Sachs, Klaus

Attorney and Partner at CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich; Lecturer on international arbitration law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich; Co-editor of the German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ)

• German and international arbitration law
• German corporate and commercial law
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Construction of industrial plants
• Oil and Gas
• Investment treaties

• 1973: 1st legal state examination, University of Heidelberg
• 1976: Doctorate, University of Giessen (Prof. Dr. Christoph Sasse, European Law)
• 1976: 2nd legal state examination, Ministry of Justice Baden-Württemberg
• 1977: Admission to the Bar in Mannheim
• 1977-1979: Attorney at Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, Mannheim
• 1980-1984: Attorney at Curtis, Mallet-Prévost, Colt & Mosle, Paris
• since 1985: Attorney at CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich

As arbitrator: more than 100 arbitrations: as Chairman: more than 60 proceedings, under various rules, including DIS, ICC, LCIA, CRCICA, Vienna Rules, SCC Rules and ad hoc (including UNCITRAL Rules); as Sole-Arbitrator: 6 proceedings, under ICC Rules; as Co-Arbitrator: more than 80 proceedings, under various rules, including DIS, ICC, LCIA, Vienna Rules, SCC Rules and ad hoc (including UNCITRAL Rules). As counsel: more than 30 proceedings, under various rules, including DIS, ICC, LCIA,CRCICA, Vienna Rules, SCC Rules and ad hoc (including UNCITRAL Rules). Subject-matter of arbitral proceedings: Corporate law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Joint ventures; Distribution; Finance & Banking; Construction of industrial plants and infrastructure projects; Oil and Gas; Insurance matters; Investment treaty disputes.

• Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Stefan Michael Kröll and Patricia Nacimiento, eds., Arbitration in Germany – The Model Law in Practice. Kluwer 2007, §§ 1042 to 1050
• "La portée du contrôle exercé par les tribunaux étatiques allemands sur les sentences arbitrales relatives au droit communautaire de la concurrence" in: Gazette du Palais, Les Cahiers de l'Arbitrage, 2008/2, pages 3 et seq.
• "Die Wahl der richtigen Verfahrensregeln" in: Taktik im Schiedsverfahren, Wissenschaftlicher Gesprächskreis Schiedsrecht München. Dr. Otto Schmidt Verlag 2008, pages 153-180
• "Time and Money: Cost Control and Effective Case Management" in: Loukas A. Mistelis and Julian D.M. Lew, eds., Pervasive Problems in International Arbitration. Kluwer Law International 2006, pages 103-115
• "The interaction between expert determination and arbitration", Arbitration of Merger and Acquisition Disputes, ASA Special Series No. 24, 2005, pages 235 et seq.
• "Die rechtliche Abgrenzung des Schiedsgutachtens vom Schiedsverfahren am Beispiel des Unternehmenskaufvertrages – zugleich ein deutsch-französicher Rechtsvergleich" in: Liber Amicorum Peter Schlosser. Mohr-Siebeck 2005, pages 805-821
• “Use of documents and document discovery: 'Fishing Expeditions' Versus Transparency and Burden of Proof”, German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), 5/2003, pages 193 et seq.
• "Schiedsgerichtsverfahren über Unternehmenskaufverträge – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung kartellrechtlicher Aspekte", ("Arbitration on M&A contracts – including specific consideration of competition law aspects"), German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), 3/2004, pages 123 et seq.

• German
• English
• French
• Italian (fluent)
• working knowledge of Spanish

• Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration (ICC)
• Member of the Board of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
• Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• listed on the Panel of Arbitrators maintained by ICSID
• Member of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI)
• Member of the Drafting Working Group on the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
• Member of the Institution of International Business Law and Practice
• Former Vice Chair, Committee D, of the International Bar Association (IBA)