Pröstler, Tom Christopher

Partner in the Dispute Resolution department of CMS in Berlin and Hong Kong.

• since 2018 Lawyer with CMS in Berlin
• since 2016 Lawyer with CMS in Hongkong
• since 2014 Visiting lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2013 - 2016 Lawyer with CMS in Munich
• 2014 PhD at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Dr. iur.)
• 2011 - 2013 Trainee lawyer at the High Court Berlin including stages with CMS in Munich und Shanghai (second state exam)
• 2008 - 2013 Fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2007 - 2008 Gradute studies of law at University of Sydney (LL.M.)
• 2002 - 2006 Undergraduate studies of law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Université de Genève (first state exam)

Counsel in numerous DIS, ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, SAC and ad hoc arbitrations. Arbitrator in DIS arbitrations. Secretary of the tribunal in ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, DIAC, LCIA and CRCICA arbitrations.

• Construction Contracts and Disputes, in: M. Moser/C. Bao (eds.), Managing "Belt and Road" Business Disputes: A Case Study of Legal Problems and Solutions, Wolters Kluwer 2021, p. 229 (with Mariel Dimsey and Nicolas Wiegand)
• Enforcing arbitral awards in Germany, Lexis PSL Practical Note, October 2019 (with Evgenia Peiffer)
• State immunity and arbitration in Germany, Lexis PSL Practical Note, October 2019 (with Susanne Schwalb)
• Challenging the tribunal’s jurisdiction and anti-suit injunctions in Germany, Lexis PSL Practical Note, October 2019 (with Evgenia Peiffer)
• Interim measures in support of arbitration in Germany, Lexis PSL Practical Note, October 2019 (with Susanne Schwalb)
• Investitionsschutz entlang der Seidenstraße: Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und Chinas neue "Seidenstraßengerichte"; ICC Germany-Magazin, (6) Mai-November 2018, p. 32 (with Nicolas Wiegand)
• The New Arbitration Rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS): An Introduction to the New Dis-Rules from a Construction Arbitration Perspective; International Construction Law Review (ICLR, (3) 2018, p. 289 (with Andreas J. Roquette, LL.M.)
• Up to Date Arbitration – Die neue DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung; BauR 6/2018, p. 900 (with Andreas J. Roquette, LL.M.)
• Time Limits in International Arbitral Proceedings, in: P. Shaughnessy/S. Tung (eds.), The Powers and Duties of an Arbitrator – Liber Amicorum Pierre A. Karrer, Wolters Kluwer 2017, p. 279 (with Klaus Sachs)
• Arbitration is becoming increasingly Asian, Business Law Magazine (3) Sept. 2015, p. 22 (with Nicolas Wiegand)
• Res Judicata in International Arbitration – Both Common Ground and Source of Conflict, YAR, 4 (17) April 2015, p. 8 (with Susanne Häusler)
• Modelle betrieblicher Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung – Ein historisch-europäischer Rechtsvergleich zwischen Deutschland und dem Vereinigten Königreich, Schriften zum Arbeitsrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht vol. 91 (ed. Prof. Abbo Junker), Peter Lang 2015
• How China-seated arbitration awards have been enforced Overseas – the English perspective, CIETAC HKAC Newsletter, 6/2014, p. 7 (with Sarah McIvor)
• Willem C. Vis Moot – mehr als ein Studentenwettbewerb, SchiedsVZ, 5/2014, p. 248
• The Rise of an Arbitration Giant: An Overview of the Development of the Chinese Law on Arbitration and the CIETAC Rules, Vindobona Journal, 15 (2) 2011, p. 217

• German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• IBA Arbitration Committee
• IBA International Construction Projects (ICP) Committee
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre's HK45 (Regional Ambassador Germany)
• Humboldt Moot Association (Board Member)
• Munich Moot Association
• Moot Alumni Association