Association

Rehana Harasgama is an expert in Swiss and international data, cybersecurity, and data protection law. She also advises clients on information, media and technology law as well as other regulatory areas, in particular, on the use of artificial intelligence and platform regulation. She joined Bär & Karrer in 2019 and leads Bär & Karrer’s data protection team together with the practice heads. Previously, she worked as interim Data Protection Officer of on of the Big Four. Rehana Harasgama completed her entire studies at the University of St. Gallen and also obtained her doctorate there as part of an SNF project “Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age”, which was carried out jointly with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Rehana Harasgama is also a lecturer for the course “Datenschutz im digitalen Markt” at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). She is also a founding member and advisory board member of the Swiss IT Women Lawyers’ Association.

Anne-Sophie Morand is a lawyer and works as a Data Governance Counsel at Swisscom. She is recognised as a legal expert on digital topics such as data protection and artificial intelligence. She lectures on these topics at the University of Lucerne and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, publishes specialist publications and moderates events. Anne-Sophie studied law at the Universities of Lucerne and Neuchâtel. After graduating, she was a research assistant at the University of Lucerne and wrote a dissertation on the protection of personality rights and sports sponsorship, which was awarded the Swiss Sports Law Prize. She then completed an LLM in IT Law at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked for the Swiss Parliament, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and the renowned law firm Walder Wyss, among others.

As an expert in data, AI and technology law, Noémi advises as a lawyer in these areas of law. After completing her Master’s Degree in Political Science (focusing on national economics) at the Universities of Zurich and Nanterre (Paris X), she also studied law at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Noémi is a board member of the Swiss Association for AI Law, serves as an advisor and co-head of the data protection committee of the Swiss Association of IT Lawyers, and teaches at various universities. She is also regularly invited to speak at various specialist events.