Languages

active: German and English
passive: French

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

• 2 DIS arbitrations as arbitrator.
• Several DIS arbitrations as party representative.
• Several ad-hoc arbitrations as party representative.
• Some GMAA arbitrations as party representative.
• Professional Experience in China related Matters.
• Advising a major European manufacturer of wind turbines in enforcing claims for payment against customer in China.

Professional Experience in Certain Industries

Renewable energy: Advising industrial clients and/or investors on the acquisition of and sale of numerous wind farms and solar parks. Advising a large manufacturer of wind turbines in negotiations with his clients and representing him in lawsuits.

Insurance/reinsurance: Representing various international reinsurance companies in international arbitrations regarding reinsurance and retrocession contracts. Achieving a judgment from the Düsseldorf Court of Appeal, setting aside an arbitral award that was granted against a reinsurer.

Commercial law: Representing industrial clients in major commercial litigations and arbitrations.

Education

Partner in the law firm of CMS Hasche Sigle, Hamburg.
Lawyer since 1996.
Study of law at the Universities of Augsburg and Freiburg.

Further Special Information  

Lecturer at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main

Publications

"Mediation im Bereich des Wirtschaftsrechts", in Versicherungsrecht 2000
"Mediation – Die bessere Alternative zum streitigen Gerichtsverfahren?", in Schriften des Deutschen Vereins für Internationales Seerecht, Heft 95, 2001
"Interventionswirkung der Streitverkündung für ein schiedsrichterliches Folgeverfahren", in Betriebsberater 2002, Heft 23
"Die Dritthaftung von Klassifikationsgesellschaften", in Versicherungsrecht 2004, 1095 ff.
"Faszination Erneuerbare Energien – Rechtliche Herausforderungen bei der Strukturierung eines EEG-Projekts", in azur Anwaltskarriere 2008.

Memberships

DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.)
GMAA (German Maritime Arbitration Association)
Versicherungswissenschaftlicher Verein zu Hamburg e.V.
Bundesverband Windenergie e.V.
Chinese European Arbitration Centre