Since 2013: Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; previously: 2001-2013 – Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP; 1993-2001 - Partner, Jones Day; prior practice in New York and Paris.
Current activity
Professional focus
- International commercial, construction and investment arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
- Mediation
- Multijurisdictional aspects of U.S., European, Asian and Middle Eastern litigations.
Areas of law
My career
- Prof. Dr. Kreindler received a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Münster in 2005, a Magister from the University of Munich in 1982, a J.D. from Columbia University in 1985 and an A.B. from Harvard University in 1980. He is also a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London.
Arbitration experience
As arbitrator/chairman: Party-appointed arbitrator and chairman in ca. 40 international arbitrations (ICC, DIS, VIAC, Stockholm Chamber, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL and other ad hoc). As counsel: Counsel in ca. 200 national and international arbitrations (ICC, DIS, VIAC, Zurich Chamber, Stockholm Chamber, AAA, ICSID, UNCITRAL and other ad hoc). Subject-matter of arbitral proceedings: Commercial, construction, engineering, post-M&A, sales, distributorship, telecom, energy, taxation, bank guarantees under numerous bodies of law; international claims (United Nations Compensation Commission); multijurisdictional litigations in USA, Europe, Asia, etc.
Publications
- Prof. Dr. Kreindler delivered the lectures in Private International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law in Summer 2012, which were published in the Recueil des cours, Vol. 361, in 2013. He has also published several other treatises and over 400 other publications and lectures on international arbitration, litigation and compliance/anti-corruption issues.
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Russian
Memberships
- Prof. Dr. Kreindler has been a member of the Editorial Board or Advisory Board of leading arbitral publications and institutions, including Arbitration International, International Arbitration Law Review, International Journal of Dispute Resolution, International Legal Materials, Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, and SchiedsVZ Zeitschrift für Schiedsverfahren (German Arbitration Journal); he is also a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law. He was Chairman of the IBA working group resulting in the 2010 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.