Home / People / Andreas J Roquette
Portrait ofAndreas J Roquette

Andreas J Roquette, LL.M. (NYU)

Partner
Rechtsanwalt

CMS Hasche Sigle
Lennéstraße 7
10785 Berlin
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Andreas J. Roquette is dealing with large domestic and international infrastructure, plant engineering, construction and transport projects, including front end work, ongoing advise and dispute resolution. He represents companies in major court and arbitration proceedings and regularly acts as conciliator and arbitrator.

Andreas studied law in Munich, Paris and New York and is admitted as a lawyer in Germany and attorney-at-law in New York. After one year with Sullivan & Cromwell, he joined CMS in Berlin in 1993 and has been a partner since 1996.

more less

„Oft empfohlen“ für Immobilien- und Baurecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

Listed as "Global Elite Thought Leader"

Who's Who Legal 2023

"Andreas Roquette is an established name in the German and international construction market, well versed in complex construction and engineering projects."

Who's Who Legal 2023

"He is very well known in the construction world.", client

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as leading individual

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed for Dispute Resolution

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Listed for Construction Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

"Recommended" for Real Estate

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

"very precise and thinks in economic terms", client; "outstanding expertise, thorough, a nice person", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2021

Listed for Construction and Conflict Resolution

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2021 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Listed for construction law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2020 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Listed as Notable practitioner for Projects: Construction

Chambers Europe, 2020

Listed as "Global Elite Thought Leader"

Who's Who Legal 2020 – Construction

"He makes complex construction matters simple and understandable for the tribunal."

Chambers Europe, 2017

"able to look beyond purely legal concerns", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2017 (GCLF)

"Andreas Roquette heads the firm's construction group. He has a particularly strong reputation […] relating to infrastructure, transport and plant construction."

Chambers Europe, 2015

"Interviewees note Andreas Roquette for his expertise in construction matters. Clients say: ‘He has a very good strategy, and he thinks a few steps ahead, so in negotiations he knows where the other side is going. […] he is assertive at the right moment.’"

Chambers Europe, 2014

Relevant experience

  • Advising and representing an international plant construction company in relation to the construction of a gas and steam turbine power plant in Berlin Lichterfelde under a FIDIC Silver Book contract, including representation in adjudication procedure and in a follow-up ICC arbitration procedure
  • Representing a Spanish energy company (plaintiff) in ICC arbitration proceedings regarding supplementary budget and construction schedules in relation to the construction of the shell of and pipe system for a gas turbine power plant on a Caribbean island
  • Arbitrator in proceedings concerning the extension of a subway line between the municipal project company and the general contractor
  • Presiding arbitrator in a DIS arbitration concerning the expansion and modernization of a large chemical plant - subject matter were technical addenda and a claim for construction delay and interruption
  • Advising HOCHTIEF Solutions as the general contractor on strategic issues as well as on the re-organisation of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg construction project
  • Advising Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) on the construction of the new airport in Berlin and representing BBI vis-à-vis general contractors and planners
more less

Memberships & Roles

  • Society of Construction Law (SCL)
  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) - Co-Chair of DIS Construction Group
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • International Construction Projects Committee (IPC) of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Deutscher Baugerichtstag
  • Centrum für Deutsches und Internationales Baugrund- und Tiefbaurecht
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht e.V.
  • Andreas J. Roquette is head of the Working Group Ib (Construction Time) of Deutsche Baugerichtstag. He was also a member of a law working group of a Construction Reform Commission that was set up by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and a member of a working group for out-of-court dispute resolution set up by the Deutsche Baugerichtstag.
more less

