Independent Arbitrator
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- 1965 - 1971 Legal Studies at the Universities of Hamburg, Bordeaux und Strasbourg
- 1972 - 1973 Research Associate at the Institute for Commercial and Corporate Law of the University of Hamburg
- 1973 - 1974 Internship at Directorate General IV (Competition) of the EC Commission in Brussels
- 1975 Admission to the Hamburg Bar
- 1977 Dr. jur. (LL.D.) in European Antitrust Law
- 1981 - 1990 Lecturer in Corporate Law at the University of Hamburg
- 1980 - 2012 Partner at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- 2000 - 2012 Head of practice group Litigation & Arbitration
- 2012 - 2021 Retired Partner Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- 2022 - Of Counsel BAUMANN Resolving Disputes
Arbitration experience
Arbitrator or counsel in some 165 international and domestic arbitration proceedings, among them sole arbitrator or chairman of the tribunal in more than 45 cases (ICC, DIS, ICSID, Swiss Rules, SCC, LCIA, AAA, ICDA, GMAA, Danish Institute, CRCICA and ad hoc including UNCITRAL and OHADA).
Publications
- Schiedsrichteramt, Schiedsorganisationsvertrag und Schiedsrichtervertrag bei Geltung der DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung 2018, SchiedsVZ 2021, 177 – 204
- First commentary on the DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung 2018 in: Schütze, Institutionelle Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, 3rd ed. 2018.
- Fehlerhafte Beendigung eines internationalen Schiedsgerichtsverfahrens und ihre Folgen - Eine dramatisierte Fallstudie, Festschrift für Siegfried H. Elsing (2015), S. 535 ff.
- Commentary on the DIS Arbitration Rules 1998 in: Schütze, Institutional Arbitration (2013).
- Commentary on the DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung 1998 in: Schütze, Institutionelle Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, 2nd ed. 2011.