About Nicole Grohmann
Dr. Nicole Grohmann acts as counsel in arbitration and state court proceedings, as arbitrator, and as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Dr. Grohmann studied at the University of Freiburg, where she earned her doctorate in international civil procedure law. While working as a research assistant at the Institute for Private International Law at the University of Freiburg, she coached the Freiburg team for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
She currently serves as a lecturer on commercial arbitration at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA).
Her working languages are German and English.
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Instruments
Areas of practice
Experience
Arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration proceedings
Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in domestic and international arbitration proceedings
Representation of domestic and foreign companies in domestic and international arbitration proceedings
Representation of domestic and foreign companies before German courts
Languages and nationality
- German
- English
- German
Curriculum vitae
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Since 2023
Attorney with HANEFELD, Hamburg
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2020 - 2022
Legal traineeship (Referendariat) at the Regional Court of Freiburg, i.a. at the Chamber for Commercial Matters and at Noerr Düsseldorf – Department of Class & Mass Action Defense
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2021
Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.), University of Freiburg
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2018 - 2023
Research assistant at the Institute for Private International Law (Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein) at the University of Freiburg
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2015-2018
Student assistant at the Institute for Private International Law (Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein) at the University of Freiburg
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2013 - 2018
Law studies at the University of Freiburg (with a focus on European and international private and commercial law)
Publications
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The Draft PMAC Arbitration Rules: New Momentum for Patent Arbitration
Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 22 August 2025 (co-author with Dr. N. Gielen and Dr. M. Plagge)
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Aufwind für den Schiedsstandort Deutschland
NJW-aktuell 34/2024, S. 15, (co-author with Dr. N. Gielen) -
Comment on Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration
SchiedsVZ 2024, S. 107-108, (co-author with J. H. Nedden, M.M.)
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Ein neuer Konkurrent für Schiedsgerichte? – Die Frankfurter Kammer für internationale Handelssachen
SchiedsVZ 2023, S. 224-227 -
Reform des Schiedsverfahrensrechts: BMJ veröffentlicht Eckpunkte
GmbHR 2023, R176-R178, (co-author with J. H. Nedden, M.M.) -
Rezension zu Klebes, Stephan: Das UNCITRAL Modellgesetz in der EU. Harmonisierung des Schiedsverfahrensrechts vor dem Hintergrund des Art. 1 (2)(d) EuGVVO?
RabelsZ 87 (2023), Heft 2, S. 404-411, (co-author with Prof. Dr. J. von Hein)
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Commercial Courts in Deutschland – Chancen für den Zivilprozess
ZPO-Blog -
Internationalisierung der Handelsgerichtsbarkeit – Eine Frage des Managements
Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen
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Lord Jonathan Mance on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and Europe after Brexit
www.conflictoflaws.net, www.lexisnexis.co.uk, 2020
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Comment on the judgment of the CJEU
FamRZ, S. 1164-1169, (co-author with Prof. Dr. J. von Hein)
Academic appointments
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Lectured at the University of Heidelberg as part of the “Anwaltsorientierte Juristenausbildung”
2025 -
„International Commercial Arbitration“ at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA)
2025 -
„European and International Sales Law” at the University of Freiburg
2021-2022 -
„English legal terminology: Introduction to English und Anglo-American legal terminology” at the University of Freiburg
2018-2019
Memberships
- Arbitral Women (Member of the YAWP Steering Committee 2026-2027)
- DIS40
- Moot Alumni Association (MAA)
- Young ICCA
- Young Arbitrators Copenhagen (YAC)
- YIAG
- Academic Society Freiburg im Breisgau
- German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)