Publications

  • Mr. Roquette regularly publishes on specialized topics. He is the editor and co-author of two hand-books, ongoing collaborator of the Construction Law Journal and Country Correspondent of the International Construction Law Review for Germany.Selected Publication:
  • International Construction Disputes, C.H. Beck, 1. Auflage 2022
  • Handbuch Bauzeit, Werner Verlag, 4. Auflage 2021
  • Unnecessary Complexity – Recent Developments in German Construction Law, ICLS, (4) 2020, 380 ff.
  • Bauablaufstörungen in COVID-19-Zeiten, Baurecht, Zeitschrift für das gesamte öffentliche und private Baurecht (BauR) 2020, 695; co-author: Deborah Wurm
  • Vertragsbuch Privates Baurecht, C.H. Beck, 3. Auflage 2020
  • Light into Darkness: ICC Commission Report on Construction Industry Arbitration, SchiedsVZ 2019, 320
  • At the End of the Rainbow - The new FIDIC Dispute Adjudication/Avoidance Board, SchiedsVZ 4/2018, 233
  • The New Arbitration Rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS): An Introduction to the New Dis-Rules from a Construction Arbitration Perspective; International Construction Law Review (ICLR, (3) 2018, p. 289, Mitautor Dr. Tom Christopher Pröstler, LL.M.
  • Up to Date Arbitration – Die neue DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung; BauR 6/2018, 900 ff., co-author Dr Tom Christopher Pröstler, LL.M.
  • Yes we can! – Zu den Anforderungen an eine konkrete bauablaufbezogene Darstellung, BauR 3/2018, 422 ff., co-author: Johannes Bescher
  • Germany enacts New Construction Law, The International Construction Law Review, 10/2017, 443 ff., co-author: Dr Daniel Schweiger
  • The Need for Speed – Das beschleunigte Schiedsverfahren nach den neuen ICC-Regeln, BauR 7/2017, 1119 ff., co-author: Judith Eirich
  • A Different Kind of Animal – Besonderheiten im Anlagenbau, BauR 2a/2017, 342, co-author: Daniel Fussy
  • All Inclusive oder nicht? - Vollständigkeitsklauseln sind Preisnebenabreden und keine Vereinbarung zu Leistung und Gegenleistung, BauR 6/2015, 909 ff., co-author: Vogt
  • Vom Mythos der AGK – Die Behandlung Allgemeiner Geschäftskosten bei Bauzeitnachträgen – BauR 9/2010, 1468
  • Detaillierter versus funktionaler Leistungsbeschrieb – Rechte, Pflichten und Risiken bei Einheits-, Detailpauschal- und Globalpauschalvertrag – BauR Februar 2010, 293, co-author: Acker
  • Orientierung im Ursachendschungel - Behandlung von Mehrfachursachen bei gestörten Bauabläufen, BauR Oktober 2009, p. 1506 ff., co-author: Daniel Fussy
  • Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit im Bau und Anlagenbau, Freiberger Handbuch zum Baurecht, 3. Auflage, Bundesanzeiger Verlag 2008, p. 415 ff.; co-author: Loercher
  • Mut zum Umdenken – Baugerichtstag beschließt Einführung der Adjudication, BauR 2008, p. 1779
  • Dichter Nebel bei Bauzeitclaims – Navigationshilfen zur Darlegungs- und Beweislast sowie zur Schätzung, BauR 2005, p. 1829 ff, co-author: Nino Laumann
  • Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit - ein Glaubensbekenntnis? Pro und Contra von Schiedsgerichten im Bauwesen, insbesondere solchen nach der SGO Bau und der SO-Bau 2004, Jahrbuch Baurecht 2004, 269, co-author: Kunkel
  • Pauschal ist Pauschal! Kein Anspruch auf zusätzliche Vergütung bei bewusster Übernahme von Vollständigkeitsrisiken, BauR 2004, p. 736 ff, co-author: Paul
  • Jahrbuch Baurecht, Praktische Erwägungen zur Bauzeit bei Vertragsgestaltung und baubegleitender Beratung 2002, p. 33
  • Vollständigkeitsklauseln: Abwälzung des Risikos unvollständiger oder unrichtiger Leistungsbeschreibungen auf den Auftragnehmer, NZBau 2001, p. 57 f
more less

Lectures list

Mr. Roquette regularly gives talks, in particular on civil construction law, ADR and Arbitration at conferences and at well-known seminar providers (IBR, Werner Verlag, etc.). Selected presentations:

