Profile
Daniel Eisele has more than 25 years professional experience and has represented clients in more than 300 disputes involving parties and projects from more than 50 countries and on all five continents. He is specialised in large and complex litigation, arbitration and administrative, criminal and other proceedings, investigations as well as in the negotiation of commercial and employment contracts as well as large business transactions. Legal 500 ranks him as Leading Individual in Litigation Switzerland during the last decade. Chambers Global and Chambers Europe name him a Leading Lawyer for both Litigation and Arbitration (2012-2025). Benchmark Litigation ranks Daniel as Star Litigator. In 2022, Best Lawyers awarded him the title Lawyer of the Year for Litigation Zurich/Switzerland. Daniel Eisele is also a five-time winner of the Client Choice Award in the category Litigation Switzerland (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014). In 2020, he won the award Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year of Switzerland by Benchmark Litigation.
Awards & Rankings
Experience
Daniel Eisele specialises in large and complex litigation, arbitration and administrative, criminal and other proceedings as well as in the negotiation of commercial and employment contracts, investigations and large business transactions.
Legal 500 ranks him as Leading Individual in Litigation Switzerland during the last decade. Chambers Global and Chambers Europe name him a Leading Lawyer for both Litigation and Arbitration (2012-2023). Benchmark Litigation ranks Daniel as Star Litigator. In 2022, Best Lawyers awarded him the title Lawyer of the Year for Litigation Zurich/Switzerland. Daniel Eisele is also a five-time winner of the Client Choice Award in the category Litigation Switzerland (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014). In 2020, he won the award Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year of Switzerland by Benchmark Litigation.
Highlights include:
- Representing a Swiss client in a Swiss Rules arbitration proceeding against an Italian counterparty regarding a license agreement
- Representing Swiss clients in a Post M&A dispute before Swiss civil courts against a pharmaceutical company
- Representing a large European manufacturing company against a Swiss utility company before Swiss civil courts regarding purchase contracts
- Representing Swiss clients as damaged parties in various criminal proceedings in Switzerland
- Representing an Asian client against a German party in a Swiss Rules arbitration proceeding concerning a hotel project
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide: Switzerland: Litigation, 2021 in: The Legal 500 Country Comparative, 2021
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2021 in: Law Business Research, 13th edition 2021
- IFLR China Outbound Investment Report on Switzerland: Uncertain Futures in: IFLR Magazine, China Outbound Investment Special Focus 2020: Switzerland, Summer 2020
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide: Switzerland: Litigation, 2020 in: The Legal 500 Country Comparative, 2020
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2020 in: Law Business Research, 12th edition 2020
- Global Guide to Arbitration: Switzerland, 2019 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, November 2019
- IFLR China Outbound Investment Report on Switzerland: Stability, reputation, openness in: IFLR Magazine, China Outbound Investment Special Focus 2019: Switzerland, June/July 2019
- Global Guide to Litigation: Switzerland, 2019 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, June 2019
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2019 in: Law Business Research, 11th edition 2019
- IFLR China Outbound Investment Report in: IFLR Magazine, April 2018
- Global Guide to Arbitration: Switzerland, 2018 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, 2018
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2018 in: Law Business Research, 10th edition 2018
- Key Elements On Performing In An Ever-Changing Business Environment In: Leaders League Intelligence Report & Directory Series, 2017
- Global Guide to Arbitration: Switzerland, 2017 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, 2017
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2017 in: Law Business Research, 9th edition 2017, p. 529-630
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2016 in: Law Business Research, 8th edition 2016, p. 631-649
- Global Guide to Arbitration: Switzerland, 2016 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, 2016
- Identity crisis in: IFLR Dispute Resolution Guide 2016, P. 34-36
- Security for Costs in Swiss International Arbitration in: Swiss Arbitration – Practical Aspects and New Developments, NKF Dispute Resolution Team, Publication 19, Zurich 2015, p.48-62
- Swiss Arbitration – Practical aspects and new developments, 2015 NKF Schriftenreihe Publikation #19 (322 Pages; 1425 kb)
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2015 in: Law Business Research, 7th edition 2015, p. 631-648
- Chambers Legal Practice Guides Litigation Switzerland 2014, Trends & Developments in: Chambers & Partners, p. 1262-1266
- The Dispute Resolution Review: Chapter on Switzerland, 2014 in: Law Business Research, 6th edition 2014, p. 737-754
- The impact of cross-border insolvency on international arbitration: a swiss view, 2013 in: Expert Guide Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2013, Corporate LiveWire, S. 34-37
- Vermarktung und Organisation von Sportanlässen, 2006 in: Sport und Recht, Vermarktung und Organisation von Sportanlässen, NKF-Schriftenreihe Band 11, Zürich 2006, S. 7-73
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
- Vaud Bar Association
- Swiss Arbitration Association
- Association Suisse de Droit du Sport
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
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