Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-Law), Specialist International Commercial Law, FCIArb, Arbitrator, Dispute Board Member, Mediator
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- since 2020: Principal of LDR Lenz Dispute Resolution, Hamburg, Germany
- 1995 - 2019: Partner of the law firm LST Lenz Schuhmacher Tap, Cologne, Germany
- (1999-2000): Head of Legal Department Technip Germany GmbH
- 1991 - 1994: In-House Counsel Mannesmann Demag AG
- 1988 - 1990: Head of Thümmel Schütze & Partners, Singapore
- 1987 - 1991: Associate with Thümmel Schütze & Partner, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1984 - 1987: Practical Legal Training in Cologne and Singapore, 2nd State Exam
- 1978 - 1984: Legal Studies at the University of Cologne/Germany, 1st State Exam
- 1979 (4 mths): Assistant Site Manager Antara Steel Mills, Malaysia
- 1975 - 1977: Professional Training as Foreign Trade Merchant
Arbitration experience
Counsel in more than 50 proceedings (ICC, DIS, SIAC, SCC, CAS, Arbitral Tribunal of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, ad-hoc, Sports Arbitration); Arbitrator in more than 40 arbitral proceedings (ICC, SIAC, DIS, SGO-Bau, ad-hoc, Sports Arbitration) with more than 20 as Chair of the Arbitral Tribunal or as sole arbitrator
Publications
- "Procedures for Contractors' and Employers' Claims and pitfalls - in particular under FIDIC contracts", Istanbul 2016
- "Project Finance and Construction Law - German Chapter", London 2016
- "Die überarbeiteten Arbitration Rules des Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)", SchiedsVZ 2014, Vol.3
- • „ADR in Construction – Germany“ in: IBA International Construction Projects Committee, Construction ADR Guide, London 2014
- Gesellschaftsrecht in Singapur und Malaysia, München 1995
- • “Tribunal-Appointed Experts”, part of Chapter 13: Arbitration – From an Arbitrator’s Perspective in: “Delay and Disruption in construction Contracts”, edited by Kim Rosenberg, Erin Miller Rankin and Bryan Dayton of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 2020
- • “Project Finance and Construction Law”, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: Bueno, Julio Cesar (Ed.), The Projects and Construction Review, 5th Ed., London 2015 and 6th Ed., London 2016;
- • “Die überarbeiteten Arbitration Rules des Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)“, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: SchiedsVZ, 2014, Vol. 3;
- • “Construction and Infrastructure Disputes in Germany”, (co-authored with Rouven F. Bodenheimer) in: Hernandez Garcia, Roberto, Construction and Infrastructure Disputes, London 2013
- • “Dispute Boards – scope, tasks and authority”, in: CLInt (International Bar Association, Construction Law International, April 2007
- “Singapore: Court of Appeal was correct to set aside ICC award in FIDIC case“ in: Global Arbitration Review, March 2012;
Languages
Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA): International Construction Projects Committee - Co-Chair 2016/2017
- Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
- Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice
- ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- German Arbitration Chambers in Kuala Lumpur
- SIAC
- KLRCA
- CRCICA
- CEAG
- KCAB
Further informations
Außenhandelskaufmann