Rechtsanwalt and Attorney-at-Law (New York); Since 1989 - Senior Partner, Orrick Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin
Current activity
Professional focus
- Concentration in Domestic and International Arbitration
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- International Construction Contracts
- German-American legal transactions
- Licences and Contract Law
- Corporate Law
- Labour Law
- Commercial Litigation
Areas of law
My career
- 1978 Assistent at the Institute for Labour Law and Business Law, University of Münster
- 1979-1981 Legal practice in Cologne, concentration in Banking and Bankruptcy Law
- 1981-1982 Legal practice in New York
- 1983-2000 Legal practice in Düsseldorf
- Rechtsanwalt and Attorney-at-Law (New York)
- Since 1989 - Senior Partner, Orrick Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin
Arbitration experience
As arbitrator: Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator in numerous ICC, DIS and ad hoc proceedings; As counsel: Before international and national arbitral tribunals (both ad hoc and under ICC and DIS Rules); in numerous disputes; Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: International financial transactions, project financing, M & A, construction contracts, delivery of goods, armament contracts and joint ventures
Publications
- Author: US-amerikanisches Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, 2nd edition 1999
- Bridging the Common Law - Civil Law Divide in Arbitration, Arbitration International Vol. 18 No. 1, 59 - 65
- Various other contributions to law journals and legal periodicals
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- ASA
- DIS
- LCIA
- IAI
- IBA
- ABA
- DAV
- AIJA