since 1997 Rechtsanwalt and Attorney-at-law (New York) since 2000 Partner at Gleiss Lutz
Current activity
Professional focus
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- International arbitration and complex international litigation
- international economic law
- M&A
- US law. Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings:Winding up failed joint ventures
- M&A
- international plant construction
- intellectual property
- general contract and commercial law
- BIT violations
Areas of law
My career
- 1987 Maîtrise en droit, Université d'Aix-Marseille III
- 1990 First State Exam, University of Tübingen
- 1990 - 1996 Assistant, University of Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Hans v. Mangoldt)
- 1991 M.A. in Political Sciences
- 1993 Second State Exam, Stuttgart
- 1995 - 1996 University of Chicago Law School (LL.M. Casper Platt Award)
- 1996 - 1997 Associate with Rogers & Wells, New York
- since 1997 Rechtsanwalt with Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart
- since 1999 International Advisor to the Korean Institute of Technology and the Law
- since 2008/2012 Lecturer at the Universities of Heidelberg and Jena
- visiting Professor at National Taiwan University School of Law (summer 2010)
Arbitration experience
As administrative secretary: in two ICC proceedings. As arbitrator: chairman in DIS , ICC, Vienna Rules and ad hoc proceedings; sole arbitrator in ICC proceedings; co-arbitrator in various institutional and ad hoc proceedings. As counsel: numerous proceedings (ICC, DIS, Swiss Rules, ICSID, KCAB and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce)
Publications
- Commercial Dispute Resolution in Germany - Litigation Arbitration, Mediation -, C.H. Beck, Munich, 2nd ed. 2016 (with S. Rützel and G. Wegen)
- Intellectual Property Law in Germany – Protection, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution, C.H. Beck, Munich, 2008 (with M. Sonntag and A. Klett)
- numerous articles and book chapters on international commercial and investment arbitration, cross-border litigation, public international law and international economic law
- regular column “What’s New in European Arbitration?” in the AAA’s Dispute Resolution Journal
- Senior Committee Member of and regular contributor to the Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal.
Languages
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- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
Memberships
- DIS
- LCIA
- DAJV (Board of Directors)
- ASA
- ArbAut
- ASIL
- ABA
- IBA
- IPBA
- NYSBA
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)