Kraft, Peter

Rechtsanwalt / Senior Legal Counsel E.ON SE

b. 1973

Current activity

Lawyer (bar association Frankfurt on the Main) / senior legal counsel E.ON SE (in-house-counsel)

Professional focus

Construction/Engineering
Energy and power
Research and Development
Intellectual Property
Trade

Areas of law

Civil law
Commercial law
Private international law
International economic law
Licensing/Franchise law
Contract law

My career

  • 2022 - today Lead Lawyer E.ON Group Innovation GmbH / (In-House Counsel) E.ON SE - New Businesses, Intellectual Property, Legal Operations - advising E.ON's central innovation unit in all legal matters
  • 2016 - 2022 Senior Legal Counsel E.ON SE - Regions & Markets - advising E.ON's B2B new solutions business (BOT)
  • 2013 - 2015 Legal Counsel E.ON SE Center of Competence Legal - General Civil & Construction Law - advising E.ON's worldwide conventional generation business (new built and conversion)
  • 2011 - 2013 Legal Counsel E.ON Kernkraft GmbH - advising E.ON's worldwide conventional generation business (new built and conversion)
  • 2005 - 2011 Legal Counsel und Case Manager at German Arbitration Institute (DIS e.V.)
  • 2004 - today lawyer (bar association Frankfurt on the Main) - focus area: arbitration
  • 1999 - 2005 research assistant at Law Center for European and International Cooperation (R.I.Z) at the University of Cologne
  • 2004 Second State Law Exam (Düsseldorf)
  • 2002 - 2004 Legal Trainee (Rechtsreferendariat) in Cologne
  • 1998 - 2001 Law Student at University of Cologne, First State Law Exam
  • 1996 - 1998 Law Student at Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg i.B.

Arbitration experience

co-arbitrator / chairman of the arbitral tribunal in numerous DIS- und ICC-arbitral proceedings / party counsel in LCIA arbitral proceeding

Publications

  • ”Arbitration in Germany in the Energy Sector”, 28 pages, in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento: Arbitration in Germany: The Model Law in Practice, Kluwer Law International, 2014
  • Commentary on § 1059 German Code of Civil Procedure, 42 pages, in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento: Arbitration in Germany: The Model Law in Practice, Kluwer Law International, 2014
  • Ten Years of UNCITRAL Model Law in Germany, 45 pages, in: World Arbitration and Mediation Review, 2007, p. 439 ff.
  • Der Schiedsspruch: Wirkungen, Rechtsmittel und Vollstreckung, 89 pages in: Euroforum, Das Schiedsgerichtsverfahren - Lektion 5, 2005
  • numerous comments on judgments of German courts in arbitration related matters in International Arbitration Law Review (Int.A.L.R.)

Languages

German
English
Russian

Memberships

  • German Arbitration Institute (DIS e.V.)

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