1 Dr. Nils SCHMIDT-AHRENDTS Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld ...

Dr. Nils SCHMIDT-AHRENDTS
Rechtsanwalt
Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte
Brooktorkai 20
20457 Hamburg
Deutschland
T +49 40 18048293-0
F +49 40 18048293-9
E schmidt-ahrendts@hanefeld-legal.com
www.hanefeld-legal.com
Professional Experience and Education
• Since 2011 Attorney with Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg
• 2009 – 2011 Attorney with CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich (Member of the International
Litigation and Arbitration Department headed by Dr. Klaus Sachs)
• 2007 – 2009 Legal traineeship (Referendariat) in Hamburg including work experience
with Hengeler Mueller and the German Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2007 Internship with the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, France
• 2007 Doctor of Laws (Dr. iur.), University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2005 – 2007 Research and teaching assistant to Prof. Dr. Günter Hager, Institute for
Foreign and International Private Law, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 1999 – 2005 Studies of law, University of Freiburg and University of Grenoble
Areas of Specialization:
• Arbitration, Litigation and Dispute Consulting
• International trade, transport, construction, energy and natural resources, infrastructure
and post-M&A
• International contract law, commercial law, sales law (inter alia CISG), transport and
distribution law, construction law, antitrust law and corporate law
• International private law, law of international civil procedure and comparative law
Languages:
• German, English, French and Spanish
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Experience in Arbitration and Litigation:
As Arbitrator
• Party-Appointed and Sole Arbitrator in proceedings under the rules of the DIS
As Counsel in arbitral proceedings
• Representation of domestic and foreign companies in numerous national and international
arbitration proceedings under the rules of the DIS, ICC and SCC as well as in
ad hoc arbitration proceedings
As Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal
• Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in more than 20 national and international arbitration
proceedings under the rules of the DIS, ICC, LCIA, VIAC and UNCITRAL
As Counsel in state court proceedings
• Representation of domestic and foreign companies in state court proceedings before
German courts
• Co-Counsel and 2 nd opinion appointments for domestic and foreign companies in cooperation
with domestic and foreign law firms
Lectures and Speeches (Selection):
• Lecturer for International Arbitration and CISG at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of
Freiburg, the Humboldt-University of Berlin and the EBS-Law School
• Arbitrability of Finance Disputes, DIS Riga (2013)
• The Empty Chair – Arbitrating against absent Respondents, ASAb40 Geneva (2013)
• Introduction to German law (in German), ICC Austria Vienna (2013)
• CISG & Arbitration, ICC YAF Paris (2013)
• Evidence in International Arbitration, Warsaw (2013)
• Sport Arbitration (in German), DIS40 Frankfurt (2013)
• Investment Arbitration – the German experience, Auckland (2012)
• The Use of Experts in International Arbitration, Wellington (2012)
• Organizer/Moderator at the ICC YAF Conference, Berlin (2012)
• Sport Arbitration (in German), DIS40 Berlin (2012)
• IT-Forensics (in German), Düsseldorf (2012)
• The CISG: Theory and Practice, Cologne (2012)
• Introduction to German law (in German), ICC Austria Vienna (2012)
• Sport Arbitration in Germany, Arbitration in Sport 2012, Warsaw (2012)
• IT-Forensics (in German), Frankfurt (2012)
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• Dispute Resolution in International Construction (in German), DIS40 Hamburg (2011)
• Disgorgement of Profits under the CISG, Vienna (2011)
• CISG and Arbitration, Uniform Sales Law Conference, Belgrade (2010)
• The ICC International Court of Arbitration (in German), DIS40 Munich (2007)
Publications (Selection):
• Specific Performance, Damages and Avoidance under the CISG (in German), Mohr
Siebeck, 2007 (doctoral thesis) (sponsored by a full scholarship of the German National
Academic Foundation)
• Commentary on the 2012 ICC Rules and the 1998 DIS Rules (2013)
• Commentary on Articles 25-27 and 71-73 CISG (2013)
• Applicable Law in arbitration proceedings in Germany (in German), SchiedsVZ
(2011), p. 267 et seq.
• Expert evidence under the 2010 IBA Rules, International Arbitration Law Review,
Vol. 13, No. 5 (2010), p. 216 et seq.
• Settlement Efforts in Arbitration, Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação No. 25 (2010),
p. 161 et seq.
• Diverging Concepts of the Principle of Competence-Competence, New Developments
in International Commercial Arbitration (2010), p. 1 et seq.
• Experts – Neutrals or Advocates, ICCA Congress Series No. 15 (2010), p. 135 et seq.
• Introduction to the law of arbitration, JURA (2010), p. 520 et seq.
• Recoverability of frustrated expenses in case of restitution due to a breach of contract
under the CISG (in German), IHR (2006), p. 67 et seq.
Memberships (Selection):
• German Institute of Arbitration (DIS/DIS40)
• LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) – Regional Coordinator
• ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)
• Groupe ASA des Jeunes Praticiens de l’Arbitrage (ASA Below 40)
• Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
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