Profile
Nadine Pfiffner is a Swiss independent arbitrator and counsel. She acts under all major arbitration rules and has special expertise in disputes concerning international supply, distribution, construction and infrastructure projects, as well as commercial and post-M&A disputes. Her sector expertise includes engineering, energy (incl. nuclear power), automotive, transportation, insurance, as well as media and technology. As counsel, she represents companies and individuals in complex and multi-jurisdictional disputes, including in international arbitrations, before Swiss courts and in pre-trial negotiations. She also regularly advises on contract and commercial law.
Nadine worked for several years in the arbitration, litigation and internal investigations practice of Swiss law firm Bär & Karrer and at the dispute resolution boutique rothorn legal in Zurich. Before entering private practice, she was a teaching and research fellow at the University of Zurich (Chair for Private, Commercial and European Law of Prof. Dr. Claire Huguenin) and a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Hong Kong.
Nadine regularly publishes and speaks on Swiss contract law, international arbitration and new developments in the field of legal technology. She is DIS40 Regional Coordinator for Zurich and HK45 Ambassador for Switzerland.
Education
Master of Laws in Business and Financial Law (LL.M.), King’s College London, 2013
Master of Law (MLaw), University of Zurich, 2012
Bachelor of Law (Blaw), University of Zurich, 2011
Qualification
Switzerland
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
German and English, reads French
Publications (Selection)
CISG und ICC Incoterms, in: Schiedsverfahren in der Unternehmenspraxis: Rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Grundlagen der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, June 2024 (co-authored with Dr. Pascal Hachem)
Art. 406a - 406h OR, in: Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht, 4th ed., Zurich/Geneva, 2023
Brexit and the Recognition and Enforcement of UK Judgments in Switzerland – An Update, in: Bär & Karrer Briefing, May 2022 (co-authored with Nadja Jaisli Kull, Aurélie Conrad Hari and Dr. Romana Weinöhrl-Brüggemann)
Quantification of damages in post-M&A disputes under Swiss law, in: IFLR Magazine, September 2021 (co-authored with Dr. Pascal Hachem)
LegalTech – Eine Bestandesaufnahme, Lawstyle, Jubiläumsausgabe 2020, pp. 46-47 (co-authored with Dr. Pascal Hachem)
The Use of Analytical Tools to Determine Case Strategy, in: Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2020, Vienna, 2020, pp. 447–457
Vertrauenshaftungsfälle 44 und 45 sowie UN-Kaufrechtsfall 5, in: Huguenin/Hotz (eds.), Fälle zum Obligationenrecht, 2nd ed., Zurich/Basel/Geneva, 2020, pp. 211–217
Eine Fallstudie in Pink – Zu den Rechtsfolgen bei Nichteinhaltung der vertraglich vorbehaltenen Form (Art. 16 OR), Gedenkschrift für Claire Huguenin, Zurich/St. Gallen 2019, pp. 279-308 (co-authored with Barbara Meise)
"Das vermeintliche Traumpferd" – Falllösung im Privatrecht, ius.full 2/2019, pp. 28-40 (co-authored with Barbara Meise)
Post-M&A-Schiedsverfahren: Recht und Rechtsfindung jenseits gesetzlichen Rechts?, in: SchiedsVZ, 2017, pp. 256–258
Teilnahme am Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, ius.full 3+4/2015, pp. 125-130 (co-authored with Tilla Caveng, Robin Ernst, Sabine Neuhaus, Jascha Trubowitz, Andreas Wehowsky and Anna Willi)
Contact
✉ info@pfiffner.legal