Founding Partner at Borris Hennecke Kneisel (Cologne, Germany)
Current activity
Professional focus
Construction/Engineering
Energy and power
M&A
Gas and Oil
Trade
Information Technology (IT)
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Areas of law
Adjudication/Dispute Boards
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Construction law
Civil law
Energy law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Private international law
International economic law
IT law
Mediation
Expert Determination
Conciliation
Contract law
Public international law
My career
- 1999-2004 University of Frankfurt, First State Examination
- 2004-2007 Scholarship for PhD-studies at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt/Main, Dr. iur. (2008), University of Frankfurt
- 2007-2009 Legal Traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, 2009 Second State Examination
- 2009-2014 Lawyer in the arbitration and litigation practice group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne and Frankfurt
Arbitration experience
as arbitrator: 35 arbitrations (15x chairman, 3x sole arbitrator, 17x party-appointed arbitrator): DIS, DIS-SRCoLD, ICC, ad hoc; as counsel: more than 25 arbitrations: DIS, ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL, other ad hoc; mediator and expert determination
Publications
- Verteidigungsstrategien gegen die Anordnung der Document-Production in internationalen Schiedsverfahren – insbesondere nach den IBA-Regeln zur Beweisaufnahme, SchiedsVZ 2013, p. 1320-1330 (together with Claudia Lecking)
- Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in Internationalen Verwaltungsunionen (1874 - 1914): Die Verrechtlichung der zwischenstaatlichen Streitbeilegung, Baden-Baden 2009
Languages
German
English
Spanish
Memberships
- DIS
- AIJA
Further informations
"Sebastian has a great understanding of the questions of law and strategy and has a clear focus." (Chambers Europe Guide 2023); Sebastian comes highly recommended as "an affable colleague" who excels thanks to his "vast experience in complex disputes". (Who‘s Who Legal: Germany 2022 - Arbitration)