The ‘impressive’ Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG team regularly acts under ICC, ICSID and ad hoc frameworks, and is also active in emergency and expedited proceedings. Key senior practitioners Roberto Dallafior and Benjamin Schumacher are ’both excellent’, according to clients. Mladen Stojiljković is a go-to for commercial and investment arbitrations. As well as handling mandates with a nexus to the banking, insurance, construction, life sciences and energy spheres, the firm has a growing presence in the digital assets space, where Nino Sievi is a leading name. In March 2025, Claudia Götz Staehelin joined from Bär & Karrer Ltd..
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Testimonials

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  • 'Nino Sievi has top expertise in cryptocurrencies.'
  • 'Roberto Dallafior is a luminary of the Swiss bar. He knows his adversaries, judges and arbitrators. He's seen it all, which helps him craft winning strategies.'
  • ‘Great practice. Extremely skilled and knowledgeable ’
  • ‘Nino Sievi is very good. Extremely confident and with great legal knowledge. He is very reliable and reactive. It’s very nice to work with him.’
  • 'Roberto Dallafior and Benjamin Schumacher are both excellent counsellors, very supportive of the client and responsive to the client's needs, and knowledgeable about complex and sophisticated business issues. I feel totally confident relying on their judgment.'
  • 'Nater Dallafior is a top-notch firm widely respected in the international cross-border arbitration space, both for their advocacy and representation of clients with respect to the disputed matter to be arbitrated and also, on the other hand, as arbitrators adjudicating a disputed matter.'

Key clients

  • Park Avenue Capital LLC

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Roberto Dallafior; Nino Sievi; Mladen Stojiljković; Benjamin Schumacher

Other key lawyers

Claudia Götz Staehelin; Maria Walter Burkhardt