Dr. Wolfgang Kühn

Vita

• Admitted to the Bar since 1971

Education and Former Activities

• Universities of Munich and Münster (Legal Trainee/Referendar 1968; Assessor 1971; Dr. jur. 1971)
• Buckeridge & Braune, Solicitors, London, United Kingdom (1971)
• Westfalenbank AG (1962-1964)

Affiliations

• Honorary member of the Board of Directors of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), the International Bar Association (IBA) (Past Chairman of the Arbitration Committee),
• ICC International Court Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (Member of the ICC Court 1990 to 1996)
• Co-Chair, Arbitration in Maritime and Transport Disputes, Hamburg, 2007
• Co-Chair, International Bar Association First International Arbitration Day, New York, 1997
• Co-Chair, International Bar Association Second International Arbitration Day, Düsseldorf, 1998

International Arbitration

• Chairman and Co-arbitrator in international arbitrations (investment treaty, post M&A, construction, corporate under ICC, Danish Arbitration, SIAC, DIS, etc. and UNCITRAL ad hoc).

Project overview

• Drafting and tendering of energy supply contracts
• Arbitrator und Counsel in major gas pricing arbitration proceedings
• Bids for public utility shares
• Privatization of the Bulgarian Merchant Fleet for German majority shareholder
• Sale of interests in Indian Joint Venture Company (logistics and port operations) to a Japanese worldwide leading shipping company for German co-partner

Publications

• The Practice of Arbitration, Arbitration and Insolvency

  Liber Amicorum Hans van Houtte 2012
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• Advisor to the IBA Rules of Evidence Subcommittee

  2010; Arbitration and Insolvency / Dispute Resolution International Vol. 5 No. 2, November 2011
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• 2010 Advisor to the IBA Rules of Evidence Subcommittee

  Münchener Handbuch Corporate Law, Part 2, 3rd edition 2009
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• Current Issues concerning the application of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: a German perspective

  Journal of International Arbitration 2008
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• Common Law vs Civil Law Proceedings in Commercial Arbitration

  in Liber Amicorum Dr. Lüer 2008
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• Honorare bleiben gedeckelt

  in: Financial Times Deutschland of May 22, 2007
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• Jurisdictional Comparison on Germany

   Arbitration World 2006, p. 93 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Vertragsgestaltung bei M & A-Transaktionen – Sorgfältige Strukturierung vermindert Risiken

  Going Public 09/2006 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Commercial Arbitration in Germany

  German Chapter for Arbitration World/European Lawyer, 2nd Edition 2006 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Recension

  in SchiedsVZ for Handbook of ICC Arbitration by Michael Buehler and Thomas H. Webster, Thomson Sweet & Maxwell, 2006
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• Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in Deutschland

  Bestandsaufnahme und Potentiale, Vortrag Handelskammer Hamburg 2005, Veröffentlichung im Tagungsband der Handelskammer
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• Die Kostenentscheidung im Schiedsgerichtsverfahren

  DIS-Materialien, X, 2005, p. 83 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Liber Amicorum Prof. Dr. Peter Schlosser

  April 2005
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• Confidentiality in Arbitration

  Grenzüberschreitungen – Beiträge zum internationalen Verfahrensrecht und zur Schiedsgerichtbarkeit. Festschrift for the 70. date of birth of Peter Schlosser 04/2005, p. 461 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Jurisdictional Comparison on Germany

  Arbitration World 2004, p. 183 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Öffentlich private Großprojekte (public private mega projects)

  Schriftenreihe Heidelberger Kolloquium Technologie und Recht 2004, Bd 23, Verlag C.H.Beck
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• Münchener Handbuch des Gesellschaftsrechts

  Co-Author, 2nd Edition, 2004, Part 2 (Commentary on Corporate Law)
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• Die Kostenentscheidung im Schiedsgerichtsverfahren

  DIS-Veranstaltung, April 28, 2004
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• How to avoid conflicting Awards – The Lauder and CME Cases

  The Journal of World Investment & Trade 02/2004 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Die CME Saga – Ein internationaler Investitionsstreit

  SchiedsVZ 2004, p. 1 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Commercial Arbitration in Germany

  German Chapter for Arbitration World 2003
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• The Application of International Law and Treaty Provisions by Arbitrators

  The Journal of World Investment; Vol. 4, 2003, No. 3 by Ulrike Gantenberg and Dr. Wolfgang Kühn
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• Practical Problems related to Bilateral Investment Treaties in International Arbitration

  ASA Special Series 2002, No. 19
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• Arbitration and Corporate Law

  in: Liber Amicorum Prof. Böckstiegel, 2001
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• Münchener Handbuch des Gesellschaftsrechts

  Co-Author, 2nd Edition, 2000, Vol. 2
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• New IBA Rules of Evidence

  Member working party, 1999
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• M & A Litigation and Purchase Price Disputes

  International Commercial Litigation 1998
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• Choice of Substantive Law in International Arbitration

  International Business Lawyers 1997
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• Rectification and Interpretation of Arbitral Awards

  ICC Bulletin 1996
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• Rico Claims in International Arbitration and Their Recognition in Germany

  1994
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Lectures

• Numerous lectures at national and international arbitration conferences

  IBA, ICCA, ASA, LCIA, DIS etc.
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