Ruckteschler, Dorothee

RAin Dr.

Dorothee Ruckteschler Dispute Resolution
Managing Partner of Dorothee Ruckteschler Dispute

Current activity

Independent Arbitrator

Professional focus

Construction/Engineering
Energy and power
M&A
Gas and Oil
Trade
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Project management

Areas of law

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Construction law
Civil law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Private international law
International economic law
Mediation
Law of associations and foundations
Procedural law
Contract law

My career

  • 1974 - 1975 Studied French at the University of Grenoble, France
  • 1980 First State Law Exam, University of Freiburg (Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
  • 1981 Internship with law firm Perkins Coie in Seattle, Washington, USA
  • 1983 Second State Exam Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Justice
  • 1983 Admission to Bar
  • 1983 - 1985 Bappert, Witz & Selbherr, Freiburg (now: Graf von Westphalen Bappert & Modest)
  • 1984 Research Fellow at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on DAAD scholarship
  • 1987 Doctor degree
  • 1987 - 1989 Stegemann, Sieveking & Lutteroth, Hamburg (now: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
  • 1991-2020 CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart
  • since 2018 Member of the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris
  • since 10/2020 independent arbitrator and lawyer

Arbitration experience

As Arbitrator: many proceedings as Chair and Co-Arbitrator (ICC, DIS, SCAI, ad hoc). As Counsel: many arbitration proceedings (DIS, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, ad hoc). Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: M&A transactions, corporate law, international plant construction, commercial disputes, D&O liability

Publications

  • „Kann ein Schiedsrichter zugleich Mediator sein?“ (“May an arbitrator also act as mediator in the same case?”) Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr Roderich Thümmel, 2020 (together with Dr Anika Wendelstein
  • „Die vorzeitige Beendigung der Schiedsrichtertätigkeit“ („Premature Termination of the Mandate by the Arbitrator“), Festschrift zum 70.Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Herbert Kronke, 2020 (with Tanja Stooß)
  • „Die Bindung Dritter an Schiedsklauseln - Erkenntnisse aus der (internationalen) Praxis“ („The Extension of Arbitration Agreements to Third Parties – Insights from (international) Practice“), 2. Konstanzer Schiedsforum 2019, forthcoming 2020 (with Dr Christian Piroutek)
  • „International Commercial Courts: A Superior Alternative to Arbitration?” Journal of International Arbitration 36, no. 4 (2019): 431-450 (with Tanja Stooß)
  • „Virtual court proceedings in China – Germany lags behind“, Business Law Magazine, March 2018
  • „Anfechtung des Schiedsspruchs (Aufhebungsverfahren)“ („The Challenge of the Arbitral Award (Reversal of the Arbitration Award)“), in: Torggler, Handbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, 2nd ed. 2017
  • Organhaftung – Zur Durchsetzung des Einsichtsrechts ausgeschiedener Organmitglieder“ („D&O-Liability – The Enforcement of the Right to Access Documents of former Directors and Officers“), Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof Dr Siegfried Elsing, 2015, (with Dr Karsten Grillitsch)

Languages

German
English
French

Memberships

  • ArbAut
  • ASA
  • DIS
  • HKIAC, IBA, IPBA
  • IADC
  • AmCham
  • Tönissteiner Kreis

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