Rechtsanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof (elected member to the bar of the German Supreme Court, 39 members only); honorary professor at the University of Cologne.
Current activity
Professional focus
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- International and domestic arbitration
- Post-M&A
- telecommunication
- government contracts (public procurement)
- foreign investment
- international trade
- privatisation
- joint ventures
- construction
- litigation before the German Bundesgerichtshof
Areas of law
My career
- 1965-1969 Universities of Göttingen and Bonn
- 1974-1975 - LL.M. University of Chicago Law School
- 1974 - Admission to Bar
- 1975-1978 Associate with Peltzer & Riesenkampff, Frankfurt/Main, now CMS Hasche Sigle
- 1979-1985 Partner of Hoffmann, Raeschke-Kessler, Liebs, Düsseldorf, now Hoffmann Liebs Fritsch Ruhe
Arbitration experience
Arbitrator (institutional and ad hoc): > 40; chairman: >25; sole arbitrator: >5; counsel: 7; consultant: 3; expert: 4
Publications
- Chapter „Germany“ in Carter (ed.), The International Arbitration Review, 1. Ed. (2008) – 6. Ed. (2015)
- Discovery in International Commercial Arbitration ? in Böckstiegel/Berger/Bredow (ed.)
- The Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration, volume 26, Carl Heymanns Verlag 2010, pp. 45 et seq.
- Corruption in Foreign Investment - Contracts and Dispute Settlement between Investors, States, and Agents, in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 9, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 5-33.
Languages
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- German
- English
- French
- Italian
Memberships
- Board Member German Arbitration Institution (DIS)
- Past Vice Chair International Bar Association (IBA) - Committee on Arbitration (Committee D)
- Past Member working groups International Bar Association (IBA) - Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (1999), their review in 2010 and IBA-Guidelines on Conflicts in International Arbitration (2004)
- Vice President German branch of the International Law Association - ILA)
- Member ICC - Commission on International Arbitration
- Swiss Association of Arbitration (ASA)
- Board Member Heidelberg Center for International Dispute Resolution at the University Heidelberg
- panel member: ICDR, SIAC, VIAC, klrc
- observer at UNIDROIT, Rome.