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  • Independent Arbitrator, Attorney at Law, and Managing Director of Anton Maurer International Legal Services, in Stuttgart, Germany, and in St. Moritz, Switzerland, since 2017
  • Partner with Sigle Loose Schmidt-Diemitz & Partner, now: CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, Germany, 1987 – 2016
  • Associate with Sigle Loose Schmidt-Diemitz & Partner, Stuttgart, Germany, 1983 – 1986
  • Foreign lawyer with Johnson & Swanson, Dallas, TX, U.S.A., 1984 – 1985
  • Junior Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany, 1979 – 1982
FOCUS
  • Domestic and international arbitration
  • Anton Maurer accepts appointments as arbitrator, and as counsel or co-counsel
  • Domestic and international litigation
  • Anton Maurer represents clients before courts in Germany, and organizes the defense of German companies abroad
  • Negotiation of international commercial contracts
  • Anton Maurer advises companies on, drafts, and negotiates international commercial agreements for them.
EXPERTISE
  • Anton Maurer was appointed as arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under DIS, and ICC Rules of Arbitration.
  • He represented clients as counsel in domestic and international arbitration proceedings in ad hoc arbitration proceedings, and under CIETAC, DIS, ICC, and Swiss Rules.
  • Anton Maurer represented clients in domestic and international litigation proceedings in Germany, and organized the defense of clients in France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the USA.
  • Anton Maurer represented clients in commercial negotiations, corporate, and M&A transactions in or with respect to more than 60 countries and more than 90 jurisdictions.
  • Anton Maurer served as a member of the board of directors in Germany, Switzerland, and the USA
International Who's Who Legal:

Commercial Litigators (since 2010)
Product Liability Defense Lawyers (since 2011)
Germany (since 2012)

Joan Fullam Irick Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership as Chair of the International Committee of IADC, July 2009

Kemmler Award for Outstanding Contributions to the World Law Group, June 2007

Languages: Deutsch, English,Português

Anton Maurer International Legal Services Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Schelmenwasenstr. 37, 70567 Stuttgart, Germany

MEMBERSHIPS
  • American Bar Association
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Center for American and International Law (CAIL)
  • European Lawyers Association (DACH)
  • German American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
  • German Bar Association
  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
  • Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
  • International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • International Law Association (ILA)
  • InterPacific Bar Association (IPBA)
  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Awards +

  • Legal Expert of Benchmark Chambers International, Shenzhen, China, October 2016
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England, August 2016
  • Award of the Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law in recognition of his tireless leadership and his many years of extraordinary service to the Institute and its educational mission, July 2015
  • Mentor Professor of the Law School at Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, May 2011

Background and Education +

  • Diploma in International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England (2016)

  • Master of Laws in U.S. and Global Business Law, Suffolk University, Boston, MA (2009) – 22 out of 24 credits with high honors

  • PhD in International Public Law, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany – magna cum laude (1986)

  • Second State Exam in Law, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – Fully satisfactory, top 10% (1982)

  • First State Exam in Law, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – Good, top 5% (1979)

  • Studies of Law and Economy, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany (1974–1979)

  • Scholarship for Highly Gifted Students, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (1975–1979)

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