• Associate at WACH UND MECKES • Dr. Philipp Waltke advises and represents clients in both domestic and international arbitration under the auspices of institutional rules as well as ad hoc arbitration.
Current activity
Professional focus
Automotive Sector
Banking and Finance
M&A
Arts
Areas of law
Civil law
EU law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Private international law
International economic law
Procedural law
Contract law
My career
- Associate at WACH UND MECKES since February 2022.
- Legal clerk (Rechtsreferendar) at Bird & Bird LLP, Dispute Resolution Group and IP/IT Group, Hamburg, May to July 2021.
- Legal clerk (Rechtsreferendar) at Latham & Watkins LLP, Dispute Resolution Group, Hamburg, August 2020 to April 2021.
- Legal clerk at the European Commission (Stagiaire atypique), Brussels, February to April 2020.
Arbitration experience
• Representing a private equity investor in a Post M&A dispute with the buyer of an international packaging company concerning a purchase price adjustment relating to foreign state subsidies (DIS arbitration, seat Munich).
Publications
- Waltke, Kunst und öffentlicher Frieden – Strafbefreiung durch Grundrechte? (Art and Public Peace – Exemption from Punishment by Fundamental Rights?), 2021.
Languages
German
English
French
Italian
Memberships
- German Institution for Arbitration (Deutsche Institution für Schieds¬gerichtsbarkeit e.V., DIS).
- German Initiative of Young Arbitrators (Deutsche Initiative junger Schiedsrechtler, DIS40).
- Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA).