Our Dispute Resolution expertise
A leading team in the Swiss legal market for contentious matters, the Niederer Kraft Frey Dispute Resolution team provides a comprehensive service and is known for being easy to work with, efficient and business-aware.
Our client base includes global banks, leading technology firms and large international sports organisations.
The team has decades of experience advising and representing clients in corporate, finance, competition and commercial matters before commercial and other courts in Switzerland, including the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, the Federal Criminal Court, the Federal Administrative Court, and administrative, regulatory and criminal authorities and courts. We have extensive experience advising on complex and high-value cases, with a significant international element. Our experience covers disputes in a wide range of industries from financial, commodities and sports to energy, construction and pharma disputes, to global investigations and risk management. We are regularly instructed in high-stakes domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
We take a pragmatic approach to dealing with disputes and pride ourselves on our ability, when the particular circumstances merit it, to negotiate and settle disputes in the interests and to the long-term benefit of our clients.
The team works closely with our clients, with NKF’s strong global network of leading law firms, and with specialists from all other practice areas across the firm to ensure that we provide cost-effective, comprehensive, tailored advice which protects and advances the interests of our clients.
Deals & Cases
25.09.2026
SF-Filter Group on its sale to Swiss entrepreneurs Sara and Christoph Hürlimann
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25.07.2025
Ardian acquires a majority stake in Dovida
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Awards & Rankings
25.03.2026
NKF ranked top-tier firm in seven practice areas by The Legal 500 2026
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19.03.2026
NKF ranked multiple times band 1 by Chambers Europe 2026
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12.02.2026
NKF ranked multiple times band 1 by Chambers Global 2026
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Firm News
10.09.2026
NKF promotes one senior associate as of 1 September 2026
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07.01.2020
Three new partners at NKF: expansion of Dispute Resolution, White Collar Crime & Investigations an…
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25.04.2019
NKF partner Dr. András Gurovits admitted as Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
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Newsletters & Alerts
03.11.2026
Swiss Federal Tribunal Confirms Broad Right to Inspection of LLC Quotaholders
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28.08.2025
New limits for use of supervisory information in criminal proceedings
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Publications
30.09.2025
Entwicklungen im Zivilprozessrecht (1/2) | Le point sur la procédure civile (1/2)
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05.09.2024
Gerichtliche Geltendmachung von Anlegerschäden
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28.09.2023
The 2023 Supplemental Swiss Rules forCorporate Law Disputes
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Speaking Engagements
18.09.2025
Distribution Agreements: A Cross-Perspective Between Commercial Strategy and Litigation
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21.10.2024
The Benefit of the Neutral Forum – Exploring the Attraction of Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore …
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03.06.2024
Succession, Traitors, and Many Coloured Lotus
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