About

Conti Group, one of the world’s leading owners of container vessels, bulk carriers and tankers, has served the logistics industry for over 45 years, building long lasting relations with business partners across the globe. Dr. Nikolaus Ukert is in charge of the company’s legal profile through his role as the vice president and general counsel, where he heads a team of three legal and three non-legal personnel. He joined the Conti Group when ‘the legal department was a one man show and legal was mainly outsourced’. Upon joining the Conti Group Ukert sourced the legal work back in-house, except in major cases of litigation and arbitration. With his strong capabilities of negotiation and troubleshooting, the Conti Group has so far been successful in dealing with important cases of international reference in-house. Ukert has turned the tables of the legal department at Conti, while serving the business in a more time and monetary efficient manner. As an esteemed general counsel Ukert advises external law firms ‘to remember to think economically, to be creative and to solve problems’.