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Nadja Jaisli Kull

Zurich, Switzerland
Partner
Nadja Jaisli Kull
Zurich, Switzerland

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Nadja Jaisli co-heads Bär & Karrer's arbitration practice and specializes in international commercial arbitration and litigation. She has extensive experience in representing clients before Swiss courts and in international arbitrations (both ad hoc and institutional), involving a wide array of matters. She has gained particular experience in the banking and finance, the pharmaceutical and the construction industries and regularly handles complex disputes arising from M&A transactions, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements, license and supply agreements as well as inheritance disputes. In addition to her work as party counsel, Nadja Jaisli frequently sits as arbitrator (in particular under ICC, Swiss, DIS and VIAC Rules and in ad hoc proceedings).

Nadja Jaisli serves as a Vice President of the ICC Swiss Commission on Arbitration and ADR and as a member of the Swiss Nomination Committee that proposes arbitrator candidates to the ICC Court in Paris. She is also a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and regularly speaks and publishes in the field of international dispute resolution. She is listed in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and by Who's Who Legal in the fields of arbitration and litigation. Who's Who Legal ranked her amongst the four most highly regarded future leaders in arbitration 2018 and 2019 in Europe, listed her as a global leader in arbitration since 2020 as well as a global elite thought leader in litigation. In 2021 and 2022, Nadja Jaisli was awarded with the Europe Women in Business Law Award as Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year.

Nadja Jaisli Kull is a leading name in the Swiss arbitration market, and is identified by source as "a extremely good arbitrator and counsel, who always makes a good impression".
Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders Switzerland 2023
Nadja Jaisli Kull is a widely celebrated arbitration lawyer, lauded by peers and clients as "very solid" and "a great professional".
Lexology Index 2025 - Research Switzerland
Extremely prepared
Source in Chambers Europe 2021
  • Partner at Bär & Karrer (since 2014)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2006)
  • Admitted to the New York Bar (2008; not practicing)
  • New York University (NYU): LL.M. (2007; Hauser Global Scholar)
  • Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2005)
  • Law Clerk at the District Court of Horgen (2003-2004)
  • Universities of Zurich and Geneva: lic. iur. (2003)
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  • german
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  • Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  • Vice President of the ICC Swiss Commission on Arbitration and ADR / Member of the Swiss Nomination Committee
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
  • Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb/Aut)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • ArbitralWomen

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Listed in Legal 500 as Leading Arbitration Partner
Highly recognized in the fields of arbitration and litigation
by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal
Ranked as "Global Elite Thought Leader"
by Who's Who Legal Arbitration
Named one of the four most highly regarded Future Leaders in Arbitration in Europe
by Who's Who Legal in 2018 and 2019
Listed as Global Leader in Arbitration
Who's Who Legal since 2020
Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
at the Europe Women in Business Law Award 2021 and 2022
Listed in Chambers Global Litigation and Arbitration

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