Main areas of practice

National and international arbitration proceedings

National and international litigation (inbound and outbound)

Vita

Since 2001 lawyer and current partner of Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg (and predecessor companies), specialising in international law and arbitration, co-head of the nationwide Complex Disputes Team

1998-2000 Legal clerkship in Kiel, Hamburg, Speyer and Brussels

1996-1999 Research assistant at the law faculty of the University of Kiel, specialising in UN sales law and arbitration proceedings

1990-1996 Law studies in Kiel and Surrey/England

Arbitration experience

Counsel in numerous proceedings (DIS, ICC, UNCITRAL ad-hoc, ICSID, SCC)

Regularly appointed as arbitrator in disputes arising from joint venture agreements and M&A transactions (post M&A disputes)

Memberships

German Institution of Arbitration

DIS40 Federal Coordinator (former Regional Coordinator Hamburg)

Founding member Hamburg Arbitration Circle (www.hamburg-arbitration.com)

External evaluations

‘Clients appreciate the ‘outstanding international arbitration abilities’’, The Legal 500

WhosWhoLegal Commercial Arbitration 2011 (one of 22 German lawyers)