Current activity

Partner, Borris Hennecke Kneisel, Cologne, Germany

Professional focus

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  • National and international arbitration and litigation in the fields of post M&A disputes
  • Construction (turnkey projects)
  • Energy law
  • Investment protection
  • International sales law (CISG)

Areas of law

My career

  • 1992-1998 legal studies in Munster, Liverpool (UK), Cologne
  • 1999-2003 research assistant at the Law Centre for International Cooperation (R.I.Z.), Cologne, lecturer at the Cologne Business School
  • 2003-2005 legal traineeship in Cologne and New York
  • 2006-2014 lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (arbitration and litigation)

Arbitration experience

As arbitrator: 30 domestic and international proceedings (DIS, ICC, ad-hoc; chairman: 14 proceedings, party-appointed arbitrator: 13, sole arbitrator: 3) As counsel: more than 25 domestic and international proceedings (DIS, ICC, SIAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and other ad-hoc)

Publications

  • Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Russia - The More Things Change...? (with Kristina Machulskaya), in: OGEL 5, 2015
  • Compliance with Domestic Law (with Katharina Diel-Gligor), in: International Investment Law (Bungenberg, Griebel, Hobe, Reinisch (eds.), 2015)
  • Article V New York Convention: General Remarks and Commentary on sec. 1 c), d) (with Christian Borris), in: Wolff (ed.), New York Convention, Commentary, 2012
  • Das Kriterium der Einhaltung von Vorschriften nationalen Rechts in ICSID-Schiedsverfahren (with Christian Borris), SchiedsVZ 2008, pp. 49 et seq.
  • Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide v. Republic of the Philippines - Compliance With National Laws: A Jurisdictional Requirement Under BITs? (with Christian Borris), Case Comments & Awards TDM 5 (2007)
  • Gefahrtragung beim Rücktransport mangelhafter Ware, IHR 2003, pp. 268-275
  • Kaufmännische Bestätigungsschreiben beim internationalen Warenkauf (with Stefan Kröll), RabelsZ 2003, pp. 448-493
  • Kollidierende Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen in internationalen Kaufverträgen (with Stefan Kröll), RIW 2001, pp

Languages

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  • German
  • English

Memberships

  • IBA
  • DIS
  • DAV

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