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Nicole Cleis

Nicole Cleis

Managing Associate
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 51 88
nicole.cleis@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Litigation Arbitration

Nicole Cleis advises and represents clients in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules (including ICSID, ICC, Swiss Rules), as well as in proceedings before state courts. She specializes in resolving disputes in complex construction and infrastructure projects, and in the life sciences and consumer goods sectors (esp. food). In addition to her work as counsel, she also acts as an arbitrator.

Nicole Cleis holds a certificate of transnational law from the University of Geneva (2005), a law degree (lic. iur., summa cum laude, 2007) and a PhD (Dr. iur., summa cum laude, 2016) from the University of Basel, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2014). During her PhD studies on the subject of the independence and impartiality of ICSID arbitrators, she was a visiting researcher at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. She regularly publishes and speaks at international conferences on topics related to arbitration.

Prior to joining Walder Wyss, Nicole Cleis worked as an associate in leading Swiss law firms, and as an adjunct lecturer for international investment law at the University of Neuchâtel.

Nicole Cleis practices in German and English and also speaks Czech, French, Italian and Spanish. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Swiss courts.

The End of a Saga: Swiss Federal Supreme Court Upholds Clorox v. Venezuela Final Award

| by Nicole Cleis | in: arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2024/07/03/the-end-of-a-saga-swiss-federal-supreme-court-upholds-clorox-v-venezuela-final-award/

Commentary on Article 43 Swiss Rules (Emergency Relief)

| by Andrea Meier and Nicole Cleis | in: Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger (Editor[s]) | "Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Commentary" | 3rd Edition

Commentary on Article 190a PILA (review)

| by Marco Stacher and Nicole Cleis | in: Aebi-Müller/Müller (Editor[s]) | "Berner Kommentar – Kommentar zum schweizerischen Privatrecht"

Federal Supreme Court confirms EUR 1.5 billion arbitration award in favour of Türkmengaz

| by Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

Federal Supreme Court re-confirms liability ruling in Natland v. Czech Republic: Czech Republic’s only loss in a solar case upheld

| by Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

Ad hoc Arbitration

| by Nicole Cleis | in: Jus Mundi Wiki Notes

Federal Supreme Court annuls arbitration award in ISDS case: illegal limitation of “nationality planning” in Clorox v. Venezuela

| by Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

Investment Treaty Arbitration 2020: Switzerland

| by Nicole Cleis, Gabrielle Nater-Bass [co-author] and Kirstin Dodge [co-author] | in: Getting The Deal Through

Investment Treaty Arbitration 2019: Switzerland

| by Nicole Cleis, Gabrielle Nater-Bass [co-author] and Kirstin Dodge [co-author] | in: Getting The Deal Through

Investor-State Dispute Settlement at a Crossroads: Who Should Decide Transatlantic Investment Disputes?

| by Nicole Cleis | in: Travaux: The Berkeley Journal of International Law Blog

How the Right to Privacy Became a Human Right

| by Nicole Cleis and Oliver Diggelmann [co-author] | in: Human Rights Law Review | pp. 441 et seqq.

A legal comparison of same-sex partnerships

| by Nicole Cleis | "Fam Kommentar Eingetragene Partnerschaft"

Risk of domestic violence as an obstacle to expulsion and extradition in the context of Art. 3 EHCR

| by Nicole Cleis and Markus Schefer [co-author] | in: ASYL 1 | pp. 3 ff.

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