German Arbitration Institute (DIS): Member directory

Current activity

Partner with K&L Gates LLP

Professional focus

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National and international arbitration
investment arbitration
legal proceedings after declaration of enforceability of arbitral awards etc.
commercial and corporate law
copetition law
intellectual property law.

Areas of law

My career

1988-1993 legal studies (Bonn, Mainz)
1993 first state examination
1993-1995 legal internship in Celle, Hamburg and London
1995 second state examination
1995-1996 promotional studies (University of Cologne)
1997 bar admission in Frankfurt am Main
1997 lawyer with Mannheimer Swartling
2001 doctorate (Dr. jur.)
2007-2011 Partner with Mannheimer Swartling
since 2012 Partner with K&L Gates LLP

Arbitration experience

As arbitrator: sole arbitrator: 1 arbitral procedure (ICC); chairing arbitrator: 1 arbitral procedure (DIS); co-arbitrator: 1 procedure (ad hoc). As counsel: approx. 20 proceedings (ICC, DIS, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Swiss Rules, ZHK-Rules, UNCITRAL, ad-hoc, ICSID Arbitration Rules). Subject of the arbitration proceedings: mainly Anlagenlieferung, post M&A dispute, corporate law, UN-Kaufrecht und Vetriebsrecht, foreign investment law.

Publications

Das reformierte deutsche und schwedische Schiedsverfahrensrecht - eine vergleichende Betrachtung unter Berücksichtigung des UNCITRAL - Modellgesetzes über die internationale Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit, series of the August Maria Berges Stiftung für Arbitrales Recht, volume 14, Peter Lang Verlag, 2002
Confidentiality and Arbitration - a few reflections and practical notes, SchiedsVZ 1/2006, p. 31 (with Robin Oldenstam)
co-author of the article “Sweden – Chapter 11” in: Practitioner’s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration (OUP), December 2009, published by Frank-Bernd Weigand (with Robin Oldenstam).

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