Curriculum Vitae Dr. Susanne Kratzsch

Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Susanne Kratzsch
Business address:
Date of birth
University Education:
Thümmel, Schütze & Partner
Urbanstr. 7
D-70182 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel.: + 49 (0) 711 1667 238
Fax: +49 (0) 711 1667 290
April 2nd, 1971
1990-1996 Faculty of Law of the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
1996
First State Examination
1997-1999 Referendariat (Internship) at the Landgericht Tübingen
(Regional Court Tübingen)
1999
Second State Examination
1996-1999 Work on doctoral thesis
Ph.D. advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum
subject: The sources of public international law
2000
Doctor of Law, magna cum laude (University of Tübingen)
1996-1998 Studies of the Spanish language at the Faculty of
Philology of the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Bar Admission or
Professional Licence:
Admission to the Stuttgart Bar, 1999
Admission to the Brussels Bar as Avocat Communautaire, 2008
Professional Experience:
Since 1999 practice as German attorney at law
Present Position:
Since 2004 equity partner of Thümmel, Schütze & Partner
Since 2008 head of Thümmel, Schütze & Partner's Brussels office
Professional Associations:
Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA)
Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CEPANI)
ICDR Y & I
YAAP (Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners)
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
Society of Construction Law (SCL)
Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Juristas (DSJV)
Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
Bankrechtliche Vereinigung e.V.
Experience/Expertise
International Civil Procedural Law
Litigation and Arbitration (mostly in matters of International Commercial
Law and Industrial Construction)
Hotel & Leisure
Product Liability
Banking Law (in particular international payment transactions; L/Cs and
bank guarantees)
Counsel in various arbitration proceedings, e.g. ICC, Vienna Chamber,
Zurich Chamber of Commerce, NAI, ad hoc.
Sole arbitrator, party appointed arbitrator and chairman in DIS and ICC
arbitrations and ad hoc arbitrations.
listed as Arbitrator with the Dubai International Arbitration Centre
Correspondent for Germany for the China Construction Law Review
Schütze / Kratzsch, Aussetzung des Verfahrens wegen konnexer
Verfahren nach Art. 22 EuGVÜ, RIW/AWD 2000, 939–942
Schütze / Kratzsch, Unterstützung der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit durch
staatliche Gerichte, in: Torggler (Editor), Praxishandbuch
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Vienna 2007
Kratzsch, DIAC, Schiedsverfahren im Mittleren Osten, RIW 2007, 767 –
771
Kratzsch, Im Porträt: Nederlands Arbitrage Instuut (NAI), SchiedsVZ 2007,
262
Kratzsch, Arbitration and ADR in the German Construction Industry, (2008)
24 Const.L.J. 375 et seq.
Publications:
Rosener / Kratzsch, Internationales Industrieanlagengeschäft,
Münchener Vertragshandbuch, Vol. 2, 6th edition 2008
in:
Kratzsch, ICC Dispute Resolution Rules: ICC Dispute Boards and ICC
Pre-Arbitral Referee, (2010) 26 Const.L.J. 87 et seq.
Kratzsch, DIAC Schiedsverfahren, in: Schütze (Hrsg.), Institutionelle
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, 2nd edition 2010
Kratzsch, The Financial Crisis: Arbitration as a viable option for European
Institutions, in: Arbitration 2010 Volume 76 No. 4, p. 680
Kratzsch, Germany as a seat for international arbitration in the light of the
German state courts’ attitude towards arbitration, in Arbitration and ADR
Review 2010, Issue 3, page 194
Rosener / Kratzsch, Internationales Industrieanlagengeschäft (FIDIC), in:
Münchener Vertragshandbuch, Vol. 4, 6th edition 2012
Chamber of Commerce Stuttgart: Product Liability in the USA (Stuttgart, 8
May 2007)
Kompetenzzentrum Umwelttechnik KURS der Universität Hohenheim:
Schiedsgerichtsverfahren und Schlichtungsverfahren (Stuttgart, 2 July
2007)
TAIEX-Project of the EU Commission in Tbilisi/ Georgia:
against Awards (Tbilisi,17/18 December 2007)
EU-Twinning-Project Amman/ Jordan: Bank
international Trade Law (Amman, 8/9 April 2008)
Seminars:
Remedies
Guarantees
under
Conference Autumn 2008 European Branch, Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, Den Haag/ Netherlands: “The Great Debate”: That the legal
profession offers value to the dispute resolution process (The Hague, 1st
November 2008)
Hill International / CIOB, European and International Masterclass,
Brussels/ Belgium: Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in the
Construction Industry (Brussels, 25 November 2008)
David Doble /Reynolds Porter Chamberlain seminar on structured finance
and
derivatives:
The
aftermath
of
the
Credit
Crisis
and
its
impact
on
the
litigation
culture:
Reasons
why
arbitration
may
make
sense
for Financial Institutions (Frankfurt, 23 March 2010)
CIArb London Branch / Franco British Lawyers seminar on Choosing a
seat of arbitration in England, France, Germany, Scotland or Switzerland,
do the courts make the difference? (Paris, 10 May 2010)
Professional Accreditation & membership Training Programme of the
International Dispute Resolution Institute [IDRI] (London, 27 – 29
September 2010)
CIArb European Branch seminar on conducting arbitration proceedings:
Pathological Arbitration Clauses (Riga, 12 March 2011)
Symposium aus Anlass der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Herrn
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rolf A. Schütze, Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit vor neuen
Herausforderungen: Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit – Aufbruch zu neuen Ufern
(Stuttgart, 13 April 2011)
NUMOV: Rechtliche und steuerliche Rahmenbedingungen für
Geschäftstätigkeit im Nahen und Mittleren Osten: Neue Möglichkeiten der
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit über das Dubai International Arbitration Centre
(Munich, 30 June 2011)
Professional Accreditation & Membership Training Programme of the
International Dispute Resolution Institute [IDRI] (London, 27 – 30
September 2011)
Lectures at the Riga School of Law on “The Role of State Courts in
International Arbitration” and “The Importance of the Careful Drafting of
Dispute Resolution Clauses” (Riga, 09 January 2012)
International Centre for Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation (CIAMEN)
seminar on arbitration and financial institutions (Madrid, 20 September
2012)
Mini-Congress of the German-Spanish Lawyers’ Association on the
drafting of industrial plant construction contracts (Berlin, 3 November
2012)
Languages:
German (native), English, Spanish, French