Knott, Hermann

Since 2021 Partner at Kunz Lawyers

• 1980 - 1986 Law studies at the Universities of Cologne and Geneva (focus on International Arbitration with Professor Pierre Lalive, Private International Law and Corporate Law) - Graduation: First State Examination in Law (JD equivalent)
• 1986 – 1987 University of Pennsylvania Law School: Master of Laws (LL.M.)
• 1987 – 1990 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne
• 1989 Awarding of the Doctor Title (Dr. jur.) – Private International Law of the Art Trade
• 1989 - 1990 With Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York
• 1990 German Bar Exam, admission to the German Bar
• 1990 New York Bar Exam, Admission to the Bar of the State of New York
• 1990 - 1992 Attorney at Freshfields (Transactions, Disputes)
• 1992 – 2017 Attorney and (since 1996) Partner of Luther, until 2002 associated with Arthur Andersen (at the time one of the Big Five international consulting firms)
• 1993 – 1994 Secondment to the then associated firm Archibald Andersen, Paris
• 2017 – 2020 Founding Partner of Andersen Tax & Legal in Germany
• Since 2021 Partner at Kunz Rechtsanwälte
• 2021 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• 2022 Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
• 2022 Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb)
• 2023 Registered Foreign Lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)
• 2023 Officer des Mediation Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)

1) Party representative in two arbitration proceedings before the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC; ARB036/14/ALO and ARB090/16/JJ) in Singapore (dispute of a joint venture); 2) Advising the seller's 50% shareholder in arbitration proceedings under the DIS rules for breach of warranty under a company purchase agreement (DIS-SV-TK-443/14); 3) Drafting and negotiating numerous arbitration clauses in M&A and commercial agreements;

• Editor of the text book "Unternehmenskauf" – Business Acquisitions (sample contracts with explanations)
• Austrian Yearbook of International Arbitration 2022, Article “Emergency Arbitration – Securing advantages at an early stage”
• ZIP - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht: "Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions - It Does Not Always Have to be a Court", ZIP 25-26/2020, pp. 1219 – 1230 and Revista de Direito Comercial (Portugal), 2020-04-14, pp. 839 - 880
• Regular and frequent publications in social media blogs and the business press regarding current issues relating to new developments and issues arising in the context of Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Bar Association Cologne
• Bar of the State of New York
• International Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association
• German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Users’ Council
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users’ Council
• Lateinamerika Verein e.V.
• Fellow CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
• Fellow SIArb (Singapore Institute of Arbitrators)
• Fellow HKIArb (Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators)

Recent Speeches: • Dispute prevention and minimization mechanisms – LawAsia Alternative Dispute Resolution conference September 2022 and 35th LawAsia conference November 2022; • HKIArb webinar on arbitrating M&A disputes with a focus on the involvement of third parties (financiers, W&I Insurers and funders); • Numerous speaking engagements with the Arbitration Mediation Institute (GIDI) of the Swiss Chinese Lawyers Association on aspects of Alternative Dispute Resolution in China and other countries;