Klaus Günther

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitons, Dispute Resolution - Litigation - Arbitration Proceedings

Klaus Günther has been of Counsel at Oppenhoff since March 2008. Klaus Günther specialises in the counselling of German and foreign companies and entrepreneurs in matters of commercial law. He also has extensive experience in over 100 proceedings both as an arbitrator and as a legal representative in large-scale arbitration proceedings in the areas M&A, joint ventures, energy, plant engineering and construction, the aircraft industry and general contractual relations, inter alia Toll Collect as representative of the Federal Republic of Germany, expropriations in the electricity sector, contracts in the public regulatory and telecommunications sectors concerning the scope of licences, the termination of the contracts as well as price and volume adjustments pursuant to ICC, DIS, LCIA, VIAC and UNCITRAL Rules as well as in ad-hoc proceedings. He has regularly gained recognition for his arbitration experience both as presiding arbitrator and as a member of arbitral tribunals.

He studied law at the Universities of Munich and Cologne (Dr. iur.). He received the degree of a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of California, Berkeley.