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Jan K. Schaefer

Address: 

King & Spalding LLP

TaunusTurm, Taunustor 1

Frankfurt 60310

Germany

Phone Number: 
+49-69-257811-200
Fax Number: 
+49-69-257811-100
Email: 
jschaefer@kslaw.com
Born: 
1972, Krefeld, Germany
Languages: 
German English Dutch French
Nationalities: 
German
Education: 
Passau, London (Cert. in Comp. Law, 1994), Freiburg (1st State Exam, 1997)
Utrecht, Singapore (LL.M., 1999), Dusseldorf (2nd State Exam, 2001)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Frankfurt (2001)
Present Position: 
Partner, International Arbitration; board member Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
Professional Experience: 

Research Fellow, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICDR, HKIAC, WIPO, BANI, Court of Arbitration of the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw.

Arbitration Experience: 

Chairman: 15 German Institution of Arbitration, 3 ICC, 1 TAMARA arbitration and 3 ad hoc proceedings; party-appointed arbitrator: 9 German Institution of Arbitration, 3 ICC, 1 NAI, 1 SCC, 2 SIAC and 2 ad hoc proceedings; sole arbitrator: 3 German Institution of Arbitration, 7 ICC, 2 DIAC and 1 SCC; and emergency arbitrator: 1 ICC.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
International Commercial Arbitration
International Investment Arbitration
Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

“Focusing a Dispute on the Dispositive Legal and Factual Issues, or How German Arbitrators Think – An Introduction to a Traditional German Method”, B-arbitra, 2/2013, pp. 107-118; Commentary on Sec. 1041 of the German Code of Civil Procedure in Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento (eds.), Arbitration in Germany – the Model Law in Practice, 2nd ed., Kluwer Law International, 2015; “Arbitration”, Chapter 6 of the loose-leaf treatise “Business Transaction in Germany”, Matthew Bender, Albany, update in release 47/2013