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Janelise
Favre
Partner
Geneva
Member of the Geneva Bar
+41 (0) 22 555 82 20
CV (English)
Expertise
Data protection
New Technologies
Corporate law
Medical Law
Education
Universities of Fribourg and Paris-II (Assas)
CAS in Data Protection, University of St. Gallen (2024)
CAS in Finance and Accounting, Executive
Education HEC Lausanne (2026)
Languages
French
English
Professional affiliations
Swiss Bar Association
Geneva Bar Association
Janelise is a lawyer specializing in data protection, artificial intelligence, medical law and new technologies. She advises clients on complex regulatory and legal issues arising from digital transformation and technological innovation, helping them navigate evolving regulatory frameworks and implement new technologies in a legally compliant and responsible manner.

Her practice also encompasses corporate and contract law, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A). She regularly advises companies, foundations and other organizations on a broad range of contractual and corporate matters, with particular experience in the philanthropic sector.
Details of recent activities
Recently, she:

Managed a data breach for a client in the cryptocurrency sector

Assisted a client in acquiring a company specialized in sports and entertainment

Ensured compliance with Swiss and EU data protection laws (LPD and GDPR) for a Swiss company dealing with extensive sensitive personal data of subjects based in Switzerland and within the EU

Supported a client in the healthcare sector in obtaining practice rights for its employee doctors

Assisted a European pharmaceutical company in establishing in Switzerland and obtaining various market authorizations from Swissmedic

Negotiated a license agreement for a startup with an international company in the renewable energy sector

Negotiated a funding contract for an association for a study conducted by Geneva public authorities

Negotiated a clinical trial contract for a Swiss public hospital with a British pharmaceutical company
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Conferences
Best practices in clinical trials: "Contracts and liability for damages in clinical trials: Who? How? Why?" Course given at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) in January 2023 and January 2022
Publications
Dossier: Le Sursis Concordataire

Want a better h-index? – All you need to know about copyright and open access, (Janelise Favre, Tania Germond, Philippe Clavert, Philippe Collin, Aude Michelet, and Alexandre Lädermann) available on ScienceDirect (October 2020)

The necessity of a "virtual" personality for AI, interview with Janelise Favre and Lezgin Polater (AGEFI on March 11, 2020)

The basics of copyright for teachers and researchers, video capsule by the University of Lausanne (2019)
Increase the visibility and impact of a scientific publication by mastering copyright (with T Germond - Swiss National Science Foundation, August 2018)

Janelise Favre & Sandro Vecchio – Le Temps (Switzerland), May 21, 2015 – Inheritance taxation: Kafka couldn't have done better

Janelise Favre, Entreprise Romande, May 2015 – Family businesses: how to organize simple and effective governance

Janelise Favre, Journal des arts et métiers, June 2015 – Business transmission: for those who have delayed!