Languages

German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)

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

Various domestic and international arbitration proceedings, e.g.

• Co-arbitrator in arbitration proceedings before CIETA
• Party Representative in several arbitration proceedings before CIETAC Beijing
• Co-arbitrator in Hamburg Chamber of Commerce arbitration with German and Chinese parties
• Co-arbitrator in ad-hoc arbitration with German and Japanese parties
• Chairman in ad-hoc arbitration with Turkish and German parties
• Party representative in Hamburg Chamber of Commerce arbitration involving German and Chinese parties and relations to China, Germany, USA, Austria and The Netherlands

Professional Experience in China related Matters

• Developing China desk of Law Firm SCHULZ NOACK BÄRWINKEL since 1984, responsible for Shanghai office from 1994 to 2002
• Head of China Desk of SCHULZ NOACK BÄRWINKEL, Hamburg
• Frequent lectures in and about China
• Arbitrator of CIETAC
• Member of the Advisory Board of Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Centre
• Speaker of the Management Board of Chinese European Arbitration Centre
• Frequent business traveller to China

Professional Experience in Certain Industries

Mainly international trade and investment e.g.

• food stuffs
• animal by-products
• chemicals and chemical plants
• minerals and metals
• textiles
• real estate
• photo cameras and photographic equipment
• machinery

Education

Study of law at the University of Hamburg

Further Special Information  

• Several China related and not-for-profit activities, e.g.
• Chairman of Förderkreis Deutsch-Chinesischer Schüleraustausch e.V.
• Member of the Board of Chinese-Germany Society Hamburg e.V.
• Chairman of CSH Chinesische Schule Hamburg GmbH 

Publications

Several China related lectures and publications, e.g. 

• Speaker at several seminars on „Arbitration in China“, 2010
• „Streitbeilegung in der Volksrepublik China“ („Dispute Resolution in China“)in Ranft/Schewe, Chinesisches Wirtschaftsrecht, NOMOS Verlag 2006
• „Verbürgung der Gegenseitigkeit zwischen Deutschland und China?“ („Reciprocity secured between Germany and China?“) in SchiedsVZ 2007, 100 ff.
• "Insolvenzrecht in der Volksrepublik China“  („Insolvency Law in China“) in Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung Band 3, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2., Auflage 2008
• „Schiedsgerichte in Asien, insbesondere in China“ („Arbitration Institutions in Asia, especially in China“) Hamburger Handbuch des Exportwirtschaftsrechts, to be published in 2009 in Verlag Carl H. Dieckmann

Memberships

• AIA-Association for International Arbitration
• Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V.
• DIS - German Institute of Arbitration
• Chinese European Legal Association e.V.
• German Chinese Lawyers Association e.V.
• Förderkreis Deutsch-Chinesischer Schüleraustausch e.V.
• Chinese-Germany Society Hamburg e.V.