr):

    • Cyber security and incident response (data breach, cyber attack)
    • Data governance, protection and compliance management

    FinTech, distributed ledger technology (DLT):

    • Blockchain, smart contracts
    • CryptoTokenisation, decentralised finance, digitised capital markets (DeFi)
    • InsurTech, RegTech, CorpTech

    Media and telecommunications:

    • Regulatory, licensing, advertising and sponsoring on and offline
    • Performance marketing and social media, content regulation and liability
    • Telecom network outsourcing, communication and security
    • Roaming and MVNO, network sharing
  • RELATED SECTORS

They have longstanding industry experience and are solution-oriented.

Chambers & Partners, 2026

Lenz & Staehelin has a respected team which handles a wide variety of matters across IT outsourcing, data protection and software licensing. The law firm is praised for its focus on IT matters related to the financial sector and acts for a host of domestic and international clients. The team has further experience advising on regulatory compliance in relation to telecommunications platforms and data-based services.

Chambers & Partners, 2026

Lenz & Staehelin is punctual and precise and masters our issues very quickly.

Chambers & Partners, 2026

They know their clients, the law and the industries and they have first-class experience on most matters. This is a winning combination.

Chambers & Partners, 2026

Highly responsive, quick to understand the business needs fully and quick to focus on key issues. Technically excellent, with a pragmatic and commercial focus.

The Legal 500, 2026

Emotional intelligence, quick and pragmatic answers with solution-oriented deliveries.

The Legal 500, 2026

Great team. Extremely knowledgeable and competent. Outstandingly smart and dedicated team every day of the week. Accompanies you as a member of your team.

The Legal 500, 2026

Quality of people, excellent expertise and understanding of our business.

The Legal 500, 2026

Outstanding team with great talents who know our industry and challenges and who take at the same time a very strategic and practical approach to resolution.

The Legal 500, 2025

Lenz are excellent experts with a good worldwide network.

The Legal 500, 2024

The team is incredible and the collaboration outstanding. The quality, availability and workforce of the team is hard to match.

The Legal 500, 2024

L&S team is very technical and professional, composed of excellent lawyers. All of them have a deep knowledge of this practice, not only from a legal but also from a technical perspective. We appreciated their sharp and high level of legal advice.

The Legal 500, 2024

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