Rechtsanwalt (DEU) and Barrister (UK), Osborne Clarke, Cologne
Current activity
Professional focus
- Counsel and arbitrator in disputes concerning foreign direct investment, concessions, projects and corporate transactions; combines Common Law, Civil Law and international law expertise.
- Policy advice and drafting of international agreements, including as Senior external counsel to World Bank.
Areas of law
My career
- 1982 BA, Cambridge (MA 1986)
- 1986-to 2000, Solicitor, Lovells, London with 1991 -1992 in New York
- 1996 Fellow, CIArb
- 1999 CEDR Accredited Mediator
- 2001, Partner Hogan Lovells, DEU
- 2012, Barrister London and RA DEU
- 2021 Partner Osborne Clarke, Cologne
Arbitration experience
President, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in ad hoc and in institutional proceedings under DIS, ICC and LCIA Rules, both party and institution-appointed. Over 35 years' continuous experience as counsel in international arbitrations concerning capital projects, corporate transactions, international contracts, joint ventures and development agreements, government projects and investment law. Experience of projects and arbitrations in four continents with seats from Singapore through Cairo and most EU arbitration capitals to New York and Washington DC. Member of DIS Advisory Council and of the 2018 DIS-Rules Drafting Committee.
Publications
- Commentary on the LCIA Rules in Institutionelle Scheidsgerichtsbarkeit, ed. Schütze, 1st, & 2nd 3rd eds., Carl Heymanns Verlag
- Institutional Arbitration, ed. Schütze, Beck / Hart / Nomos 1st and 2nd eds
- ‘When is an “investment” an “Investment?” – Formalities of Approval and Limitations on their Application’, in Liber amicorum Bernardo Cremades / ed. M.A. Fernandez-Ballesteros, David Arias, La Ley (Wolters Kluwer) 2010
Languages
- English
- German
Memberships
- Rechtsanwalt and Barrister
- DIS Advisory Board
- Member of the Arbitration Commission of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and of the International Law Association
- CEDR-Accredited Mediator
- Executive Committee of MCIA Users Council (TMT)
- Panel of Arbitrators of Beijing Arbitration Commission
- LCIA
- ICCA
- Co-founder of the Frankfurt Arbitration Circle
Further informations
Dual-qualified English and German lawyer with exceptionally deep experience of comparative civil and common law procedure before international tribunals