Current activity

Partner at Baker Botts, area of specialisation: international dispute settlement.

Professional focus

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  • International arbitration
  • in particular in the areas of energy
  • joint venture disputes
  • telecommunications
  • corporate law
  • international law and and European law.

Areas of law

My career

  • Since 2010 partner at Baker Botts, London
  • From 2003 until 2009 associate at Wilmer Hale and Baker Botts. Qualifications: Solicitor of England and Wales, 2009
  • Doctor Juris (magna cum laude), University of Hamburg, Germany, 2001
  • LL.M. (with mention), European law and international economic law, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999
  • Second State Examination (with distinction), Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Germany, 2002
  • First State Examination (with distinction), University of Hamburg, Germany, 1998

Arbitration experience

Sole and co-arbitrator in ICC arbitrations. Counsel in more than 25 international arbitrations, mainly in the fields of energy, telecommunications and joint venture disputes.

Publications

  • Die Intervention im WTO-Streitbeilegungsverfahren: eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung im internationalen Verfahrensrecht (Third-Party Intervention in the WTO Dispute Settlement System), Berlin, 2002
  • "Towards a Uniform Standard of International Arbitration Agreements Under the New York Convention," Grenzüberschreitungen: Festschrift für Peter Schlosser zum 70. Geburtstag, Tübingen, 2005 (Gary Born, co-author)
  • "German Arbitration Law," International Arbitration, 2004 and 2006, ICLG (Franz T. Schwarz, co-author)
  • “Staatliche Diskriminierungsverbote bei der Auswahl von Schiedsrichtern?” (Applicability of Anti-Discrimination Legislation to the Appointment of Arbitrators?), SchiedsVZ 2011, 306 et seq.
  • “Investment Treaty Arbitration: Germany,” Global Arbitration Review, 2013: "Arbitration in London: Features of the London Court of International Arbitration,” in: International Commercial Arbitration, ed. by Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Cambridge, 2013

Languages

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  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

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