Speaker:

Anke Meier

Noerr LLP (Frankfurt)

Speaker:

Anke Meier, partner in the Frankfurt office of Noerr, heads the Arbitration Practice and co-heads the firm-wide Dispute Resolution team. She is admitted to practice as an attorney in Germany and New York and has practiced in the U.S., the Netherlands and Germany.

She has 20+ years of experience in commercial and investment arbitration, focus on disputes in the energy sector, including Energy Charter Treaty investment arbitration, working currently on ICSID cases for the Federal Republic of Germany. She is frequently involved in post-M&A disputes, construction/infrastructure disputes and disputes arising out of supply contracts in different industries, including pharmaceutical and financial institutions. Recently, disputes involving Russian parties dominate her work with parallel proceedings before Russian courts, arbitral tribunals and anti-suit interim measures.

Anke has acted as counsel and local co-counsel in 90+ arbitrations conducted under various arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SCC, FAI, DIS, SAC, VIAC, ICSID, ad hoc). She has experience with expedited arbitrations and emergency arbitration/applications for interim measures. Besides acting as counsel, she serves as arbitrator on a regular basis. Further, she advises clients in arbitration-related proceedings filed before domestic courts for interim measures (ASI, AEI), recognition/enforcement of awards, jurisdictional disputes and challenges.

11:40 – 12:45

Thinking Ahead: Common Pitfalls in Preparing for Enforcement of Arbitral Awards