James Menz, J.D.

James Menz

J.D. Senior Expert Litigations, Group Global Litigation, Bombardier Transportation

 Berlin

James Menz is Senior Litigation Expert in Bombardier Transportation’s Global Litigation Group. Headquartered in Berlin, the group handles the company’s worldwide dispute resolution proceedings. 

James has some fifteen years of experience with complex cross-border disputes. He previously practiced international arbitration, litigation, and competition law with international law firms in Zurich and New York. From 2016-2018, James was Deputy Secretary General and Head of Case Management at the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), where he supervised hundreds of arbitration and ADR proceedings, and served on the drafting committee for the revised 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules. 

A graduate of the George Washington University Law School and admitted to the New York Bar, James regularly sits as an arbitrator and publishes and speaks on issues in international commercial arbitration. He is a board member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), member of the Advisory Council of the German online magazine “Dispute Resolution”, and has been included thrice in Who’s Who Legal’s “Future Leaders” edition, including among the top-10 non-partners in Europe (2018).