Attorney at law and arbitrator; partner of Brödermann Jahn RA GmbH; Professor at Hamburg University; Certified Specialist in International Business Law
Current activity
Professional focus
- Arbitration
- Plant Construction
- Mergers and Acquisitions / Corporate Law
- International Trade
- Civil Law
- Common Law
- European Law
- Energy
- Oil and Gas
- IT
- Automotive
- Foreign Investment / Investment Protection
Areas of law
My career
- 1980/81: License en droit Paris/ Maîtrise en droit Paris V
- 1983: LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
- 1983/84: Foreign Associate in a large US law firm in Washington, D.C.
- 1984: Admittance Attorney at law (New York); Legal Assistance for New York Law in Hamburg
- 1987: 1st State Exam Hamburg University
- 1987-1990: Articled Clerkship in Hamburg, Germany (with various judges incl. a judge at the Hamburg Court of Appeals, with the Hamburg Antitrust Office and with a large law firm)
- 1990: Admittance Attorney at law (Germany)
- 1992-1996: Associate in a large German law firm
- 1996: Foundation of Brödermann Jahn
- Since 01/01/07 Brödermann Jahn RA GmbH
- Since 2011: Professor at Hamburg University
- Since 2016: Certified Specialist in International Business Law (Certified under the German Specialized Lawyer’s Rules)
Arbitration experience
• over 50 arbitrations in different functions • 16 cases as arbitrator (incl. Chairman ICC, Chairman CIETAC, Co-arbitrator DIS, ad hoc, sole arbitrator) • multiple cases as counsel (ECT/BIT; since team member in UNCITRAL arbitrations at the Iran Claims Tribunal; various Swiss and German arbitrations, e.g. chambre vaudoise du commerce et de l'industrie; Industrie; Stockholm Rules) • Administrator of various cases at CEAC • Teaching of arbitration law at Hamburg University (supervision of numerous papers and state exams)
Publications
- Numerous books and articles including ca. 10 contributions on arbitration law issues such as:
- The Chinese European Arbitration Centre - An Introduction to the CEAC Hamburg Arbitration Rules, Journal of Arbitration June 2013, p. 303-327
- I principi Unidroit nella pratica commercial internazionale - un'esperienza tedesca, in: Dritto del Commercio Internazionale 2012, p. 887-906
- Various chapters on International Contract and Company Law (incl. conflict of law for arbitration agreements in: Anhang Art. 4 Rom I-VO at no: 5), in: Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich (Eds.), BGB-Kommentar (commentary on German Civil Code), 8th edition 2013
- Chapter on Arbitration (24 pages) in: Internationales Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht (compendium on conflict of law and international litigation and arbitration), by Brödermann/Rosengarten, 6th edition 2012
- "Schiedsvereinbarungen" (Arbitration Clauses) and "Schlichtung" (Joint Dispute Resolution), "Schiedsgutachtenvereinbarung" (Arbitration Opinion) in: Redeker (Editor), Handbuch des IT Rechts (Handbook on IT Law), Cologne 2005-2008
- Chapter on Ombudsmann-Procedures in Banking Law, in: Derleder/Knops/Bamberger (Eds.), Handbuch zum deutschen und europäischen Bankrecht ("Handbook on German and European Banking Law"), 2nd edition 2009; 3rd edition 2013 in production
Languages
Memberships
- IPBA
- IBA
- German Institute of Arbitration (DIS)
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London)
- UIA