Languages

Active: German, English, French

Passive: Spanish

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

ICC: Party representative / legal counsel to a major international Oil Company in one of the largest ICC arbitrations, 1991 through 1995; subject matter: Exploration and production of natural gas in a German-Dutch disputed border area.

Party-appointed arbitrator in several national and international arbitration proceedings with seat in Germany.

Sole arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding according to the rules of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.

Inhouse counsel in a post M&A dispute; arbitral procedure in Frankfurt/Main according to DIS rules.

Professional Experience in China related Matters

Sole arbitrator in a dispute between a subsidiary of a Chinese steel trading company and a German distributor; subject matter: sales, agency, distributorship within Europe.

Professional Experience in Certain Industries

Specialist for oil and gas law (due to function as head of legal department of one of the largest German based, internationally acting oil companies), international trade, international dispute resolution.

Experience in maritime matters (international shipping, cargo trading).

International financing (loans, letters of credit etc., transfer of ownership and pledges of oil products within Europe, Asia and the U.S.A.)

Structuring of international Joint Venture / Shareholders´ Agreements (e.g. with parties from the U.S., from India, Singapore or Vietnam).

Oil related transactions (physical or paper contracts, SWAP and hedging transactions).
Extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, drafting and dispute resolution (post m&a).

Education

Studies of law at the universities of Munich, Lausanne, Madrid (1979-1985)

Bachelor and Master of Law in Munich (1985).

Doctoral thesis (Dr. Jur.) in international civil procedure (Munich, 1991)

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business Law (London, Kings College, 1991)

Further Special Information  

Lecturer at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (subject: National and International Arbitration)

Chairman of the Hamburg Arbitration Circle (www.hamburg-arbitration.de)

Publications

Several articles about subject matters related to national or international arbitration, as e.g. in Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), Arbitration International (Arb. Int.)

E.g.  Arb. Int. 1993, 249: Evading EC Competition Law by Resorting to Arbitration?

Editor of: Practitioner´s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press 2009.

Memberships

Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS, German Institution for Arbitration)

Association Swiss de l´Arbitrage (ASA)

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

International Bar Association (IBA, committee D on Arbitration)