Umbeck, Elke

RAin Dr.

b. 1971

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek PartGmbB
Wirtschaftskanzlei

Current activity

Since September 2008 - Partner with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

Professional focus

Areas of law

My career

  • 1991 - 1996: Law studies in Bielefeld, Strasbourg, Cologne and Münster
  • 1996 - 1999: Assistant at the Institute for Foreign and Conflict of Laws-Rules, University of Cologne
  • 2001 - 2008: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • 2009-2017 Part-time lecturer at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg ("International Commercial Law")

Arbitration experience

Regularly acting as counsel, party-appointed arbitrator and president of the arbitral tribunal in national and international arbitral proceedings (DIS, ICC, LCIA, ad hoc); Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: Post-M&A-lawsuits, Corporate law; Energy Law; Construction Law

Publications

  • "Managerhaftung als Gegenstand schiedsgerichtlicher Verfahren" (Directors' liability as a subject of arbitral proceedings), SchiedsVZ 3/2009, 143 - 149
  • "Zulässigkeit eines Mindestausgabebetrages bei der bedingten Kapitalerhöhung zur Bedienung von Wandelschuldverschreibungen" (AG 2008, p. 67 - 73)
  • "Ablehnung einer Nachlassspaltung in deutsch-amerikanischen Erbrechtsfällen bei der Geltendmachung von Rückübertragungsansprüchen gemäß § 3 VermG" (IPRax 2002, p. 33 - 35)
  • "Rechtsübertragungsklauseln bei der Filmauftrags- und -koproduktion öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunkanstalten" (Munich, 2000)bertragungsansprüchen gemäß § 3 VermG" (IPRax 2002, p. 33 - 35)

Languages

German
English
French
Italian

Memberships

  • Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V. (HAC)(First Vice Chairman)
  • Chinese European Arbitration Center (Advisory Board Member)
  • Chinese European Legal Association (Vice President)
  • German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA)
  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
  • German Corporate Law Association (VGR)
  • German Foreign Law Association
  • German-Italian Lawyers Association (DIJV)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)

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