Focus
Arbitration
Prof. Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler has been among the leading arbitrators (Rankings), national and international, for many years. Since 1985, he has served regularly as chairman, sole arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator in international and national arbitrations. (His last appointment by the AAA-ICDR has been on 25.4.2024).
These arbitrations are related to disputes in international and national commercial and company law, with a focus on post-M&A disputes, foreign investment, energy law and construction and mediation under the European Toll Collect System.
Co-author of international and national rules and guidelines
• 2016 - 2024 German Federal Ministry of Justice: member working group reviewing German Arbitration Law of the CCP,
• 2016 - 2018 Member Review Committee DIS-Arbitration Rules 2016 - 2018,
• 2010 Observer at the Unidroit Committee on Principles of International Commercial Contracts.
• 2004 Co-author of the IBA-Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration,
• 1999 and 2010 Co-author of the IBA-Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration,
• 1998 Co-author DIS-Arbitration Rules,
Listings as arbitrator and appointments
• AAA Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators,
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC),
• Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (klrc),
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC),
• Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), Vienna.
Memberships
• Heidelberg Center for International Law of Procedure and Dispute Resolution, University of Heidelberg – advisory board member,
• ICC Task Force in Guidelines for ICC Expertise Proceedings – past co-chair,
• IBA Committee on Arbitration (Committee D) – past vice chair,
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Recht (German branch of the International Law Association - ILA) – past vice president,
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Europeans Users’ Council – past vice president.
