Steinbrück, Ben

RA Prof. Dr. MJur

b. 1977

DIS40-Member

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Rechtsdienstleistungen

Current activity

Attorney-at-law and Partner at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz

Professional focus

Automotive Sector
Chemistry
Compliance
M&A
Trade
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Distribution and franchise

Areas of law

Civil law
EU law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Private international law
International economic law
Procedural law
Contract law
Competition and antitrust law

My career

  • Partner and Attorney-at-law at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, Mannheim, Germany (since 2012, since 2020 as partner)
  • Attorney-at-law at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner, Freiburg, Germany (2009-2012)
  • Legal traineeship, Hamburg (2007-2009)
  • Dr. iur., University of Cologne (2008)
  • Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (2004-2009)
  • Magister Juris, University of Oxford (2003/2004)
  • Undergraduate Studies in Law, University of Cologne, (1998-2003)

Arbitration experience

Counsel in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings (in particular ICC, DIS, ad hoc), including ancillary state court proceedings, sits also as arbitrator

Publications

  • Recht der Leistungsstörungen im Lichte der COVID-19-Pandemie, ZIP 2020, 852-865 (with Thomas Liebscher und Stefan Zeyher)
  • International Arbitration in India, in Stephan Balthasar (ed.), International Commercial Arbitration, 2nd ed. 2020 (1st ed. 2015)
  • Discovery Light – Informations- und Beweismittelbeschaffung im Rahmen von Kartellschadensersatzklagen, NZKart 2017, 164-175 (with Hans-Joachim Hellmann)
  • "Arbitration law (national)", in Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, 2012, 67-71; German version: “Schiedsrecht, staatliches“, in Basedow/Hopt/Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, 2009, 1353-1358
  • Die Unterstützung ausländischer Schiedsverfahren durch staatliche Gerichte, 2009, 536 pages

Languages

German
English
French

Memberships

  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • European Law Institute (ELI)
  • European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)

Further informations

Lecturer at the University of Trier since 2015 (teaching classes on international dispute resolution / arbitration and international uniform law/CISG)

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