Partner

BORN IN HEILBRONN, GERMANY, IN 1968
ADMITTED TO THE PARIS BAR SINCE 2008
RECHTSANWALT (STUTTGART) SINCE 1997
RECHTSANWALT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS, PARIS, 1997 - 1998
COUNSEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION OF THE ICC 1998 - 2004
LECTURER IN COMPARATIVE LAW UNIVERSITY OF PARIS II PANTHEON-ASSAS (INSTITUT DE DROIT COMPARE)

Education

DEA droit communautaire, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1996 Deuxième examen d'Etat (Assessor), Heidelberg 1995 Premier examen d'Etat (Referendar), Heidelberg 1993 Université de Lausanne, faculté de droit, 1990

Legal expertise

Arbitration (and other means of Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR), Commercial Law

Economic sectors

Mechanical/Defense Industry, Construction, Energy, Information Technologies, Média

Teaching experience

Seminars and conferences in the field of international arbitration and mediation

Publications

“The new AFA arbitration rules”, Journal of International  Arbitration, 28 (5), 519 - 534, 2011 “Das Neue Französische Schiedsrecht”, SchiedsVZ 3/2011, 125-131 “The revised IBA rules on the taking of evidence in international arbitration”, Journal of International Arbitration, 27 (6), 667 - 677, 2010 “Panorama of world case law – Germany Austria”, The Paris Journal of International Arbitration, 2010 "Révision judiciaire des loyers commerciaux comportant une clause d'échelle mobile : 7 questions-réponses ", Newsletter BMH Avocats octobre 2009, co-écrite avec Catherine Nelken [ ] "Arbitration in Germany", author of the chapter "ICC Arbitration in Germany", Kluwer 2007 "Die neue Schiedsordnung der Deutsch-Französischen Industrie- und Handelskammer", Contact, January/February 2006, 28-31 "Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und Public Private Partnership in Frankreich", SchiedsVZ 6/2005, 282-284 Commentary on ICC Award, IHR, 1/2004, 21-25 Annual Report on Activities of the ICC in the field of Dispute Resolution, SchiedsVZ, 1/2004, 41-42 " Geschäftsgeheimnisse und Schiedsverfahren – neuerdings ein Gegensatz ? " IHR, 5/2003, 202-207 " Der ICC-Schiedsspruch in der Praxis”, DIS-MAT IX (2002), 73-82

Memberships

Commission on Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA) Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS), Köln Association des Juristes Français et Allemands (AJFA), Paris Chambre franco-allemande de Commerce et d'Industrie (CFACI), Paris

Personal interests

Sports (ski, tennis, hiking), travelling