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Thomas Knaak

Arbitrator & Mediator · Duchelsdorf, Germany

Arbitrator in institutional international arbitration, ICC and DIS cases in relation to Mexico, Guatemala, Germany, France, Netherlands and Spain, commercial arbitration (finance, commerce, insurance and distribution, m&a), nominations by the parties and by the Mexican National Committee Counsel in international ad hoc arbitration Arbitrator in domestic arbitration Mediator in domestic mediation Counsel either in institutional domestic arbitration (DIS) or domestic

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LOCATION
Duchelsdorf, Germany
PRACTICES
2 published fields
SECTORS
3 published fields
REGION
Europe
CURRENT BENCH
energy
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PRACTICE

mediation

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PRACTICE

arbitration

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SECTOR
Banking and Finance
SECTOR
Information
SECTOR
Communications and Technology
COUNTRY
Germany
CITY
Duchelsdorf
REGION
Europe
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EDUCATION
  • 1995 PhD in law at the University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 1991 2nd law degree in Hannover, Germany
  • 1988 1st law degree in Hamburg, Germany
  • 1986 Advanced legal education in international private law at the Hague Academy of International Law (summer academy), The Hague, Netherlands
  • 1984 - 1985 Studies of jurisprudence and French at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1985 - 1988/ 1982 - 1984 Studies of jurisprudence and economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 1970 - 1981 School education in Guatemala and Germany
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Positions

Since 2015 Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, Task force on the Revision of the Rules of ICC as Appointing Authority in UNCITRAL or other ad hoc Arbitration Proceedings
Since 2002 Member of the Mexican Group of Countries for Arbitrators at the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
Since 2000 Consultant lawyer of the Embassy of the Republic of Mexico in Germany
Since 1999 Since 1998 Partner of the law firm Nehm & Coll. Rechtsanwälte Nehm Knaak, Duesseldorf, GermanyHonorary Consul of the Republic of Guatemala in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse
1996 - 1998 Associate lawyer with the law firm Schlotke & Nehm, Duesseldorf, Germany, legal consultants of Price Waterhouse
1992 - 1995 Associate lawyer with the law firm Ehle, Schiller & Partner, Cologne, Germany

Memberships

Bar Association in Duesseldorf, Germany, admitted at all Local Courts, District Courts and Courts of Appeal
ICC Germany
Arbitration Chapter of the ICC Mexico
German Institution for Arbitration (DIS)
Asociación Mexicano-Alemana de Juristas
Camexa Mexican-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Guatemalan-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Club del Arbitraje Español (CEA)
Spanish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Latin-American Association (LAV)

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TAGS
Arbitration · Mediation
INDUSTRY
Financial Services,Consumer Business,Professional Services
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