Neelmeier, Axel

Arbitrator / German Attorney-at-Law

• Studies of law and psychology at Hamburg University
• Partner at SCHULZ NOACK BÄWINKEL in Hamburg (1981-2016) and Of Counsel (since 2017)

Presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator in approx. 30 domestic and international arbitrations mostly with China focus, 12 of which actually were in China, i.a. CIETAC Beijing, CIETAC Shanghai, SHIAC, DIS, CEAC Chinese European Arbitration Centre, Arbitration Court of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Hamburg Friendly Arbitration (ad hoc), Arbitration Court of the Hamburg Cereal Traders, Coffee Arbitration Court.

• 2016: „Länderbericht Volksrepublik China“ in „Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung“, Verlag C.H. Beck, 3. Auflage 2016
• 2015: Urteilsanmerkung zur Verlautbarung des Chinese Supreme People´s Court vom 15.07.2015 in SchiedsVZ 2015, 250 ff.
• 2014: „Schiedsgerichte in Asien - insbesondere China“ in „Hamburger Handbuch des Exportrechts“, C.H.Beck Verlag 2. Auflage, 2014
• 2013: „CIETAC versus CIETAC“ in Deutsch-Chinesische Wirtschaftsvereinigung e.V. Jahrbuch 2012-2013, S. 105 ff.
• 2012: „Rechte durchsetzen – CIETAC-Schiedsverfahren gewinnen an Bedeutung“, in China Contact 5/2012 Seite 27
• 2012: „CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2012 – Another Move Forward“, SchiedsVZ 2012, 134 ff.
• 2009: "CIETAC Arbitration Compared to Other 2009: „Asian Institutions" in “Chinese Arbitration – A Selection of Pitfalls“, published by Maklu Antwerpen
• 2007: „Verbürgung der Gegenseitigkeit zwischen Deutschland und China?“ in SchiedsVZ

• Chinese European Arbitration Association (CEAA)
• Speaker of the Management Board of CEAC Chinese European Arbitration Centre (2007-2012)
• German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
• Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V.
• Vice Presiding Judge and Member of the Board at Hamburg Lawyers´ Professional Court

Previous areas of practice: Trade and Corporate Law, Arbitration and Chinese Law, Head of SNB Corporate and China Desk in Hamburg, Speaker at numerous seminars on corporate and arbitration topics, Legal counsel to foreign corporations in Germany, Legal counsel to corporations in their China business especially on arbitration issues; Present areas of practice: Exclusively domestic and international arbitration proceedings as presiding or sole arbitrator, arbitrator or party representative, in approx. 30 arbitrations mostly with China focus