Monika McQuillen

Monika McQuillen

Arbitration | litigation | mediation | employment | internal investigations | data protection | commercial law | international judicial assistance, Lustenberger + Partners

Work Department

Arbitration | Litigation | Mediation | Employment | Internal Investigations | Data Protection | Commercial Law | International Judicial Assistance

Position

Monika McQuillen is specialized in advising and resolving complex commercial and employment disputes as party representative and mediator, as well as in strategic counseling in these areas. She is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law and accredited mediator with a focus on the commodities trading, pharma, chemical, med-tech, industrial engineering, aviation and financial services sectors.

Monika has a notable track record of representing clients in Cantonal Courts and the Federal Tribunal, of acting as counsel in international arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules, and of resolving disputes as a mediator. As a specialist in the fields of individual and collective employment, commercial as well as data protection law, Monika regularly works in a cross-border environment. She is known for her strategic and hands-on advice, assisting clients in the resolution of difficult situations, for example in relation to equity participation schemes, bonus and discrimination issues, restructurings and collective dismissals, as well as transfers of undertakings.

Education

2021 Singapore International Mediator Accreditation Workshop 2021 Lecturer ZHAW Master in Management and Law, Module ILSSL 2017 Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law 2015 Mediator SBA 2010 University of Cologne, LL.M., focus arbitration (summa cum laude) 2007 Zurich Bar, admitted to all Swiss courts 1999 University of Zurich, lic. iur. (magna cum laude) 1988 Cooperative State University of Mannheim, B.A. Business Administration, Germany

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