Monika McQuillen is specialized in advising on and resolving complex commercial disputes and employment matters. Her practice also includes strategic counselling in these areas, including dispute prevention. Monika acts as counsel, arbitrator and mediator.

Clients praise her for her strategic and clear advice as well as her assistance in managing difficult situations. Monika has been ranked for many years as a practitioner in legal directories such as Chambers and Partners Guide and The Legal 500.

Monika has a notable track record of acting as counsel before Swiss courts and as counsel and arbitrator in national and international arbitral tribunals under the ICC, DIS, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules. She represents parties in a wide range of commercial disputes, with a focus on sales law—including M&A transactions—contracts for work and services, agency and distribution law, employment law, and financial services law. She also has extensive experience in complex corporate disputes involving joint ventures and partnerships, as well as in connection with IT and infrastructure projects. As a certified mediator, she regularly conducts mediations in German and English, including mediations under Art. 74 et seq. of the Financial Services Act.

As a specialist in the field of individual and collective labor law, Monika regularly works in a crossborder context. Her strength lies in providing strategic and pragmatic advice and supporting clients in resolving difficult situations, such as those involving equity participation programs, bonus and discrimination issues, restructurings and mass layoffs, work schedules, and transfers of undertakings. She regularly takes on international project management tasks and leads internal investigations as an external consultant. She is a member of an Incident Management Committee for a quasi-international organization.

PRACTICE AREAS
Arbitration | Litigation | Mediation | Commercial Law | Employment | Internal Investigations | International Judicial Assistance and Enforcement