Partner, Borris Hennecke Kneisel PartmbB
Current activity
Professional focus
- National and international arbitration/commercial litigation/mediation. Particular expertise in the areas of post M&A disputes
- joint ventures
- company law
- investment arbitration
- energy
- information technology
- EPC contracts
- consortium agreements
- (re-)insurance
- distribution
- cross border sales transactions
- license agreements
Areas of law
My career
- 1982 First State Exam (Faculty of Law), University of Cologne
- 1983 LL.M., University of Miami, School of Law, USA
- 1986 Dr. jur, University of Cologne
- 1986 Second State Exam, Northrhine-Westphalia
- 1987-1989 Legal Assistant to the President of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague/Netherlands
- 1989 Admission to the Bar in Germany
- since 1989 with Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund
- since 2000: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- since 2014 Founding Partner Borris Hennecke Kneisel PartmbB
Arbitration experience
Counsel in over 90 arbitrations; arbitrator in over 40 arbitrations
Publications
- New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - Commentary - edited by Reinmar Wolff, C. H. Beck Hart No-mos (2012), [commentary on Article V (together with Rudolf Hennecke)]
- Arbitrability of Corporate Law Disputes in Germany, in: International Arbitration Law Review, Journal 5, 2012, p. 161 ff.
- Das Kriterium der Einhaltung von Vorschriften nationalen Rechts in ICSID-Schiedsverfahren – Anmerkungen zum Schiedsspruch in der Sache Fraport v. Philippines [Compliance with Provisions of Domestic Law in ICSID-Arbitrations – Note on the Arbitral Award in Fraport vs. Phillipines] (together with Rudolf Hennecke), SchiedsVZ 2008, S. 49 ff.
- Streiterledigung bei (MAC-)Klauseln in Unternehmenskaufverträgen: ein Fall für "Fast-Track"-Schiedsverfahren [Dispute Resolution relating to (MAC-) Clauses in M&A transactions: a case for „Fast-Track“-Arbitration], BB 2008, S.294 ff.
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- DIS
- ICCA
- ASA
- Dispute Resolution Forum Düsseldorf/Köln (founding member) (inter alia)