Elsing, Siegfried H.

RA Prof. Dr. LL.M.

Current activity

Rechtsanwalt and Attorney-at-Law (New York); Since 1989 - Senior Partner, Orrick Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin

Professional focus

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  • Concentration in Domestic and International Arbitration
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • International Construction Contracts
  • German-American legal transactions
  • Licences and Contract Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Labour Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Areas of law

My career

  • 1978 Assistent at the Institute for Labour Law and Business Law, University of Münster
  • 1979-1981 Legal practice in Cologne, concentration in Banking and Bankruptcy Law
  • 1981-1982 Legal practice in New York
  • 1983-2000 Legal practice in Düsseldorf
  • Rechtsanwalt and Attorney-at-Law (New York)
  • Since 1989 - Senior Partner, Orrick Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin

Arbitration experience

As arbitrator: Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator in numerous ICC, DIS and ad hoc proceedings; As counsel: Before international and national arbitral tribunals (both ad hoc and under ICC and DIS Rules); in numerous disputes; Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: International financial transactions, project financing, M & A, construction contracts, delivery of goods, armament contracts and joint ventures

Publications

  • Author: US-amerikanisches Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, 2nd edition 1999
  • Bridging the Common Law - Civil Law Divide in Arbitration, Arbitration International Vol. 18 No. 1, 59 - 65
  • Various other contributions to law journals and legal periodicals

Languages

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  • German
  • English
  • French

Memberships

  • ASA
  • DIS
  • LCIA
  • IAI
  • IBA
  • ABA
  • DAV
  • AIJA

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