  • Dos and Don'ts for Effective claims Management under FIDIC - Avoiding, Containing and Handling Claims, FIDIC International Contract Users' Conference, 01.12.2020, London, together with Adrian Bell
  • Intensivkurs: Gestörte Bauabläufe - Rechtliche und baubetriebliche Aspekte, IBR, 09.11.2020 Berlin
  • Smart Contracts: how might technology disruption change construction contracts as we know themThe Drafting of Construction Contracts - Will technology replace the lawyer?, 7th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion, 01.11.2019, Berlin
  • Diplomacy in DBs - Compare and Contrast DBs in Civil & Common Law - The German Perspective; 19th Annual International Conference der Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), 23.05.2019; Berlin
  • Zum Umgang mit der konkreten bauablaufbezogenen Darstellung, 6. IBR Expertenforum zum Baubetrieb und Baurecht, 18.01.2018, Mannheim
  • Civil Law Approach to Force Majeure - Situation in Germany, ICP Session at IBA International Conference, IBA, 12.10.2017, Sydney
  • Strukturierung von Großprojekten - Beispiel Elbphilharmonie, Bucerius Law School, 22.05.2017, Hamburg
  • Sonderprobleme im Anlagenbau, Freiburger Baurechtstage, 16.09.2016
  • Time-Related Obligations in Key Jurisdictions: an Update, International Construction Projects Committee (IPO) at the IBA International Conference Washington DC, 21.09.2016
  • International Construction Law: Bridging Common and Civil Law, ICLA Inaugural Seminar, 24.06.2016, Paris
  • 4. IBR Expertenforum zum Baubetrieb und Baurecht: Die Darlegung von Ansprüchen aus gestörten Bauabläufen, IBR, Mannheim, 01.10.2015
  • Der gerichtsfeste Bauzeitnachtrag – notwendiger Sachvortrag zu Anspruchsgrund und Anspruchshöhe, 43. Baurechtstagung der ARGE Baurecht im DAV, 21.03.2014
  • "Das Gesetz der Großprojekte – Sind Kostenexplosionen und Terminverschiebungen vermeidbar?", RICS-Veranstaltung bei CMS, 27.02.2013

more less

Education

  • 1989 & 1992: First and second state examination in law in Munich
  • Studies abroad in Paris (Université Réné Déscartes: Maîtrise en Droit, 1986) and New York (New York University: LL.M. in Corporation Law, 1992)
  • Law studies in Munich
more less

Feed

26/06/2023
International Disputes Digest - 2023 Summer Edition
We are pleased to present the summer edition of the International Disputes Digest, our bi-annual publication bringing essential news and analysis on the latest trends in dis­pute-res­ol­u­tion around the world. There are many crises and problems that continue to complicate global business. These include inflation, particularly in the energy sector, as the EU and other regions struggle to wean themselves from Russian natural gas and oil. There is also the US debt crisis, which has weakened international confidence in the economy and distracted Washington from pressing issues, such as its relationship with China and the on-going war in the Ukraine. We hope that the articles in this digest provide readers with the know-how and tools to help them resolve any disputes or setbacks they may face. In this edition, we feature a range of articles from around the world on topics such as ESG litigation, the financial impact of cyber-attacks on businesses, post-merger disputes, the use of arbitration in resolving M&A-related issues, and how disputes can be managed in digital trade transactions. We also explore the reasons behind a wave of class action lawsuits in Portugal, the influence of personal relationships among arbitrators on disclosure, recusal, or appeals, and the 'without prejudice' principle, amongst other matters. We hope that you enjoy reading these articles and please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss any issues in relation to them.  
29/07/2021
CMS advises easyJet on planned construction of maintenance hangar at Ber­lin-Branden­burg...
Berlin - easyJet Airline Company Ltd. has signed a lease agreement for a hangar location with the Flughafen Ber­lin-Branden­burg GmbH (FBB). The hangar will be used for the maintenance of the airline's...
22/09/2019
IBA Annual Conference
Several of our partners will be at the IBA Annual Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, representing a range of jurisdictions, practice areas and sector specialisms. To arrange a meeting during the IBA, please...
07/10/2018
IBA Annual Conference 2018
Several of our partners will be at the IBA Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, representing a range of jurisdictions, practice areas and sector specialisms. To arrange a meeting during the IBA, please contact...
19/09/2016
CMS Get-together at the IBA Annual Meeting 2016, Washington, DC
Thank you to 650 guests who attended our get-together reception on the occasion of the IBA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. You will find below the profiles of our CMS delegates at the IBA. We look forward...
11/04/2013
Elbphilharmonie concert hall: new contracts signed
Berlin – The long-running dispute between the construction firms working on the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, the city's development company, HOCHTIEF Solutions AG and architects Herzog &...