since 1981 Rechtsanwalt and since 1987 Partner in the law firm GLEISS LUTZ
Current activity
Professional focus
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- Mergers and acquisitions
- corporate law
- capital market law and related international conduct of cases and arbitral proceedings.
Areas of law
My career
- 1968 - 1970 Bank apprenticeship, Deutsche Bank AG in Hamburg
- 1970 - 1975 Law and political science studies at the universities of Hamburg, Geneva and Tübingen / Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen (first state law examination), University of Tübingen / Diplôme de Droit Comparé, Faculté Internationale pour l'
- Enseignement de Droit Comparé, Strasbourg
- Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen (second state law examination), Stuttgart
- 1980 - 1981 Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
- 1982 Stagiaire, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York
- since 1983 Rechtsanwalt in the law firm Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart
- since 1983 Admission to practise as an attorney in the state of New York
- since 1987 Partner in the law firm Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart
- since 1997 Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen
Arbitration experience
As arbitrator: Chairman in three ICC proceedings. Sole arbitrator: five proceedings, ICC among others. Co-arbitrator: 20 proceedings, ICC, DIS, Budapest, UNCITRAL RULES, Ad Hoc among others. As counsel: 24 proceedings (ICC, DIS, India among others). Subject matter of the arbitral proceedings: Mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, joint ventures, capital markets and technology.
Publications
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgements: “Germany” and “European Union” (with S. Wilske), in: Louis Garb/Julian D.M. Lew (Ed.), Enforcement of Foreign Judgements (Kluwer Law International, The Hague) (forthcoming)
- Applicable Time Zones for Deadlines in International Arbitration Proceedings (with S. Wilske), Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 21., No. 2 April 2004, pp. 205-209
- "Qualifying, Proving and Interpreting the Law of Another Country in Litigation in Germany" in International Legal Practitioner, Band 21, pp. 8-12 (1996)
- "Vergleich und Klagerücknahme im Internationalen Prozess” [Amicable Settlement and Discontinuance in International Disputes] (1987).
Languages
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- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- DIS
- ABA
- ASA
- ASIL
- DGVöR
- IBA (Council SBL)
- ILA (International Securities Regulation Committee)
- IPBA (Financial Institutions and Transactions Committee)
- LCIA
- NY City Bar
- NYSBA.