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Rolf Knieper

Address: 

1, rue St.Michel, Hameau de Ferrière
St. Andeux 21530
France

Phone Number: 
+33 (0)3 80648223
Fax Number: 
+33 (0)3 80648223
Email: 
rolf.knieper@gmail.com
Born: 
1941, Unna/Germany
Languages: 
English French German
Nationalities: 
German
Education: 
University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany: 1st State Exam, 1966
Ministry of Justice of Hessen: 2nd State Exam, 1968
University of Frankfurt/Main: Dr. iuris, 1968
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Nomination as Professor of Civil, Economic and Comparative Law, University of Bremen/Germany in 1972
Present Position: 
Professor Emeritus
Legal Counsel
Arbitrator
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law; Legal Advisor to the government of the Central African Republic (1981-1988); Head of a Legal and Judicial reform project in transformation States in the Caucasus and Central Asia financed by the German government (1994-2005)

Professional Associations: 

Member of “Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit”

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICSID; Kazakh International Arbitrash

Arbitration Experience: 

Party-Appointed Arbitrator: Ken-Ren Chemicals v. Voest Alpine (ICC) and 6 more ICC cases, 6 LCIA cases, 2 ad hoc (UNCITRAL) cases; Chairman: BIVAC v.Paraguay (ICSID) and 1 more ICSID case and 1 ICC case; Member of ICSID Annulment Committee: AES v. Hungary and 2 more cases; Expert witness: Itera v. Georgia (ICAC (Moscow) and ICSID) and two ICC cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Contracts
Engineering
Investment
Turn-Key Projects
Land Developing Projects
Publications from JURIS: 
Antoine Abou Lahoud and Leila BounafehAbou Lahoud v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/4), Decision on the Continuation of the Stay of Enforcement of the Award (September 30, 2014)
Togo Electricité and GDF-Suez Energie Services v. Republic of Togo, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/7, Decision on Annulment (September 6, 2011) (French)
State Enterprise "Energorynok" (Ukraine) v. The Republic of Moldova, SCC Arbitration V (2012/175), Final Award (January 29, 2015)
El Paso Energy International Company v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/15, Decision of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Application for Annulment of the Argentine Republic (September 22, 2014)
Mr. Franck Charles Arif v. Republic of Moldova, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/23, Award (April 8, 2013)
AES Summit Generation v. Hungary, Decision of the ad hoc Committee on the Application for Annulment, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/22 (Jun 29, 2012)
Bureau Veritas v Paraguay, Further Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction, ICSID Case No ARB/07/9 (October 9, 2012)
Bureau Veritas, Inspection, Valuation, Assessment and Control, BIVAC B.V. v. Republic of Paraguay,, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/9 (Netherlands/Paraguay BIT), Decision of the Tribunal on Objections to Jurisdiction (October 9, 2012)
Publications: 

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  • Gesetz und Geschichte (1996)
  • Rechtsreformen entlang der Seidenstraße (2006)
  • Eine ökonomische Theorie des Notariats (2010)
  • The Not-So-Silky Road to Commercial Arbitration in Post-Soviet Countries, in: G. Aksen et al. (eds), Liber Amicorum Robert Briner (2005)
  • L’Arbitrage des Différends Relatifs aux Investissements en Afrique: L’OHADA et le CIRDI, in: E. Geimer/R.A. Schütze (eds.), Recht ohne Grenzen, Festschrift Kaissis, (2012)