Senior Associate

Prof. Dr. Christian Piroutek, LL.M. (University of the West of England), FCIArb

Languages

German
English

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In addition to his role as professor of private business law at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, Christian is an in-house dispute resolution consultant at the firm’s Stuttgart office, where he previously worked as a lawyer for several years.

Apart from his expertise in German and international procedural and arbitration law Christian has special experience in commercial, corporate and civil law. His practice particularly focusses on collective redress mechanisms, shareholder disputes and issues relating to the digitalisation of law.

Christian joined CMS in 2015 and has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London since 2020.

Publications

Baurechtliche Konfliktbeilegung durch Adjudikationsverfahren am Beispiel der FIDIC-Vertragsbedingungen, v&r unipress, 2016
CJEU: Case Law, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (EuCML) 2015, 120
CJEU: Case Law, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (EuCML) 2015, 71
EuGH: Rechtsprechung/CJEU: Case Law, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (euvr) 2014, 289
Wrong Direction? – Causality between Commercial Activity and Conclusion of Contract in Art 15 Para 1 lit c Brussels I Regulation, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (euvr) 2014, 41 (Co-author with Simon Reinhold)
EuGH: Rechtsprechung/CJEU: Case Law, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (euvr) 2014, 49

Memberships & Roles

German Institution of Arbitration (DIS/DIS40)
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)
Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA below 40)
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
Young ICCA

Lectures list

"Musterfeststellungs- und Sammelklagen – worauf sich Unternehmen jetzt einstellen müssen", Stuttgart, März 2019
"Was macht eigentlich ein Cousel bei der DIS?" – DIS40 Stuttgart, April 2018
"Neue Schiedsverfahrensregeln überall – Handlungsbedarf für Ihre Verträge", Stuttgart, April 2017
"DIS Rules Revision – Schwerpunkt: Kosten", München, Februar 2017

Education

2019: Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) at the University of Oxford
2015 - 2016: Master of Laws (LL.M.) Commercial Law, University of the West of England, Bristol
2013 - 2016: PhD from the University of Osnabrueck with a comparative thesis on alternative dispute resolution in the context of complex construction projects
2011 - 2013: Trainee lawyer in Duesseldorf including placements in Bucharest and Shanghai
2006 - 2011: Law studies and Foreign Law and Language Programme (Common Law) at the University of Muenster

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution Arbitration Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution

Insights

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