Lawyer, Assistant Professor
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- Since 2007 Visiting Lecturer, Universities of Marburg, Heidelberg, Kaliningrad, Jena and EBS
- 2004-2007 Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Practice Group International Arbitration, Frankfurt
Arbitration experience
Chairman: 20 arbitrations (ICC, DIS, Hugarian Chamber, Frankfurt Chamber, ad hoc); Party-appointed Arbitrator: 15 arbitrations (ICC, DIS, SL Bau, ad hoc); Sole arbitrator: 2 arbitrations (ICC, DIS); Secretary of the Tribunal: 2 arbitrations (ad hoc investment arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules, WIPO); expert: 2 arbitrations, counsel: 5 arbitrations (ICC, SIAC, ad hoc); Chairman of the German Red Cross Federal Arbitral Tribunal Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: Post M&A, construction, international sales and service contracts, renewable energies, commercial and corporate law, investment treaties
Publications
- Monographs and editorships:
- Kreindler/Wolff/Rieder, Commercial Arbitration in Germany
- Wolff, New York Convention Commentary
- Kreindler/Schäfer/Wolff, Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Kompendium für die Praxis [Arbitration, Practitioners' Compendium]
- Meilicke/Graf von Westphalen/Hoffmann/Lenz/Wolff, Partnerschaftsgesellschaftsgesetz [German Law on Partnerships]
- Wolff, Der drittbestimmte Verein [The Society Governed by a Third Party]
- Commentaries:
- Münchener Handbuch des Gesellschaftsrechts [Munich Handbook on Corporate Law], vols. 2 (Limited Partnership, Dormant Partnership), 3 (Limited Liability Company), 5 (Association, Private Law Foundation)
- Beuthien, Genossenschaftsgesetz [Cooperative Societies Act]
- Messerschmidt/Voit, Privates Baurecht [Private Construction Law]
- Ganten/Jansen/Voit, Beck'scher VOB- und Vergaberechts-Kommentar, VOB Teil B
- Arroyo, Arbitration in Switzerland
- Articles in the areas of corporate law, law of cooperatives, civil law, civil procedure and arbitration
Languages
Memberships
- DIS (Member of the Board of Directors)
- ASA
- CIArb (Fellow)
- VGR (Corporate Law Association)
- German Construction Law Association
- ILA