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Commercial Mediator, working mostly online in international and intercultural disputes
Member of the Munich (Rechtsanwalt) and Paris (Avocat honoraire) Bars
Certified Mediator in Germany (« zertifizierter Mediator ») since 2018
Accredited Mediator by the CMAP, Paris, since 2008
Founding partner of the French-German lawfirm BMH AVOCATS, Paris, 1988-2019
Research fellow in French intellectual property and competition law with the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich 1980-1983
Actor in the role of the CEO « Martin Hauser » in the movie by Stéphane Brizé, En Guerre ("At War"), with Vincent Lindon, Cannes Film Festival, May 2018
Commercial, intercultural and transborder mediations :
- Intellectual property (copyrights, audivisual rights, collecting societies, patents, trademarks), technology transfer, IT, licenses, unfair competition and antitrust,
- Distribution, agro-food, e-commerce,
- Complex industrial projects, product lines, aviation, joint-ventures, oil and gas, energies,
- Chemistry, automobiles, transport,
- Luxury industry, perfums, cosmetics, wine, beer and spirits, art, auctions, architecture, music, movies, publishing, sports,
- Investor-state mediation,
- Complex and emotional legal disputes,
- In three languages, English, French and German,
- Many participants (up to 76 parties).
Facilitative, sometimes transformative, at the request of the Parties exceptionally evaluative
400-600 € / hour before VAT
IBA - Mediation Committee, Co-Chair, London
IAM - International Academy of Mediators, Distinguished Fellow, Dallas
CMAP - Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris, Paris
ICC - International Chamber of Commerce - International Centre for ADR, Paris
OMPI/WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization - Arbitration and Mediation Center, Genève
CAM – Camera Arbitrale di Milano, Milan
CNMA - Centre de Médiation des Avocats, Paris
Liste des médiateurs de la Cour d'appel de Paris
VPM - Verein zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Praxis der Mediation, Berlin
GRUR - Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Cologne
DIS - Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Berlin
VIAC - Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Vienna
EUCON - Europäisches Institut für Conflict Management, Munich
Contact the above mentionned Mediation Institutions such as ICC - International Chamber of Commerce - International Centre for ADR, Paris, CMAP - Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris, Paris, and OMPI/WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization - Arbitration and Mediation Center, Genève
Master of Arts (M.A.) in mediation and negotiation, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder 2013 – 2015
Mediation training at CMAP, Paris 2006
First mediation workshop with Robert Mnookin at OMPI/WIPO, Geneva 1998
Admission to the Paris Bar 1991 - 2019
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.), New York University 1985 – 1986
Admission to the Munich Bar, since 1985
Doctorat in Law (Dr. iur.), University of Munich 1983
Law studies, University of Freiburg im Breisgau 1975 – 1979, University of Frankfurt am Main 1974 – 1975, and École de langue et de civilisation françaises (School of French language and civilization), University of Geneva 1976 – 1977
Continuous Education and Training examples :
Forum on Investor-State Mediation, BIICL, December 2020
Online mediation, University Viadrina, May 2020
Trainings by CMAP, Paris
Individual supervisions by Dr. Felix Wendenburg, Berlin, since January 2018
In-depth psychology in mediation, University Viadrina, January 2018
Non Violent Communication, University Viadrina, September 2015
International peace mediation, University Viadrina, January 2015
Advanced trainings in commercial mediation CMAP by Gary Friedman, December 2008
Professional since 2014 participating at the annual ICC Interrnationa Commercial Mediation Competition, Paris, and since 2017 also at the annual CDRC IBA-VIAC mediation and negotiation competition, Vienna
eBook : "Wirtschaftsmediation in Frankreich und Deutschland im Vergleich - Konzepte, Ziele, Grundlagen, Interkulturelles, Unterschiede", Wolfgang Metzner Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, 127 p
eBook : « La médiation commerciale en France et en Allemagne – une comparaison - Concepts, finalités, fondamentaux, aspects interculturels, divergences », Wolfgang Metzner Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, 129 p
IMI Code of Professional Conduct
Codes of conduct of the Munich and Paris Bars for lawyer-mediators
IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process
HDI Versicherung AG 1 million €