Borris, Christian

Partner, Borris Hennecke Kneisel PartmbB

• 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

• 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

Counsel in over 90 arbitrations; arbitrator in over 40 arbitrations

• 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.

• German
• English
• French

• DIS
• ICCA
• ASA
• Dispute Resolution Forum Düsseldorf/Köln (founding member) (inter alia)