Stephan advises and represents clients in complex disputes before state courts and arbitration tribunals as well as in out-of-court dispute resolution.
Stephan is a Bar-certified Specialist Lawyer for International Business Law (Fachanwalt für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht) and a trained commercial mediator.
Stephan’s recent experience includes:
- Defending a North African state against the declaration of enforceability of an investment arbitration award (ICC) in Germany (OLG Munich 34 Sch 3/20)
- Acting as counsel for a world-leading steel producer in an arbitration (ICC) concerning a delivery dispute
- Acting for a French group in an arbitration (ad hoc) concerning a plant construction dispute
- Representing and advising a German company in several court proceedings in Germany and France concerning a post-M&A dispute in connection with defects of solar power systems in France
- Regular representation of a North African state in various court proceedings
- Defending two former board members of a German stock corporation against claims for damages due to alleged breaches of duty in office
- Acting as counsel for a worldwide operating industrial company in an arbitration (ad hoc) against an Indian customer due to the non-acceptance of components for a power plant in Yemen
- Acting as counsel for a German manufacturer of electronic components in various DIS arbitrations
- Acting as counsel for a shareholder of a leading German private bank in an arbitration (ad hoc) regarding a shareholder dispute
- Regular advice and representation of a medium-sized company in the negotiation of supply contracts for railway wagons
Publications:
- Anerkennung Französischer Urteile mit Drittbeteiligung, Peter Lang Verlag, doctoral thesis, Cologne 2010
- Review of Deren, Deniz Halil, Internationales Enteignungsrecht, RabelsZ 2018 (volume 2), 433
- Urteilsanerkennung und Vollstreckung in Australien, together with Wolfgang Babeck, in Wolfang Babeck, Einführung in das Australische Recht, edition 2, 2017, München, C.H. Beck
- Vollstreckung britischer Urteile in Deutschland nach „No-Deal“-Brexit, http://www.haufe.de/, 24.06.2019
- Vollstreckbarerklärung und Vollstreckung von ICSID-Schiedssprüchen in Deutschland, RIW 2021, 785
- Die Durchsetzung von Schiedssprüchen in der Insolvenz, NZI 2022, 11 (together with Dr. Arndt Kaubisch)
- Comment on the ECJ decision of 25.1.2022 (C-638/19 P) –„Zur Frage der Erstreckung der Achmea-Rechtsprechung auf ICSID-Spruch mit Bezug zu schadensbegründenden Handlungen des verurteilten Staates vor seinem Beitritt zur EU“, RIW 2022, 228
- Member, German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
- Member, Hamburg Arbitration Circle
- Member, Association of former juniors at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Lawyers of German and French law (J.D.F.R.) e.V.