This privacy notice describes how Patocchi & Marzolini (or “we”, or “us”) processes personal data when you retain us for professional services ("Services"), use our website or communicate with us.

‍

When engaging us for Services and/or communicating with us via the contact form on our website, email or other channels and/or accessing our website or other content we may make available, you consent to this privacy policy.  Should you not agree to any part of this privacy policy, you must inform us forthwith and discontinue using our Services and/or website or other content.  Please note that we may no longer be in a position to provide any further Services to you.

The data controller is Patocchi & Marzolini.  You can contact us at:

‍

Patocchi & Marzolini

Rue Pedro-Meylan 5

CH - 1208 Geneva

T. +41 22 718 33 10

F. +41 22 718 33 11

info@patocchimarzolini.com

The personal data we process may include, but is not limited to, the following:

‍

• personal information, such as your name, gender, date of birth, nationality, pictures, employer, title, position, professional functions and activities, education, qualifications, information on family members, relatives and related or affiliated persons, affiliations with third parties;
• contact details, such as postal address, telephone number, email address;
• contracts and documentation related to such contracts, including correspondence;
• financial information, such as banking details;
• information relating to administrative, court, arbitration or other proceedings, such as information on claims and defences, persons involved and the outcome of the proceedings;
• information received from third parties or retrieved from public sources, such as online media or employer websites, for the purpose of confirming your current professional position or obtaining further information to enable us effectively to provide our Services and/or communicate with you;
• any other information you provide us.

‍

The personal data we process may relate to you as well as to your employees and agents.

‍

You are responsible for ensuring that personal data communicated to us is accurate and that the relevant persons to which such personal data relates have been properly informed of the processing of their personal data by us and have consented to such processing whenever such consent is required.

We process personal data in order to carry out our Services, manage our relationship with you (including business development activities), comply with applicable laws, regulations and orders issued by courts, arbitral tribunals or other bodies, communicate with you, maintain our list of contacts and/or to provide you with other information you may request from us.

When providing our Services, we may disclose personal data to clients, their affiliates, opposing parties, transaction parties and other persons involved in matters and proceedings we are working on, courts, arbitral tribunals, arbitral institutions, public authorities, regulatory bodies, other law firms, experts, court reporters, interpreters and/or other third-party vendors (such as IT providers).

‍

Disclosure may occur in countries where an adequate level of data protection is not guaranteed.  In such case, we will disclose personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law (for instance, if you consent, if disclosure is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or of a contract in your interest, if disclosure is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation or necessary to safeguard overriding public interests, to establish, exercise or enforce legal claims).

We are entitled to retain personal data for as long as necessary for our processing purposes, any legal retention periods or our legitimate interests, such as for know-how, documentation and evidence purposes.

Insofar as provided by applicable law, you may have the right to request information about the personal data we process, to ask for correction or deletion of your data, among other rights.  Please note that we may be entitled, or required, to rely on statutory restrictions, such as our professional secrecy duty or our duty to retain or process certain data for the purposes of clearing conflict of interests or to assess disclosure obligations.  We will inform you of the grounds for our decision to the extent permitted or required by applicable law.

‍

If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.  In order for us to process your request, we may require that you prove your identity.

This privacy notice is dated 21 December 2023.  We may amend this privacy notice at any time without prior notice.