Nicole Cleis

Nicole Cleis

Managing Associate
Dr. iur., LL.M., Avvocato

Sede

Zurigo

Contatto

Telefono diretto: +41 58 658 51 88
nicole.cleis@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Aree di attività: Contenzioso Arbitrato

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

| di 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)

| di Andrea Meier e Nicole Cleis | in: Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger (Editore) | "Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Commentary" | 3rd Edition

Commentary on Article 190a PILA (review)

| di Marco Stacher e Nicole Cleis | in: Aebi-Müller/Müller (Editore) | "Berner Kommentar – Kommentar zum schweizerischen Privatrecht"

Bundesgericht bestätigt EUR 1.5 Mrd. Schiedsurteil zugunsten von Türkmengaz

| di Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

BGer bestätigt Zuständigkeitsentscheid in Natland v. Tschechische Republik: Einzige tschechische Niederlage in einem Solarfall bleibt bestehen

| di Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

Ad-hoc-Schiedsverfahren

| di Nicole Cleis | in: Jus Mundi Wiki Notes

Bundesgericht hebt Schiedsurteil in ISDS-Fall auf: Unzulässige Einschränkung von "nationality planning" in Clorox v. Venezuela

| di Nicole Cleis | in: dRSK

Investitionsschutzabkommen 2020: Schweiz

| di Nicole Cleis, Gabrielle Nater-Bass [Co-autore] e Kirstin Dodge [Co-autore] | in: Getting The Deal Through

Investitionsschutzabkommen 2019: Schweiz

| di Nicole Cleis, Gabrielle Nater-Bass [Co-autore] e Kirstin Dodge [Co-autore] | in: Getting The Deal Through

La risoluzione delle controversie tra investitori e Stato a un bivio: chi deve decidere sulle controversie transatlantiche in materia di investimenti?

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

Wie das Recht auf Privatsphäre zum Menschenrecht wurde

| di Nicole Cleis e Oliver Diggelmann [Co-autore] | in: Human Rights Law Review | pag. 441 et seqq.

Unioni omosessuali nel diritto comparato

| di Nicole Cleis | "Fam Kommentar Eingetragene Partnerschaft"

Drohende häusliche Gewalt als Hindernis der Ausweisung und Auslieferung im Rahmen von Art. 3 EMRK

| di Nicole Cleis e Markus Schefer [Co-autore] | in: ASYL 1 | pag. 3 ff.