Kühn, Wolfgang

RA Dr.

Current activity

Partner, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

Professional focus

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  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • International Arbitration

Areas of law

My career

  • Universities of Munich and Münster (Legal Trainee/Referendar 1968; Assessor 1971; Dr. jur. 1971)
  • Buckeridge & Braune, Solicitors, London, United Kingdom (1971)
  • Westfalenbank AG (1962-1964)

Arbitration experience

Chairman and Co-arbitrator in international arbitrations (investment treaty, post M&A, construction, corporate under ICC, Danish Arbitration, SIAC, DIS, etc. and UNCITRAL ad hoc).

Publications

  • Dispute Adjudication vs Arbitration, Liber Amicorum Prof. Siegfried Elsing, March 2015
  • Defaulting Parties and Default Awards in International Arbitration, Liber Amicorum Gerhard Wegen, March 2015
  • The Prac­tice of Ar­bi­tra­ti­on, Ar­bi­tra­ti­on and In­sol­vency, Liber Amicorum Hans van Houtte 2012
  • "2010 Advisor to the IBA Rules of Evidence Subcommittee", Münchener Handbuch Corporate Law, Part 2, 3rd edition 2009
  • "Current Issues concerning the application of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: a German perspective", Journal of International Arbitration 2008
  • Common Law vs Civil Law Proceedings in Commercial Arbitration in Liber Amicorum Dr. Lüer 2008
  • "Honorare bleiben gedeckelt" in: Financial Times Deutschland of May 22, 2007

Languages

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  • German
  • English

Memberships

  • Honorary Member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
  • Past chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association
  • Past member (1990 to 1996) of the ICC International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
  • Co-Chair, Arbitration in Maritime and Transport Disputes, Hamburg, 2007
  • Co-Chair, International Bar Association First International Arbitration Day, New York, 1997
  • Co-Chair, International Bar Association Second International Arbitration Day, Düsseldorf, 1998

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