Paul Oberhammer

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Arbitrator
Languages

Working languages: Mother tongue: German, Working languages (i.e. languages in which you have both a spoken and written command so that you

Nationality

Specialisation

CISG, Energy, Joint Ventures, Real Estate, Technology, Commercial Disputes & Transactions, Construction

Main jurisdiction

Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein

Details

Position

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Year of birth

1965

Current positions

Vienna University

Permanent visiting professor, St Gallen University

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Education

Vienna

From-To: 1991 - 1991

Degree: Magister iuris

Vienna

From-To: 1992 - 1992

Degree: Doctor iuris

Vienna

From-To: 1997 - 1997

Degree: Habilitation

Halle-Wittenberg

From-To: 2001 - 2001

Degree: Full professor

Zurich

From-To: 2003 - 2003

Degree: Full professor

Vienna

From-To: 2011 - 2011

Degree: Full professor

Hamburg

From-To: 2007 - 2007

Degree: Bar admission

Practiced experience in arbitration

How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?

About 150 (ICC, VIAC, SCAI, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ECE, Vienna Economic Chamber, Tyrolian Economic Chamber, Ad Hoc)

How often have you acted as Chairman?

How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?

3

How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?

about 50

How often have you acted as Counsel?

10

How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?

About 80 (mainly legal expert)

Publications and other activities in arbitration (e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others)

President of the drafting commission of the Austrian Arbitration Act; Founder and Course Director of the Austrian Arbitration Academy; VIAC Board Member

Dates: -

Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organizations

Austrian Arbitration Association – Arb|Aut

ASA Association de l’Arbitrage, Switzerland

Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. / German Arbitration Institute (DIS)

Languages

Mother tongue: German

Working languages (i.e. languages in which you have both a spoken and written command so that you may conduct arbitral proceedings in this language): German, English

In which legal system have you trained?

What is your main jurisdiction of practice?

Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein

In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?

Special expertise or specialisations

CISG

Energy

Joint Ventures

Real Estate

Technology

Commercial Disputes & Transactions

Construction