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Daniel Eisele has more than 25 years professional experience and has represented clients in more than 300 disputes involving parties and projects from more than 50 countries and on all five continents. He is specialised in large and complex litigation, arbitration and administrative, criminal and other proceedings, investigations as well as in the negotiation of commercial and employment contracts as well as large business transactions. Legal 500 ranks him as Leading Individual in Litigation Switzerland during the last decade. Chambers Global and Chambers Europe name him a Leading Lawyer for both Litigation and Arbitration (2012-2025). Benchmark Litigation ranks Daniel as Star Litigator. In 2022, Best Lawyers awarded him the title Lawyer of the Year for Litigation Zurich/Switzerland. Daniel Eisele is also a five-time winner of the Client Choice Award in the category Litigation Switzerland (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014). In 2020, he won the award Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year of Switzerland by Benchmark Litigation.

Awards & Rankings

29.09.2021
NKF’s litigation practice recognised by Benchmark Litigation Europe 2022
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Daniel Eisele specialises in large and complex litigation, arbitration and administrative, criminal and other proceedings as well as in the negotiation of commercial and employment contracts, investigations and large business transactions.

Legal 500 ranks him as Leading Individual in Litigation Switzerland during the last decade. Chambers Global and Chambers Europe name him a Leading Lawyer for both Litigation and Arbitration (2012-2023). Benchmark Litigation ranks Daniel as Star Litigator. In 2022, Best Lawyers awarded him the title Lawyer of the Year for Litigation Zurich/Switzerland. Daniel Eisele is also a five-time winner of the Client Choice Award in the category Litigation Switzerland (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014). In 2020, he won the award Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year of Switzerland by Benchmark Litigation.

Highlights include:

  • Representing a Swiss client in a Swiss Rules arbitration proceeding against an Italian counterparty regarding a license agreement
  • Representing Swiss clients in a Post M&A dispute before Swiss civil courts against a pharmaceutical company
  • Representing a large European manufacturing company against a Swiss utility company before Swiss civil courts regarding purchase contracts
  • Representing Swiss clients as damaged parties in various criminal proceedings in Switzerland
  • Representing an Asian client against a German party in a Swiss Rules arbitration proceeding concerning a hotel project

Deals & Cases

06.12.2021

A.P. Møller Holding acquires Unilabs

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07.10.2021

EQT sells majority stake in VFS Global

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12.05.2021

David Degen acquires majority of shares in FC Basel Holding AG from Bernhard Burgener

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Market Perception

«Daniel Eisele is a brilliant arbitration practitioner with excellent advocacy skills and deep legal knowledge. He has a very good ability to distinguish the important issues and knows where to attack. »
Chambers Global 2025 – Arbitration

Awards & Rankings

24.06.2022

NKF recognised as “Law Firm of the Year” for Corporate Law by Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt

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29.09.2021

NKF’s litigation practice recognised by Benchmark Litigation Europe 2022

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02.10.2020

NKF’s litigation practice recognised by Benchmark Litigation Europe 2021

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Firm News

04.10.2018

NKF partners will attend the 2018 IBA Annual Conference in Rome

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07.09.2017

NKF partners will attend the 2017 IBA Annual Conference in Sydney

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In the Media

04.03.2020

What role does the term “force majeure” play in television licence agreements when sportin…

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14.10.2016

Swiss law trumps all

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Publications

08.04.2021

The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland

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14.01.2021

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide: Switzerland: Litigation

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10.08.2020

IFLR China Outbound Investment Report on Switzerland: Uncertain Futures

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Speaking Engagements

23.10.2003

TV-Vertrag

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