Credentials

Areas of Expertise:

• National and international commercial law

• Law and practice of national and international contracts in various industrial sectors, specialization in the sector of plant and machinery construction

• Law of international cooperation projects (formation of consortia, general contractor/subcontractor contracts, project administration, claim management, particularly in machinery and plant engineering)

• Law and practice specially of the automotive supply industry

• Security interests in international commerce

• National and international distribution contracts and distribution systems

• National and international licenses

• R&D cooperation agreements

Arbitration Experience:

• As party representative: approx. 25 proceedings in the USA, China, India and Europe

• As arbitrator or presiding arbitrator: more than 30 proceedings before the ICC, DIS, NAI (NL) and ad hoc

• Guidance of more than 100 proceedings and law firms worldwide as Chief Legal Officer of the legal departments of two international industrial groups (SMS AG Holding and LURGI AG Holding, both active in international plant engineering and construction)

Professional Associations and Credentials:

• Chairman of the Legal Committee of the German Engineering Federation VDMA (1995-2001; member since 1986)

• Member of the Legal Committee of the Federation of German Industries BDI during that period

• Member of the Licensing Executives Society LES

• Member of the Transnational Working Groups "Technology Contracts" and "Investment Contracts" Germany/China of the Federal Minister of Economics

• Long-standing member of the German Arbitration Institute DIS

Numerous Publications, for example:

• "Claim Management: Tasks, Procedure and Strategy"

• "The Influence of Financiers on Project Construction Contracts from the Plant Engineer's Perspective"

• "Joint Ventures in the Chinese Business of German Plant Engineering"

• "Current Organizational Forms and Contractual Structures in the Chinese Business of German Plant Engineering"

• "Bank Guarantee Payable on First Demand"

• "Liability for Advertising Statements in the Sale of Capital Investments in the Federal Republic of Germany and the USA"

• "The Guarantee Bank's Right to Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with Guarantees Payable on First Demand"

• "Solving Problems in Bank Guarantee Business through Restructuring of the Transaction Type?"

• "Adjustment of Long-Term Foreign Trade Contracts through Arbitration Proceedings under the ICC Uniform Rules"

Languages (business fluent): German, English

Countries of experience: particularly the USA, China, India and Australia