Lenz, Claus H.

RA FCIArb

b. 1957

Current activity

Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-Law), Specialist International Commercial Law, FCIArb, Arbitrator, Dispute Board Member, Mediator

Professional focus

Construction/Engineering
Chemistry
Energy and power
Gas and Oil
Trade
Infrastructure and Transport
Investment Disputes
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Metals and Mining
Sport
Telecommunications

Areas of law

Adjudication/Dispute Boards
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Construction law
Civil law
International economic law
Mediation
Expert Determination
Conciliation
Sports law
Contract law

My career

  • since 2020: Principal of LDR Lenz Dispute Resolution, Hamburg, Germany
  • 1995 - 2019: Partner of the law firm LST Lenz Schuhmacher Tap, Cologne, Germany
  • (1999-2000): Head of Legal Department Technip Germany GmbH
  • 1991 - 1994: In-House Counsel Mannesmann Demag AG
  • 1988 - 1990: Head of Thümmel Schütze & Partners, Singapore
  • 1987 - 1991: Associate with Thümmel Schütze & Partner, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1984 - 1987: Practical Legal Training in Cologne and Singapore, 2nd State Exam
  • 1978 - 1984: Legal Studies at the University of Cologne/Germany, 1st State Exam
  • 1979 (4 mths): Assistant Site Manager Antara Steel Mills, Malaysia
  • 1975 - 1977: Professional Training as Foreign Trade Merchant

Arbitration experience

Counsel in more than 50 proceedings (ICC, DIS, SIAC, SCC, CAS, Arbitral Tribunal of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, ad-hoc, Sports Arbitration); Arbitrator in more than 40 arbitral proceedings (ICC, SIAC, DIS, SGO-Bau, ad-hoc, Sports Arbitration) with more than 20 as Chair of the Arbitral Tribunal or as sole arbitrator

Publications

  • "Procedures for Contractors' and Employers' Claims and pitfalls - in particular under FIDIC contracts", Istanbul 2016
  • "Project Finance and Construction Law - German Chapter", London 2016
  • "Die überarbeiteten Arbitration Rules des Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)", SchiedsVZ 2014, Vol.3
  • • „ADR in Construction – Germany“ in: IBA International Construction Projects Committee, Construction ADR Guide, London 2014
  • Gesellschaftsrecht in Singapur und Malaysia, München 1995
  • • “Tribunal-Appointed Experts”, part of Chapter 13: Arbitration – From an Arbitrator’s Perspective in: “Delay and Disruption in construction Contracts”, edited by Kim Rosenberg, Erin Miller Rankin and Bryan Dayton of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 2020
  • • “Project Finance and Construction Law”, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: Bueno, Julio Cesar (Ed.), The Projects and Construction Review, 5th Ed., London 2015 and 6th Ed., London 2016;
  • • “Die überarbeiteten Arbitration Rules des Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)“, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: SchiedsVZ, 2014, Vol. 3;
  • • “Construction and Infrastructure Disputes in Germany”, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: Hernandez Garcia, Roberto, Construction and Infrastructure Disputes, London 2013
  • • “Dispute Boards – scope, tasks and authority”, in: CLInt (International Bar Association, Construction Law International, April 2007
  • “Singapore: Court of Appeal was correct to set aside ICC award in FIDIC case“ in: Global Arbitration Review, March 2012;

Languages

German
English

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA): International Construction Projects Committee - Co-Chair 2016/2017
  • Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
  • Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice
  • ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  • German Arbitration Chambers in Kuala Lumpur
  • SIAC
  • KLRCA
  • CRCICA
  • CEAG
  • KCAB

Further informations

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