Monika McQuillen > Lustenberger + Partners > Zürich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lustenberger + Partners Offices
Wiesenstrasse 8
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CH-8032 Zürich
Switzerland
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Monika McQuillen
Work Department
Arbitration | Litigation | Mediation | Employment | Internal Investigations | Data Protection | Commercial Law | International Judicial Assistance
Position
Monika McQuillen is specialized in advising and resolving complex commercial and employment disputes as party representative and mediator, as well as in strategic counseling in these areas. She is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law and accredited mediator with a focus on the commodities trading, pharma, chemical, med-tech, industrial engineering, aviation and financial services sectors.
Monika has a notable track record of representing clients in Cantonal Courts and the Federal Tribunal, of acting as counsel in international arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules, and of resolving disputes as a mediator. As a specialist in the fields of individual and collective employment, commercial as well as data protection law, Monika regularly works in a cross-border environment. She is known for her strategic and hands-on advice, assisting clients in the resolution of difficult situations, for example in relation to equity participation schemes, bonus and discrimination issues, restructurings and collective dismissals, as well as transfers of undertakings.
Career
- Since 2019 Partner with Lustenberger + Partners , Zurich
- 2008 – 2019 Partner with Eversheds Sutherland AG, Zurich, Practice Groups Dispute Resolution and Employment (Head of the Employment Practice Group)
- 2004 – 2007 Associate and Trainee with Werder Attorneys at Law, Zurich
- 1999 – 2003 Research assistant for Professor Dr. iur. Roger Zaech, Faculty of Private, Commercial and European Law, University of Zurich
- 1988 – 1994 Henkel Corporation, Pennsylvania/US; Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf/Germany
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Association (ZAV/SAV)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- German-Swiss Lawyers’ Association (DSJV; board member)
Education
- 2021 Singapore International Mediator Accreditation Workshop
- 2021 Lecturer ZHAW Master in Management and Law, Module ILSSL
- 2017 Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law
- 2015 Mediator SBA
- 2010 University of Cologne, LL.M., focus arbitration (summa cum laude)
- 2007 Zurich Bar, admitted to all Swiss courts
- 1999 University of Zurich, lic. iur. (magna cum laude)
- 1988 Cooperative State University of Mannheim, B.A. Business Administration, Germany
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Employment
(Leading individuals)Lustenberger + Partners is a growing boutique that advises and represents international corporations, domestic mid-size companies, and top executives on day-to-day employment advice as well as high-profile, complex disputes. The team is headed by Monika McQuillen, who has expertise in cross-border employment situations, as well as individual and collective employment matters. Michael Lazopoulos has extensive know-how in the employment aspects of restructuring and reorganisations, mass dismissals, and executive compensation.
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration
A ‘highly qualified’ team with a ‘global mindset’, Lustenberger + Partners operates regularly across the full gamut of dispute avoidance and resolution. The team holds an established presence across a multitude of sectors, from telecoms and pharma through to retail. Claudius Triebold leads the practice alongside Monika McQuillen and Michael Lazopoulos. Another name to note in the group is Beat Gino Koenig, who predominantly focuses on infrastructure projects, pharma and telecoms, as well as media and sport related mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Switzerland > Employment
- Employment Switzerland
- Dispute resolution: arbitration Switzerland