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Position: Senior Partner
Rating:
  • Expert consultant
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
Banking
Capital markets
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Peter Isler uses his broad legal experience in various areas of law, in particular corporate and banking law, domestic and transnational M&A transactions, financial transactions as well as commercial arbitration.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Since 2009 he has been acting as Swiss legal adviser to the Compensation Committee of Swiss Re.
  • From 2004 to 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Clariant AG, a Swiss listed corporation.
  • He acted recently as Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal which had to decide complex legal issues of a Swiss joint venture between two major industrial companies.
  • He acts as arbitrator in matters of SIX Swiss Exchange.
Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Financial services regulatory
  • M&A
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Corporate law
  • Estate law
  • Commercial arbitration
Association memberships
  • Zurich Bar Association 
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
Academic qualifications
  • Admitted to the Bar (Rechtsanwalt) (1977)
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School (1974)
  • Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), University of Zurich School of Law (1974)
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 800 8316 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.nkf.ch/team/peter-isler/