An ‘outstanding’ team with ’excellent legal skills’, Niederer Kraft Frey AG capitalises on its extensive experience in representing an array of notable clients before the cantonal and federal courts and tribunals in relation to financial services, insurance, and post-M&A disputes, to name a few. The practice is headed by Daniel Eisele and Frank Spoorenberg; the former is well-positioned to advise on litigation arising from a wide array of sectors, from construction to fashion, and the latter maintains a wide-ranging practice that spans telecoms, pharmaceutical, and robotic issues. Lukas Beeler is fully immersed in the financial services sector, whereas Valerie Meyer Bahar is entrusted by a consortium of clients with complex corporate, commercial, and employment litigation. ‘Extremely experienced’ Juerg Bloch is well-positioned to advise on a host of regulatory and enforcement issues, whereas Nicolas Kuonen is highly experienced on the contractual and procedural side.

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Testimonials

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  • 'A very experienced team that handles a very complex international case. High level of experience in international law and great ability to think entrepreneurially. Available at any time and proactive.’

  • ‘Juerg Bloch is an extremely experienced lawyer and handles the most difficult and delicate situations. Incredibly cool and clear-headed. Juerg stays calm even if under a lot of pressure (and I know for a fact that he has a lot of high-profile cases). Juerg is extremely smart, hard-working and ambitious. At the same time, he is a calm and a very experienced and business-savvy advisor.’

  • ‘Gave strategic and profound advice, and they think outside of the box.'

  • ‘We consider the NKF team to be outstanding. We appreciate the excellent legal skills, the good strategic advice, the efficiency, the responsiveness and the excellent working relationship which are key components for such excellency. We can highly recommend NKF for both complex white collar matters as well as important corporate internal investigation work.’

  • ‘Juerg Bloch is a leading figure in the Swiss internal investigations and white-collar market. Juerg is extremely hard working, has a creative approach, out of the box ideas and is extraordinarily convincing. Having a fighting spirit, he is determined to win cases and to reach the optimum for his clients. Juerg is a strategic mastermind.’

  • ‘Very professional and skilled. Always tries to find the best solution for the client.’

  • ‘The dispute resolution team of Niederer Kraft Frey has a tier-1 practice and is able to handle complex commercial cases, in particular also cross-border disputes. I can highly recommend NKF's outstanding legal and tactical skills, their responsiveness and their pragmatic approaches.'

  • 'The NKF lawyers are very client-focused, the team cherishes a great teamwork ethic, and they are truly down-to-earth and uncomplicated to work with. I very much appreciate their precise and concrete advice and their ability to handle most challenging proceedings.’

Key clients

  • BMW AG
  • UBS AG
  • Swiss Federation
  • Credit Suisse AG
  • Chevron
  • Citibank
  • Prada Group
  • EFG International AG
  • EMIX Trading AG
  • International Ice Hockey Federation
  • BSI AG
  • Globegarden

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Eisele, Frank Spoorenberg

Other key lawyers

Lukas Beeler, Valerie Meyer Bahar, Juerg Bloch, Frank Spoorenberg, Nicolas Kuonen, Boris Vittoz, Lukas Mathis