Partner of the law firm of Thümmel, Schütze & Partners, Honorary Professor at Tübingen University (International Civil Procedure)
Current activity
Professional focus
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- German and International Arbitration
- German and International Procedural Law of Procedure
- German and International Banking Law
- International Projects including Joint Ventures
- Laws of Southeast Asia and East Asia
Areas of law
My career
- 1957 First state examination after law studies at the Universities of Freiburg and Bonn
- 1962 Doctor of Law (University of Bonn) with a thesis "Die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung ausländischer Zivilurteile als verfahrensrechtliches Problem"
- 1963 Second state examination (Düsseldorf)
- 1962 Admission to the bar
- 1960 - 1964 Studies of Comparative Law at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé (Diplomé en Droit Comparé and Diplomé Supérieur en Droit Comparé, Docteur en Droit Comparé)
- 1994 Appointment as Notary
Arbitration experience
As arbitrator: 51 arbitrations: as Chairman - 20 proceedings, e.g. DIS, ICC; as Sole Arbitrator - 8 proceedings, e.g. DIS, ICC; as Co-Arbitrator - 23 proceedings, e.g. DIS, ICC, Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur. As counsel: 25 proceedings: e.g. DIS, ICC, UNCITRAL, ad hoc. Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: International Projects and Joint Ventures, Corporate Law, International Commercial Law, Distribution Law, Banking Law.
Publications
- Schiedsgericht und Schiedsverfahren, 3rd ed., 1999
- Handbuch des Schiedsverfahrens (together with Tscherning and Wais), 2nd ed., 1990
- Internationaler Rechtsverkehr in Zivil- und Handelssachen (editor and author together with Böckstiegel and Geimer)
- Deutsch-amerikanische Urteilsanerkennung, 1992
- Rechtsverfolgung im Ausland, 2nd ed., 1998
- Deutsches internationales Zivilprozessrecht, 1985
- Großkommentar zur ZPO, founded by Wieczorek, in 3rd ed. as Wieczorek/Schütze (Editor and author of the international civil procedural regulations and arbitration law)
- Numerous articles in periodicals, see for details: Festschrift für Schütze, 1999, p. 1011 ff.
Languages
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- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- DIS
- ASA
- DAV
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung
- Vereinigung für Internationales Zivilprozessrecht
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht