Dr. Torsten Lörcher

PROFILE DR TORSTEN LÖRCHERDr Torsten LörcherHead of the CMS Dispute Resolution GroupHead of CMS International Arbitration GroupContact detailsCMS Hasche SigleKranhaus 1Im Zollhafen 1850678 CologneGermanyT: +49 221 7716 200F: +49 221 7716 328E: torsten.loercher@cms-hs.comPracticeActing as arbitrator and counsel in international arbitration proceedingsInternational plant engineering and construction projectsEnergy-related disputesPost M&A disputesCommercial disputesDisputes from the financial services sector

ExperienceTorsten Lörcher has been working in the field of international arbitration for more than 20years. He has vast experience both as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitrationproceedings. He acted as counsel in more than 100 arbitrations and his experience asarbitrator comprises more than 40 cases under a large number of international rules. Torstenalso has broad experience in the field of ADR (including mediation, conciliation, expertdetermination and adjudication) both as counsel and neutral.Torsten was born in England and raised in England and Germany. He read law at CologneUniversity and attended courses at the London School of Economics. Before being admittedto the German bar in 1999, he worked as research fellow for Professor Karl-HeinzBöckstiegel at the Institute for International Business of Cologne University. With ProfessorBöckstiegel, he wrote his doctoral thesis on International Dispute Resolution with ascholarship of Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (the governmental foundation providingscholarship for highly talented students). In 1999, he further worked for Jan Paulsson in Paris.His most recent practice as arbitrator and counsel has focused on energy-related disputes(plant engineering and construction, gas-price adaptation, offshore windparks, various aspectsof solar energy), financial services, post-M&A and commercial disputes. A strong focus ofTorsten’s practice is to represent Asian clients in international arbitration proceedings.Torsten is regularly named in the legal directories as one of the leading German practitionersin the field of international arbitration (latest: Chambers Global and Europe 2013, Who is wholegal 2013, JUVE directory of German law firms 2012/2013, Best Lawyers 2013). He wasvoted by his peers onto the 2006 Global Arbitration Review “45 under 45” leading lights ofinternational arbitration. From 2001 until 2005, he was co-chair of the Young InternationalArbitration Group of the LCIA (LCIA YIAG) and founding co-chair of the DIS below 40group (from 2002 until 2007). He also was a member of the IBA Task Force on a Code ofEthics for Counsel in International Arbitration.Arbitrator NominationsTorsten has served as arbitrator in more than 40 cases (12 cases as presiding arbitrator, 7 casesas sole arbitrator and more than 25 cases as party-appointed arbitrator) under variousinstitutional rules and in ad-hoc arbitration with a focus on technology- and energy-relateddisputes as well as financial services, post-M&A and commercial disputes.

- 3 -Panels/MembershipsTorsten is a member of various national and international arbitration institutions:- International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)- International Bar Association (IBA)- International Arbitration Institute (IAI)- Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)- Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA)- Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)- International Arbitration Club, LondonQualifications- Legal education at the University of Cologne and the courts of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen- Admitted to the German bar since 1999- Research Fellow at the Institute for International Business Law of the University ofCologne (1995 - 1998)- Doctoral thesis (PhD) in law at the University of Cologne (1999)Selected Publications- Commentary on §§ 1042 – 1051 of the German Civil Code (dealing with the conductof arbitral proceedings) in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento, Arbitration in German(together with Klaus Sachs), Kluwer 2007;- WTO Dispute Settlement and Arbitration, in International Arbitration Law Review,December 2003, pp. 203 et seq.- Arbitration in commercial and corporate law matters (Schiedsgerichtsverfahren imHandels- und Gesellschaftsrecht), in: Handbuch des Fachanwalts, 2011;- Arbitration of construction and plant engineering and construction disputes(Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit im Bau und Anlagenbau – together with Andreas Roquette),in: Freiberger Handbuch Baurecht 2008;

- ICSID Arbitration (ICSID-Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit), SchiedsVZ 2005, pp. 11 et seq.- The new German Mediation Act: a push for Alternative Dispute Resolution inIntellectual Property Law (Neues Mediationsgesetz: Aufwind für die außergerichtlicheStreitbeilegung im gewerblichen Rechtsschutz? – together with Benjamin Lissner),GRUR-Prax 2012, pp. 318 et seq.- New Procedures of the Settlement of International Economic Disputes (NeueVerfahren der internationalen Streiterledigung in Wirtschaftssachen), 2001;