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Klaus Peter Berger

Address: 

Banking Law Institute,
Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL)
University of Cologne
Albertus Magnus Platz
50923 Cologne
Germany

Phone Number: 
(49-221) 470-2327
Fax Number: 
(49-221) 9345686
Born: 
1961, Dortmund
Languages: 
German English
Nationalities: 
German
Education: 
J.D., Univ. of Bielefeld, 1987; LL.M., Univ. of Virginia, 1988; Juris Doctor, Univ. of Cologne, 1991
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Director Banking Law Institute and Center for Transnational Law, University of Cologne, Germany
Professional Experience: 

Professor of law, University of Muenster, director of Institute of International Business Law, 1996-2002; Visiting Attorney, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkim & Kahn, Washington, D.C. (1986)

Professional Associations: 

Vice-President, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS); Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); Corresponding Member, ICC Institute for World Business; Co-Editor “Arbitration International”; Member of the Board, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Arbitration Experience: 

ICC-, DIS-, Zurich Chamber of Commerce-, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber-, UNCITRAL- and Ad Hoc-arbitrations as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and chairman; Member, Arbitration Law Reform Commission at the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) 1992-1996; panel of arbitrators: “China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission” IETAC, Beijing, China); International Centre for Dispute Resolution (international division, American Arbitration Association, AAA); International Arbitral Tribunal, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction
Contracts
International Contracts
Joint Ventures
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Another Gateway Issue: The Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement – the UK Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in Enka v. Chubb - Chapter 48 - Reflections on International Arbitration
General Principles of Law and International Commercial Arbitration: How to Find Them - How to Apply Them - WAMR 2011 Vol. 5, No. 2
PARTY AUTONOMY IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ARBITRATION: A REAPPRAISAL - Vol. 4 No. 1 Aria 1993
Publications: 

Private Dispute Resolution in International Business –Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration (two books plus DVD-ROM, 2006, 2nd ed 2009); Arbitration Interactive, 2002; Handbook “Internationale Wirtschaftsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit”, Berlin/New York 1992; Handbook “International Economic Arbitration”, Kluwer Law International 1993; “Recht und Praxis des Schiedsverfahrens”, 3rd. ed. Cologne 1999 (together with Raeschke-Kessler); Vertragsstrafen im internationalen Wirtschaftsvertragsrecht (Penalty clauses in international contract law), Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 1999, at 401-411; editor “The New German Arbitration Law”, 1998; author of commentary on loan contracts, Münchener Kommentar zum BGB, 4th ed. 2005; more than hundred articles on domestic and international arbitration, contract law, trade law, banking and finance.