Partner, Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Current activity
Professional focus
- Company law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Agency-Distribution Agreements
- Copyrights
- Financial Transactions for Aircraft
- Major turnkey projects
Areas of law
My career
- Universities of Munich and Cologne (Dr. iur. 1971)
- University of California, Berkeley (LL.M. 1967)
- 1971 - admission to Bar
- 1977 - Partner, Oppenhoff & Rädler
Arbitration experience
As arbitrator: 15 ICC arbitrations (5 as Chairman); ca. 5 DIS arbitrations (2 as Chairman); ca. 15 ad hoc arbitrations (6 as Chairman); 2 LCIA arbitrations as Arbitrator; As counsel: ca. 15 ICC arbitrations; 3 DIS arbitrations (German Institute of Arbitration); 2 arbitrations Chamber of Commerce Stockholm; 1 arbitration Chamber of Commerce Zurich; 1 arbitration Chamber of Commerce Vienna; Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: M&A Agreements; Cancellation - damages; Electricity contract; Construction and installation of underwater electric cables; Turnkey projects; Breach of distribution agreements; Compensation for Agents; Licensing Agreements; Purchasing Agreements
Publications
- Mediation in Commercial Matters
- Comparison of Costs under Various Arbitration Institutes
- Problems with Arbitration Agreements
- Confidentional Information in Arbitration Proceedings
- Aspects of Aircraft Leasing in Germany
- Financial Crisis in the Aviation Industry
Languages
- German
- English
Memberships
- DIS
- ICC - Commission on International Arbitration
- International Bar Association (Section on Business Law
- Committee D + M)
- Swiss Association for Arbitration
- London Court of International Arbitration