Dispute Resolution Partner at A&O Shearman with over 20 years of experience specializing in resolving high-stakes conflicts within the fields of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), banking and finance, and disputes concerning alleged misconduct/fraud.
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- Legal studies Germany, Switzerland (Lausanne) and the USA (UC Berkeley, LL.M. 2000)
- Legal trainee in Berlin and London, Researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private law, Hamburg, Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK
- Dispute Resolution associate / principal associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt (2006 - 2014)
- Dispute Resolution at Allen & Overy (counsel from 2015, partner since 2017)
- Dispute Resolution partner at A&O Shearman (since May 2024)
Arbitration experience
15 arbitration proceedings (DIS and ICC) as counsel, often in the field of post-closing disputes, long-term agreements and banking (bank guarantees, close outs) with amounts in dispute from EUR 1m to EUR 3.5bn. Significant experience with expert determination proceedings. Taught "M&A Disputes" in English as part of the LL.M. program of Europa Institute, Saarbrücken for 5 years.
Publications
- SchiedsVZ 2004, 230 - Die Wirkung des Antrags auf Feststellung der Zulässigkeit eines schiedsrichterlichen Verfahrens (§ 1032 Abs. 2 ZPO) auf die Verjährung
- WM 2015, 2265 - Europäische Bankenaufsicht und Legal Privilege
- EWiR 2017, 259 - Darlehensvertrag einer Gemeinde: Keine Sittenwidrigkeit bei Vereinbarung eines Zinssatzes mit Swap-Risiko
- VersR 2005, 1634 - Schadensersatz wegen fahrlässiger Falschaussage?
- RIW 2005, 900 - Vertrag zugunsten Dritter und Drittwirkung einer Schiedsvereinbarung im englischen Wirtschaftsrecht
- WuB 2015, 498 - Darlehensvertrag mit Zinscollarvereinbarung (Anm. zu OLG Dresden Urt v. 9.4.2015)
- WuB 2016, 531 (Aufklärungspflichten beim Currency Swap, Anm zu OLG München Urt. v. 24.09.2015 - 23 U 3491/14. mit D Schmid))
Languages
Memberships
- DIS member since 2006, BKR, DAV, DAJV, VGR
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