Dr. Nils SCHMIDT-AHRENDTS Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Brooktorkai 20 20457 Hamburg Germany T F E +49 40 18048293-0 +49 40 18048293-9 [email protected] www.hanefeld-legal.com Experience in Arbitration and Litigation: • • • • As Arbitrator Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and Party-Appointed Arbitrator in proceedings under the rules of the DIS As Counsel in Arbitral Proceedings Representation of domestic and foreign companies in national and international arbitration proceedings under the rules of the DIS, ICC and SCC as well as in ad hoc arbitration proceedings As Counsel in State Court Proceedings Representation of domestic and foreign companies in state court proceedings before German courts; co-counsel and 2nd opinion appointments for domestic and foreign companies as well as law firms before domestic and foreign state courts As Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in national and international arbitration proceedings under the rules of the DIS, ICC, LCIA, VIAC and UNCITRAL Areas of Specialization: • • • International trade, transport, construction, energy, 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 1 Languages: German, English, French and Spanish Professional Legal Experience and Education • • • • • • • Since 2011 Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg 2009 – 2011 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 Lectures and Speeches (Selection): • Permanent Lecturer for International Arbitration and CISG at the Albert-LudwigsUniversity 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) 2 • 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) Expert Teaming – Bridging the Divide Between Party-Appointed and TribunalAppointed Experts, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 4 (2012), p. 653 et seq. 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) 3