Leinemann, Ralf

RA Prof. Dr.

b. 1962

Current activity

Rechtsanwalt (lawyer, admitted to the Berlin bar), certified specialist for construction and architects‘ law and for public procurement law (Fachanwalt für Bau- und Architektenrecht und für Vergaberecht), Honorary professor at the Berlin school of economics and law.

Professional focus

Areas of law

My career

  • 1982-84: Studies of Law at University of Würzburg
  • 1984/85: Studies (political science and history) at the State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1985
  • Fall 1985: Continued studies of Law at University of Köln, Cologne/Germany
  • 1991: Doctorate thesis on German and American law on liability for environmental damages (Institute for International private Law, Köln. Prof. Dr. A. Lüderitz)
  • 1992 admission to the bar in Düsseldorf, lawyer in Düsseldorf until 1997
  • 1997 admission to the bar in Berlin
  • 1999 Partner with PriceWaterhauseCoopers
  • 2000 start of Leinemann & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB, in Berlin, subsequently opening branch offices in Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Köln and München

Arbitration experience

27 proceedings as arbitrator; 10 proceedings as sole arbitrator (DIS, ICC, SL Bau, ad hoc); chairman of 3 tribunals; member of 3 Dispute Adjudication Boards (ICC and FIDIC), 69 arbitrations as counsel for claimant or respondent (DIS, ICC, SL Bau, ad hoc et. al). Arbitral proceedings concerned construction of hotels, project development, airports, offshore windfarms, railways, motorways and tunnels, industrial plants of all kinds, power plants, housing projects, oil, gas and mineral exploration and drilling, water reservoir dams, geothermal power projects and processing facilities

Publications

  • Leinemann, Die Vergabe öffentlicher Aufträge, 7. Auflage 2020
  • Leinemann, VOB/B Kommentar mit FIDIC conditions, 7. Auflage 2019
  • Leinemann/Maibaum: Die VOB, das BGB-Bauvertragsrecht und das neue Vergaberecht, 11. Auflage 2019
  • Leinemann/Kues, Das neue Bauvertragsrecht, 2018
  • Leinemann/Kues/Franz/Lüders, Bauen mit der Bahn, 2. Aufl. 2014
  • Leinemann/Jacob/Franz, Die Bezahlung der Bauleistung; 5. Auflage 2013
  • Leinemann/Kirch, Vergabeverordnung Verteidigung und Sicherheit (VSVgV) mit VOB/A-VS, Kommentar, 2013
  • Leinemann/Kirch, ÖPP-Projekte - konzipieren ausschreiben vergeben, 2005.
  • (Co-)editor of the periodicals „Neue Zeitschrift für Baurecht und Vergaberecht“ (NZBau), „VergabeNews“, „VergabeNavigator“, „Zeitschrift für das gesamte öffentliche und zivile Baurecht“ (BauR) (permanent author), „Zeitschrift für das gesamte Vergaberecht“ (VergabeR) (permanent author).

Languages

Memberships

  • ICC Germany
  • DIS (German Arbitration Institute)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht (German society for construction law)
  • Deutscher Baugerichtstag e.V.
  • Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Lawyers association)
  • international bar association (IBA).

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