Languages

a) active: English
b) passive: French, Spanish, Italian

Professional Experience in International Commercial Arbitration (Experience as Chairman / Sole Arbitrator /Co-Arbitratior /Party Representative)

Co-Arbitrator in several international cases scince 1994.
Chairman and Co-Arbitrator in many national cases.

Professional Experience in China related Matters

Complex international legal issues (trade, conflicts of law, joint ventures, international litigation case management of cases with ties to several legal orders, sometimes in up to three different continents and time zones); including e.g. representation of several Asian companies and of a German-Asian group of companies in a dispute with a German-American group of companies which was related to five jurisdictions (the major part has been settled in 2004).

Professional Experience in Certain Industries

Intensive Exchange with chinese universities (e.g. Tsinghua University, China University of Politics and Law).
Involved in the foundation process of the Europe China School of Law.

Education

1975-1980 Studies in Law in Muenster
1980 First State Examination
1982 Second State Examination
1984 Dr. iur.(law doctorate)
1988 Habilitation (post doctoral thesis)
1989 Professor in Bonn
1990 Professor in Hamburg

Further Special Information  

Judge at the Upper State Court (Court of Appeals) Hamburg, 1992-1996.

Publications

Grundzüge des Zwangsvollstreckungsrechts (Basics of Enforcement Proceedings), 1984; Der Vergleich (The Compromise), 1988; Werbung im Programm (Unfair Competition in the Media), 1988; Freiwillige Gerichtsbarkeit (Voluntary Jurisdiction), 2^nd ed. 2002; Zahlungsverkehr in der Insolvenz (Payments and Insolvency Law), 2002; Einführung in das Insolvenzrecht (Introduction to Insolvency Law), 4^th ed. 2005; Allgemeiner Teil des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuchs (General Part of the Civil Code), 2^nd ed. 2006.

More then 230 articles.

Co-Author:  

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Memberships                                   

German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)