Attorney/Partner
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- Since 2011 Attorney with HANEFELD, Hamburg
- 2011 Consultant with the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT), Phnom Penh
- 2008 - 2010 Legal traineeship at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and K&L Gates LLP in Paris
- 2007 - 2010 Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt a.M.
- 2007 - 2009 Legal assistant with Hogan Lovells LLP, Hamburg
- 2008 Doctor of laws (Dr. iur.) (summa cum laude), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt a.M.
- 2002 - 2007 Studies of law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and Columbia Law School, New York (scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation)
- 2005 Internship with IOM Claims Programmes, Geneva
- 2004 Internship with the German Embassy, Lima
Arbitration experience
Sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman in arbitral proceedings under the Rules of the ICC, the DIS, the Voldgiftsinstituttet (DIA), the ICDR, the VIAC, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, and in ad hoc proceedings with seats in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, United States, Austria, Israel, Greece; applicable substantive laws: German, Danish, Greek, English, Austrian, Israeli***Representation of domestic and foreign companies in domestic and international arbitral proceedings with seats in Germany, Netherlands, Japan, France, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel; applicable substantive laws: German, Qatari, Turkish, Dutch, Japanese, Israeli, International Law***Representation of companies and states in proceedings before German courts (focus: enforcement of arbitral awards)***Expert witness on public international law***Expert and consultant for various international organizations
Publications
- F. Ferrari / F. Rosenfeld: International Commercial Arbitration: A Comparative Introduction (co-author), 2021
- D. Czernich / F. Ferrari / F. Rosenfeld: Due Process as a Limit to Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration (co-editor and co-author), 2020
- The Shared Control of Arbitral Awards, in: L. Di Matteo et al. (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Judicial Control over Arbitral Awards, 2020, pp. 441-455
- F. Ferrari / F. Rosenfeld: Autonomous versus Domestic Concepts in the New York Convention (co-editor and co-author), 2020
- Weak Parties in International Commercial Arbitration, in: A. Bjorklund / S. Kröll / F. Ferrari, The Cambridge Compendium on International Arbitration, 2020
- Limitations to Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration (co-author), in: A. Bjorklund / S. Kröll / F. Ferrari, The Cambridge Compendium on International Arbitration, 2020
- The Law Applicable to the Merits in International Commercial Arbitration (co-author), in: A. Bjorklund / S. Kröll / F. Ferrari, The Cambridge Compendium on International Arbitration, 2020
- Chapters on Expropriation, Fair and Equitable Treatment, State Responsibility & Compensation, Consent to Arbitrate and the Future of Investment Arbitration, in: F. Ferrari / B. King, Nutshell on Investment Arbitration, 2019
- The Law Applicable to Legal Privilege in International Arbitration, in: F. Ferrari / S. Kröll, Conflicts of Laws in International Arbitration, 2019
- The Hardening of Soft Law in International Arbitration European Review of International Arbitration 2019, pp. 19 et seq.
- F. Ferrari / F. Rosenfeld: Inherent Powers of Arbitrators (co-editor), 2018
- Inherent Powers of International Adjudicators to Reconsider and Revise their Decisions, in: European Review of International Arbitration 2018, pp. 127 et seq.
- Límites a la Autonomía de las Partes en Arbitraje Internacional (co-author), in: X Revista de Arbitraje Comercial y de Inversiones 2017, pp. 335 et seq.
- The Rome Regulations in International Arbitration – The Road Not Taken, in: F. Ferrari, The Impact of EU Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 2017
- Iura Novit Curia in International Law, in: European Review of International Arbitration 2017, pp. 131 et seq.
- Chapter 10: Germany, in: Jørgensen (ed.): Finding, Freezing and Attaching Assets, 2016
- Arbitral Praeliminaria – Reflections on the Distinction between Jurisdiction and Admissibility after BG v. Argentina, in: Leiden Journal of International Law 2016, pp. 137 et seq.
- Yukos revisited – A Case Comment on the Set-aside Decision in Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) et al. v. Russia (co-author), in: IPrax 2016, pp. 478 et seq.
- Security for Costs in ICSID Arbitration – A Case Note on RSM v. St. Lucia, in: Arbitration International 2016, p. 1 et seq.
- Limits to Party Autonomy to Protect Weak Parties in International Commercial Arbitration, in: F. Ferrari, Limits to Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration, 2016
- Regime Interactions between the New York Convention and International Investment Law – On Bridging the Gap between Commercial and Investment Arbitration at the Enforcement Stage (co-author), in: NYU Journal of Law & Business 2016, pp. 295 et seq.
- Early Dismissal of Claims in Investment Arbitration, in: A. Kulick (ed.), Contracting Parties’ Reassertion of Control over International Investment Agreements and International Investment Treaty Arbitration, 2016
- Abstract Interpretations in International Investment Law, in: P. Pazartzis / M. Gavouneli (ed.), Reconceptualising the Rule of Law in Global Governance, Resources, Investment and Trade, 2016
- The Trend from Standards to Rules in International Investment Law and its Impact upon the Interpretive Powers of Arbitral Tribunals, in: American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 2014
- The New UNCITRAL Transparency Rules: How the Trend towards Transparency differs in Investment and Commercial Arbitration, in: Müller / Rigozzi (eds.), New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration 2013
- Mass Claims in International Law, in. Journal of International Dispute Settlement 2013, pp. 159 et seq.
- Individual Civil Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression, in: Journal for International Criminal Justice 2012, pp. 249 et seq.
- The Systemic Integration of International Investment Treaties and the New York Convention, in: NYU Transnational Notes, 2012
- Collective Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict, in: ICRC Review 2010, pp. 731 et seq.
Languages
Memberships
- American Society of International Law
- Asia International Arbitration Centre, List of Arbitrators
- Bucerius Center for International Dispute Resolution (Member)
- Bucerius Alumni Group on Public International & European Law (Co-chair)
- Dubai International Arbitration Centre, List of Arbitrators
- European Organization for Mediation and Arbitration, List of Arbitrators
- German Arbitration Institute (DIS/DIS40)
- Hamburg Arbitration Circle
- ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
- ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes (Member)
- ICDR Young & International
- International Bar Association, Arbitration Committee
- Young ICSID
- International Law Association, Member of the Committee on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict (2011-2014)
- International Law Association, Member of the Committee on Rule of Law and International Investment Law (since 2015)
- Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), List of Arbitrators
- Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), Panel of International Arbitrators
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Reserve Panel of Arbitrators
- Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC), Panel of Arbitrators
- Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC), Member of the Arbitrator Committee
Further informations
Global Professor of Law from Practice, NYU School of Law (spring 2020)*** Global Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law in Paris (since 2016)*** Visiting Professor for International Arbitration, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki (since 2013)*** Lecturer for International Investment Protection, Bucerius Law School (since 2014)***