HANEFELD is a leading international dispute resolution boutique with offices in Hamburg and Paris. Our clients benefit from our highly skilled arbitration and litigation teams and our global network of ‘best in class’ dispute resolution experts. Our mission is to strive for justice – ‘Justice Wins’.
We act as counsel and arbitrators in international commercial and investment arbitrations. In addition, we represent our clients in litigation, DAB and other ADR proceedings. In all matters, we provide a clear partner commitment and strive to resolve disputes time- and cost-efficiently.
Our clients are based all over the globe. We work on cases situated in various jurisdictions and subject to a diverse range of laws. We cooperate with ‘best in class’ dispute resolution experts abroad and have the legal, linguistic and inter-cultural skills to successfully resolve complex cross-border disputes.
Clients value our experience and the exceptional quality of our work which has been consistently recognized in national and international rankings.
We have extensive expertise across a broad range of practice areas and industries, including Construction & Engineering, Commercial & Trade Law, Post-M&A & Corporate, Energy, Antitrust Damages, Banking & Finance,International Private & Civil Procedure Law and Investment Protection Law.
Our boutique structure allows us to take on matters which other firms are unwilling or unable to take on due to conflicts of interest. It also allows us to team-up, if required, with ‘best in class’ dispute resolution experts around the world.
Our speeches, publications and lectures allow us to always remain up-to-date and to keep our clients abreast of the latest trends, such as the new era of a ‘virtual reality’ in international arbitration.
Our clients benefit from our ability to evaluate facts from various perspectives.
We are delighted to share that HANEFELD has once again been listed by FOCUS Magazin as one of the top law firms for dispute resolution in Germany for 2021. Many thanks to our clients and peers for their trust and recognition.
Founding and managing partner of HANEFELD, Dr. Inka Hanefeld, completed her 6-year term as a Vice-President of the ICC Arbitration International Court of Arbitration and shares her personal reflections:
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as a Vice-President of the ICC Court for 6 years. I have enjoyed every moment of my involvement in the Court’s work and know that the Court is headed in an excellent direction under the leadership of Claudia Salomon. I would like to thank all my colleagues of the ICC Court and Alexis Mourre, who has done an outstanding job as President, including by maintaining the ICC as the world’s preferred arbitral institution and continuously making it more diverse and inclusive. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the members of the Secretariat for their dedication and fantastic work. It has truly been a pleasure to work with all of you. I wish the incoming members a great journey.“ – Inka Hanefeld
We are pleased to announce that HANEFELD partners Dr. Inka Hanefeld, Dr. Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts and Jörn Hombeck, LL.M. (Auckland) have all been recognized by Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in 2021, with Dr. Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts being named “Lawyer of the Year” for International Arbitration in Hamburg.
We are pleased to announce that HANEFELD’s Hamburg-based Partner Jörn Hombeck, LL.M (Auckland) and Associate Marianna Kychenko are launching a Litigation Stammtisch! The network aims at providing a forum for an exchange of ideas between litigation practitioners of all professions, ages and career stages on interesting aspects and developments of German litigation practice. The virtual kick-off event (in German) will take place on 1 July 2021 at 7.30 pm via Zoom and will feature Mr. Benedikt Windau, Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg and founder of the ZPO-Blog. A brief presentation by Mr. Windau on the German approach to court transcripts (“Wortlautprotokoll im Zivilprozess?“) will be followed by a Q&A session as well as networking opportunities in separate breakout rooms. To register for the event, please send an email to sekretariat@hanefeld-legal.com by 30 June 2021. We are looking forward to an exciting event!
We are proud to share that Inka Hanefeld has been recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal 2021. Many thanks to our clients and peers for their trust and recognition.
