Dr. Daniel Alder

Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law, Partner

About

As a specialist in intellectual property and labor law, he is keen on championing ethical, aesthetic, and technical values. A chess player and yachtsman in his spare time, he remains fascinated by the strategic yet playful aspect of using the tools of the legal system to assert the interests of his clients.

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Naomi Friedli

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
Legal Experts
Legal 500
Who’s Who Legal Recommended

Expertise

Practice Areas

Employment and Social Security Law
Construction and Real Estate
Data and Privacy
Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law, Digitalization and Communication
Criminal law, legal assistance, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance
IT Security and Cybercrime
Antitrust and Competition Law
Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmacology and Biotechnology
Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Sectors

Financial Services and Insurance
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Industry and Trade
Technology / IMT

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Board of Directors
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Legal Experts
  • Legal 500
  • Who’s Who Legal Recommended
  • Member of several Boards of Directors of a legal protection insurance and in the automotive industry
  • Since 2006: Partner with Kellerhals Carrard
  • Since 1992–1998: Associate and partner with various business law firms in Zurich
  • 1988–1991: Assistant teacher at the Law School of the University of Zurich with the Chair for Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law and Media Law at the Institute of Law of the University of Zurich
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Swiss Association of Judges (SVR-ASM)
  • 2012: Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law
  • 1993: Dr. iur., University of Zurich
  • 1987: lic. iur., University of Zurich
  • Auxiliary judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court
  • Member of the Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyright and Related Rights
  • Lecturer in patent law as part of the LL.M. Postgraduate degree in International Business Law from the University of Zurich
  • Permanent editorial board member of the Journal of Intellectual Property, Information and Competition Law

 

News

NewsChambers
December 19, 2025

Kellerhals Carrard recognised in Benchmark Litigation 2025

NewsGeneral
October 26, 2023

Kellerhals Carrard Partners with Logol for Groundbreaking Generative AI Tool

NewsGeneral
February 21, 2023

Kellerhals Carrard strengthens Executive Board in Zurich

NewsNewsletter
September 17, 2022

Newsletter #2 9/2022 Completion of the total revision of the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP)

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Further publications

Further publicationsGeneral
2020

Lauterkeitsrecht

Dr. Daniel Alder
Further publications
May 25, 2018

Datenschutzgrundverordnung der EU – Was Schweizer Unternehmen wissen müssen

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Stengel, Dr. Daniel Alder, Dr. Nicolas Mosimann, Virginie A. Rodieux
Further publicationsLegal News
May 25, 2017

Datenschutzgrundverordnung der EU – Was Schweizer Unternehmen wissen müssen

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Stengel, Dr. Daniel Alder, Dr. Nicolas Mosimann, Virginie A. Rodieux
Further publicationsGeneral
2006

Urheberrecht und Arbeitsvertrag

Dr. Daniel Alder
Further publicationsGeneral
1994

Beurteilung der Verwechslungsgefahr im Widerspruchsverfahren

Dr. Daniel Alder
Further publicationsGeneral
1993

Der einstweilige Rechtsschutz im Immaterialgüterrecht

Dr. Daniel Alder
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Contact

Zurich

Raemistrasse 5
Postfach
CH-8024 Zurich

Tel. +41 58 200 39 00
Fax +41 58 200 39 11

General inquiries: E-Mail
Applications: E-Mail

 

Contact

Dr. Daniel Alder
Tel. +41 58 200 39 33
Fax +41 58 200 39 11
daniel.alder@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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