Partner, Hengeler Mueller
Frankfurt am Main
Specialization:
German and international arbitration and litigation regarding business law matters, primarily M&A law, banking and finance law, energy law, warranty issues in technical industries (plant-building, cars, trains, aircraft, glass, construction industry), military procurement matters, PPP matters
Experience:
More than 30 years of experience as counsel or arbitrator in arbitration cases as well as counsel in major litigation cases, including General Motors et al. v. Volkswagen et al. (“Lopez case”), Bombardier v. DaimlerChrysler (“Adtranz case”). Currently acting i.a. for Deutsche Telekom AG in the € 7.0 billion Toll Collect arbitration.
Professional memberships:
German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), German Lawyers’ Association (DAV), IBA (former council member of the Asia Pacific Forum), IPBA (former country representative for Germany), ICC Germany, Swedish Arbitration Association, Swiss Arbitration Association, Polish Arbitration Association, Dutch Arbitration Association, CAS-Arbitrator, P.R.I.M.E. Finance, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
Publications:
Co-author of the IBA publication "Economic Consequences of Litigation Worldwide", Kluwer Law International, The Hague-London-Boston, 1999;
Chapter on “DIS Schiedsgerichtsordnung” (Arbitration Rules of the German Institution of Arbitration), in Torggler (Ed.), Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (Practitioner’s Handbook Arbitration), Verlag Österreich, Vienna 2007;
Member of the IBA Rules of Evidence Review Subcommittee (2008 – 2010)
