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Simone Wetzstein

Partner · Walder Wyss Ltd.

SwitzerlandEmployment, Employment LitigationGerman, English, French, Hebrew

About

Partner at Walder Wyss and Co‑Head of the firm's Employment Law Team, advising national and international clients and private individuals on all aspects of employment law, including drafting contracts, compensation models, terminations and restructuring projects. She has specialist experience in personnel leasing/staffing agencies, work and residence permits, employment-related social security matters, discrimination and gender equality law, represents parties in court and teaches on CAS Legal Influencing Factors & HR at ZHAW.

Practice areas

EmploymentEmployment LitigationSocial SecurityImmigration

Office

Expertise

Employment contracts and compensation modelsTermination and redundancy / restructuring (transfers of undertakings, mass redundancies)Personnel leasing / staffing agenciesWork and residence permitsEmployment-related social security lawEmployment litigation and court representationDiscrimination and gender equality lawMediation (LL.M. focus)

Education

  • Lic. iur., University of Zurich (2010)
  • Studied at University of Haifa, Israel
  • LL.M., Columbia Law School (2017)
  • Supported by the Swiss Study Foundation (during studies)

Admissions

  • Admitted to the bar (Switzerland), 2013
  • Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law

Languages

GermanEnglishFrenchHebrew