Scherpf, Georg

Georg Scherpf is partner at Luther and represents clients in commercial and investment arbitrations. “He garners praise for his first-rate arbitration practice advising clients on large-scale construction and energy disputes.” (Who’s Who Legal). Georg regularly sits as arbitrator and on dispute adjudication boards. Moreover, his commercial arbitration work covers international trade and corporate disputes. His public international law experience includes advising investors in treaty cases against Spain, Czech Republic, Albania, Ukraine, Mexico and Germany. Georg Scherpf studied law and philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin and Trier (1st State Exam), completed his legal training and bar admission also in Berlin (2nd State Exam) and studied law at King’s College London (LL.B., Hons.). He advises clients both under German and English law in arbitrations.

• studied law at Humboldt University Berlin and King’s College London
• Since 2012 German attorney (Rechtsanwalt) and a solicitor (England and Wales)
• From 2013 to 2016 Regional representative of the DIS40
• From 2016 to 2019 Regional representative for YIAG, Europe
• Frequent Speaker and publishes on international dispute resolution and arbitration

Georg represents clients in commercial and investment arbitrations. He also sits as arbitrator and on Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs). He advises clients both under German and English law. His commercial arbitration track-record covers a broad range of legal issues and sectors including international trade (CISG), corporate disputes, such as joint venture/post-M&A, and energy. In the energy sector, Georg has considerable experience in handling arbitrations involving renewable energy sources (PV, CSP, hydropower, offshore wind) as well as conventional sources such as nuclear, coal, oil & gas. He has most recently represented clients in arbitrations involving several large-scale offshore wind construction projects (Yellow Book, Silver Book). Georg has represented clients in ad hoc arbitrations seated in Germany, England, Switzerland, Austria, France, Turkey, and Singapore and under various institutional rules (DIS, ICC, LCIA, SCC, VIAC, AAA, SIAC, DIFIC, FOSFA, GAFTA, and SCAI). Georg has a particular regional focus on disputes relating to investments and business transactions in Scandinavia, the Baltics, the wider CIS region, and the Western Balkans. He has also represented clients in several setting-aside and jurisdictional challenges before German and English courts (High Court London). His public international law experience includes advising clients in relation to bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and multilateral investment treaties including the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). He has acted for investors in several complex treaty cases (ICSID, PCA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc) relating to infrastructure and energy investments in Spain, Czech Republic, Albania, Ukraine, and Germany. Closely related to his investment arbitration work, albeit of a commercial nature, is his work in the field of investment structuring and political risk insurance as well as climate change litigation.

• Country Chapter Germany: “The European Arbitration Review" 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Case Note: The Secretary of State for the Home Department v Raytheon Systems Limited (German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.)) SchiedsVZ 10/2015, 253. C.H. Beck Publishing
• The Revised LCIA Arbitration Rules 2014 (German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.)) SchiedsVZ 2014, 227. C.H. Beck-Publishing

• German Arbitration Institute (DIS) (including DIS40)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and YIAG
• International Bar Association (IBA)

Speaking Engagements: Protection of RES Investments – Bespoke Solutions. Kiev, Ukraine ---- What Kind of Regulatory Changes Trigger Investment Arbitrations? – Czech Republic, Spain and now Ukraine? Arbitration Risks and Effects. Kiev, Ukraine ---- DIS40: Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: Prague Rules vs IBA Rules. Hamburg, Germany ---- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC-YAF): Sellers’ Liability for Conformity of Goods under Domestic and International Law (CISG) Riga, Latvia ---- DIS40 Autumn Conference 2017: World trade and investment arbitration – towards a new economic world order? Berlin, Germany ---- Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG): Document Production in International Arbitration. Moscow, Russia ---- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA): Emerging Trends in Institutional Arbitration Berlin, Germany ---- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC-YAF): Hands-on Third-Party Funding Milan, Italy