Areas of Expertise: Corporate law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Distribution, Finance & Banking, Construction of industrial plants and infrastructure projects, Oil and Gas, Investment disputes.

Arbitration Experience: 25 years of experience as chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and counsel in more than 200 national and international arbitrations (including ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, Vienna Rules, DIS, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, JCAA and ad hoc), Chairman/co-arbitrator in numerous foreign investment treaty disputes (ICSID cases and cases under the UNCITRAL Rules), Chairman in the third arbitration under the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States of America and Canada.

Languages: German, French, English, Italian and working knowledge of Spanish.

Education: Baccalauréat Européen, European School of Brussels, 1969; Law degree, University of Heidelberg, 1973; Legal trainee, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 1975; Dr. jur., 1976

Professional Experience: Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich office, Germany; Honorary Professor of international arbitration law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Co-Editor, German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ).