Dr. Stephan Klebes
Senior Legal Counsel
Main tasks
- Legal analysis of German litigation and arbitration funding, investment recovery and antitrust cases.
- Managing European arbitration cases.
- Client relations with German-speaking European countries.
Previous work experience
- Attorney at Law (“Rechtsanwalt”) with international litigation law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhardt & Sullivan LLP, focusing on commercial arbitration and complex capital markets litigation, Hamburg (2021-2024).
- Experience working for an arbitration and litigation boutique law firm, Hamburg (2020).
- Experience working for an international marketing organization, inter alia as Sales Manager, Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna (2007-2010).
Education
- PhD. (Dr. jur.), summa cum laude, Osnabrück, 2020.
- Bar Exam (“2. Staatsexamen”), with distinction, Celle, 2020.
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in alternative dispute resolution, with distinction, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2016.
- State Exam (“1. Staatsexamen”), with distinction, Mannheim, 2016.
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), with distinction, Mannheim, 2013.
Additional information
- Particular experience in international arbitration and handling investment recovery proceedings.
Publications
- D. Thesis: Das UNCITRAL Modellgesetz in der EU - Harmonisierung des Schiedsverfahrensrechts vor dem Hintergrund des Art. 1 (2)(d) EuGVVO? (The UNCITRAL Model Law in the EU. Harmonization of the Law of Arbitration against the Background of Art. 1(2)(d) Brussels Ia-Regulation?), 2021 (Das UNCITRAL Modellgesetz in der EU - Harmonisierung des Schiedsverfahrensrechts vor dem Hintergrund des Art. 1 (2)(d) EuGVVO? 978-3-428-18298-5 - Duncker & Humblot
- Klebes: Recognition of state court decisions arising from IPR disputes by arbitral tribunals under the Brussels Ia-Regulation, in: Klopschinski/McGuire (eds.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Arbitration, 2024
Professional Organizations
Recognitions
- "Ones to Watch 2024” in Arbitration and Mediation, BestLawyers and Handelsblatt
Languages
- German (native)
- English (business fluent)
- French (advanced)
- Spanish (basic)