Is your Swiss company facing French cybersecurity law?
French residents' data, business activity in France, a cyber incident with consequences in France: EMPREINTE Avocats advises on French law from Annecy, less than one hour from Geneva.
Zones d'intervention
Geneva & area
Geneva · Carouge · Grand-Saconnex
Western Lake Geneva
Lausanne · Nyon · Morges
French-speaking Switzerland
Fribourg · Vevey · Montreux
From Annecy
Less than one hour from Geneva
Interventions principalement à distance · Cabinet au Parc Altaïs, Chavanod
When is a Swiss company subject to French cybersecurity law?
You process personal data of French residents
The GDPR applies whenever your company processes data of people located in the European Union, regardless of where your company is established. Clients, employees or users in France: processing register, privacy policy, DPA, CNIL notifications.
You conduct commercial activity in France
If your company sells goods or services to French clients, your contractual documentation - T&Cs, terms of use - must comply with French law and applicable European law. IT contracts concluded with French partners are also subject to French law.
You experience a cyber incident with cross-border consequences
A cyberattack on your infrastructure may have consequences for your clients, partners or data located in France. Depending on the nature of the incident, notification obligations to the CNIL or ANSSI may apply.
Your Swiss lawyer needs a French law correspondent
Your Swiss counsel is handling a matter involving French digital law: GDPR, NIS2, IT contract law. We provide legal support on the French law scope you entrust to us, under an agreement specifying the boundaries of our intervention.
Our services for Swiss companies.
GDPR Compliance
Processing audit, contractual documentation (DPA Art. 28), records of processing activities, data breach management and CNIL notifications. End-to-end GDPR compliance support for Swiss companies subject to European regulation.
Cross-border cyber crisis management
When a cyber incident has consequences in France - data breach of French residents, disruption of a French subsidiary, compromise of a French commercial partner - we identify applicable French legal obligations, coordinate required notifications and legally frame the crisis response.
IT contracts under French law
Drafting and reviewing your contracts with French partners, clients or providers: T&Cs, terms of use, SaaS agreements, IT subcontracting agreements, DPAs. We take into account the specifics of French and applicable European law.
Legal support for Swiss lawyers
We work alongside Swiss lawyers whose matters involve French digital law. Each collaboration is governed by an agreement specifying the scope of our intervention. Each lawyer remains responsible for their own work before their bar.
Litigation in France
If a dispute with a French partner or client requires court proceedings in France, we represent you before the competent French courts.
Annecy, less than one hour from Geneva.
EMPREINTE Avocats is based at Parc Altaïs in Chavanod (Annecy), less than one hour from Geneva and close to the main economic centres of French-speaking Switzerland: Lausanne, Nyon, Morges. This geographic proximity facilitates exchanges and allows in-person meetings when needed.
We regularly work with Swiss companies and lawyers on French digital law matters. Lamia El Fath knows the realities of the Lake Geneva economic basin and the cross-border challenges specific to companies operating between France and Switzerland.
Less than 1h from Geneva
Office at Parc Altaïs, Chavanod (Annecy)
French-speaking Switzerland
Lausanne, Nyon, Morges, Fribourg
In person or remote
We adapt to your constraints