Kühner, Detlev

RA Avocat au Barreau de Paris

b. 1968

Current activity

Partner, BMH AVOCATS

Professional focus

Automotive Sector
Construction/Engineering
Energy and power
Intellectual Property
Infrastructure and Transport
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Metals and Mining
Pharmaceuticals
Distribution and franchise

Areas of law

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Construction law
Civil law
Common law
Energy law
EU law
Commercial law
International economic law
Licensing/Franchise law
Patent and trademark law
Expert Determination
Procedural law
Contract law

My career

  • French Bar, Paris (2008)
  • German Bar, Stuttgart (1997)
  • Senior Associate, BMH Avocats (2005-2008)
  • Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration (1998-2004)
  • Associate, HWH Avocats, Paris (1997)
  • Lecturer and Research Fellow, Institute of Comparative Law, Paris II (1996)
  • DEA EU-Law, Paris II (1996)
  • Second State Examination, Heidelberg 1995
  • First State Examination, Universities of Heidelberg and Lausanne (1989-1993)

Arbitration experience

- Chairman, Co-arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and counsel in more than 40 international arbitration proceedings (ICC, Swiss Rules, CFACI, CMAP, UNCITRAL) - Party representation before the French courts in arbitration related matters, such as the setting aside and enforcement of awards or expert proceedings

Publications

  • Salger/Trittmann, Praxishandbuch Internationale Schiedsverfahren, Autor des Kapitels „Frankreich“, C.H BECK, 2018
  • Le défaut de participation à l'arbitrage dans « Le principe du contradictoire en arbitrage » , collection Francarbi, Bruylant 2016, 33-50
  • Chapter on "ICC Arbitration in Germany" in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento, Arbitration in Germany-Law and Practice, Kluwer, first edition (2007) and second edition (2015)
  • "The impact of party Impecuniosity on Arbitration Agreements: The Example of France and Germany" (2014) 31 Journal of International Arbitration, 807–818
  • "Survie de la clause compromissoire en cas de disparition de l'institution d'arbitrage-l'exemple de la DIS", Rev. arb. 2012, 805-810
  • "Das neue französische Schiedsrecht", SchiedsVZ 3/2011, 125-131
  • "The Revised IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration" (2010) 27 Journal of International Arbitration, 667–677
  • The Paris Journal of International Arbitration, permanent author of "Panorama of World Case Law – Germany/Austria", since 2010
  • "Die neue Schiedsordnung der Deutsch-Französischen Industrie- und Handelskammer", Contact, January/February 2006, 28-31
  • "Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und Public Private Partnership in Frankreich", SchiedsVZ 6/2005, 282-284
  • Commentary on ICC Award, IHR, 1/2004, 21-25

Languages

German
English
French

Memberships

  • DIS
  • ICC Commission on Arbitration
  • ASA
  • AFA (Association Française d'Arbitrage)
  • IAI (International Arbitration Institute)

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