Attorney-at-law, Partner
Current activity
Professional focus
- Corporate Law
- Commercial Law
- Contract Law
- M&A
- Manager Liability (D&O)
- Distribution Law
- Construction & Engineering
Areas of law
My career
- 2005 to today: Attorney/Partner at Zwanzig Hacke Meilke & Partner
- pecialized Lawyer in Corporate and Commercial Law
- Business Mediator
- 2003 to 2004: Attorney at Hengeler Mueller
- 2nd Legal State Exam (Bar Exam), 2003
- Doctorate Degree (Dr. jur.) with Prof. Dr. Horst Eidenmüller, LL.M. (Cambr.), 2001
- 1st Legal State Exam, 1999
- Studies of law at the universities of Heidelberg, Bonn, Leiden (NL), Münster (Dr. jur.), special foreign legal language training in English
Arbitration experience
More than 85 proceedings as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, chairman of arbitral tribunal, party appointed arbitrator), mediator (sole mediator, co-mediator) or neutral expert (as of 2024)
Publications
- "Business Mediation" (together with Eidenmüller and Duve), 2nd ed. 2011
- "The ADR contract – contract law and contractual organisation of mediation and other alternative conflict-solving procedures", Heidelberg 2001
- "The Experiment - What is Heiner Geißler doing? What kind of procedure is 'Stuttgart 21'?" (together with Eidenmüller), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 04.11.2010, p. 8
- "Lawyers as parties' counsel in business mediation", SchiedsVZ (German Arbitration Journal) 2004, P. 80
- "The Mediation agreement – contractual provisions for the agreement of mediation procedures" (together with Nelle), ZKM 6/2002, P. 257
Languages
- English
- French
- Dutch (basics)
- Spanish (basics)
Memberships
- Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford, England
- Chairman of the Conciliation Committee at the Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V.
- Member of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- Member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
- Member of the Centrale für Mediation and the Working Group Mediation at the German Lawyers Association
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Further informations
Training course as business mediator (MuCDR), co-author and trainer