Professor of law, Heidelberg University (since 2002); Director of the Institute for private international law, comparative law and international business law and of the Heidelberg Center for International Dispute Resolution; Vice-President for international affairs of Heidelberg University
Current activity
Professional focus
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- German, European and international contract law
- Private international law and international dispute resolution
- Expert experience in several foreign legal systems
Areas of law
My career
- 1994-2002 Professor of law, Bielefeld University
- 1996- 2002 Judge at the Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht) Hamm
- Judge at the Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht) Hamm
- 1993 Habilitation
- 1990-1993 Research Fellow, Frankfurt am Main University
- 1989-1990 Visiting Scholar Yale Law School
- New Haven, Ct., U.S.A., Fellow of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1989 Second State Law exam
- 1986 Dr. iur. (Ph.D. in Law)
- 1979-1984 Studies of law in Frankfurt am Main, First State Law Exam, Fellow of Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- Court appointed expert for foreign law (U.S.A., UK, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Turkey) in numerous proceedings in Germany since 2002
- Party designated legal expert for German or European law in numerous proceedings abroad (U.S.A., UK, Netherlands, Canada and Japan) since 2002
- Speeches and lectures at several foreign universities and international conferences
- Visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 2005 u. 2010
- Visiting professor at Hong Kong City University 2006
Arbitration experience
More than 20 national or international arbitration or mediation proceedings (DIS and others); In German or English as chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or legal expert; Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: Sales and distribution contracts; research and development contracts; telecommunication contracts; plant construction contracts; M&A-contracts, property and succession disputes.
Publications
- Editor: "Lindenmaier-Möhring" (annotated case law of the Supreme Federal Court)
- Monthly Newsletter of the Working Group on International Law of the German Bar Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft internationaler Rechtsverkehr des DAV)
- Zeitschrift für das Gesamte Schuldrecht (ZGS)
- Jahrbücher für italienisches Recht
- Rechtswissenschaft - Zeitschrift für rechtswissenschaftliche Forschung
- More than 300 publications in the areas of German and European private law, private international law and international dispute resolution
Languages
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- German
- English (fluent)
- French
- Italien
Memberships
- Deutscher Rat für IPR (German council for private international law, i.e. the advisory board for the German Federal Ministry of Justice on questions of private international law and the law of international dispute resolution)
- i.e. the advisory board for the German Federal Ministry of Justice on questions of private international law and the law of international dispute resolution). Furthermore i.a.: Vereinigung der Zivilrechtslehrer
- Vereinigung der Zivilprozessrechtslehrer
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht
- Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Internationales Verfahrensrecht
- German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
- Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung
- Deutsch-amerikanische Juristenvereinigung
- Deutsch-italienische Juristenvereinigung