Partner at Mayer Brown LLP
Current activity
Professional focus
- National and international arbitration
- National and cross border litigation
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Commercial and corporate law
Areas of law
My career
- since 2002 Attorney at Mayer Brown LLP
- 2003 Dr. jur., University Mannheim
- 2002 Second Judicial State Exam, Frankenthal, Admission to Frankfurt/Main Bar
- 2000 First Judicial State Exam, Mannheim
- 1994-2000 University of Mannheim and University of the West of England, Bristol
Arbitration experience
Several ICC arbitrations regarding warranty claims in the engineering and construction industry; DIS arbitration regarding payment claims in the telecommunications industry; Ad hoc arbitration regarding claims for commission in the automotive industry; ICC arbitration regarding damage claims in the automotive industry; Ad hoc arbitration regarding a hotel lease agreement; ICC arbitration regarding warranty claims in the aviation industry; Several recognition and enforcement proceedings for domestic and international arbitral awards; DIS arbitration regarding the lease agreement of a car dealer (co-arbitrator) International ad-hoc arbitration regarding claims under a technology transfer agreement (co-arbitrator); DIS arbitration regarding compensation claims of a former managing director (chairman)
Publications
- Must a foreign arbitral award be challenged in its state of origin to preserve objections in domestic recognition and enforcement proceedings?, Arbitration Committee Newsletter, March 2009, p. 54-55
- Vollstreckbarerklärung eines ausländischen Schiedsspruchs: Einwendungen des Antragsgegners und Gegeneinwand der unzulässigen Rechtsausübung wegen widersprüchlichen Verhaltens, SchiedsVZ 6/2008, p. 301-302
- Logistik Verträge, (Co-author) Heinrich Vogel Verlag, 1st edition, Munich 2008
- International Legal Developments in Review: 2007, Europe, (co-editor) The International Lawyer, vol. 42, no. 2, Summer 2008
- US-Beweishilfe in Schiedsverfahren - ein Anschlag auf die internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit?, SchiedsVZ 2008, p. 161-165
Languages
- German
- English
Memberships
- DAJV
- DBJV
- DAV
- DIS
- DIS40
- YIAG
- ASA Below 40