Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

• 1994 First Juridicial State Exam, University of Hamburg
• 1995 Master of Laws, Tulane University, New Orleans
• 1997 Second Juridicial Exam, Court of Appeal Hamburg
• 1998 admitted to the bar in Hamburg
• 2001 PhD (Dr. jur.), Max-Planck-Institute Hamburg
• 2001-2015 lecturer at Université de Metz, France

Professional memberships

German Institution of Árbitration (DIS), Swedish Chamber of Commerce, LAA

Arbitration Experience

Counsel and arbitrator (co, sole and chairman) in international and domestic arbitration proceedings under various Institutions (DIS, ICC, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Schiedssprüchen in Deutschland und den USA unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des UNCITRAL Modellgesetzes (recognition and enfortcement of arbitral awards in Germany and the US under special consideration of the UNCITRAL model law), Diss. 2001, Europäische Hochschulschriften