Dr. Sebastian D.
Mueller

Commercial and Investment Arbitration

Party appointed arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration; shareholder dispute; German seat.

Representing a German client in a DIS-arbitration proceedings relating to the termination of a distribution agreement.

Representing an European company in DIS-arbitration proceedings relating to a sale contract for wood pellets; German seat; CISG

Representing a U.S. company in a DIS arbitration against a German company relating to price adaption in a long term supply agreement; German seat; German law

Representing a Dutch construction company in a post M&A dispute relating to warranties; DIS arbitration; German seat; German law

Representing various German investors in ICSID cases against Spain (Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23 and KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25).

Representing several German insurance companies in an ad hoc arbitration relating to an exit clause in a sale-and-lease-back transaction; German seat; German law

Representing a German manufacturer of special purpose vehicle in a dispute relating to commission claims of a former Egyptian sales agent; multi-jurisdictional ICC dispute; Egyptian law; Paris venue

Representing an energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration brought under the U.S.-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty concerning a dispute over the implementation of environmental remediation agreements

Commercial and Financial Litigation

Representing an Open Ended Real Estate Fund against a damage claim brought by one of its investors before the Regional Court of Munich

Representing an European industrial cleaning company in a claim for performance before the Regional Court Oldenburg

Representing a Latvian Company in a litigation for malpractice of its previous law firm in an arbitration before the Regional Court of Munich

Defending an European industrial cleaning company against a joint and several liability claim before the Regional Court of Karlsruhe

Representing an Open Ended Real Estate Fund against two damage claims brought by one of its investors before the Regional Court and Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt

Representing an English client in the taking of evidence for foreign proceedings before a German local court

Representing a Luxembourg bank in an enforcement procedure of a foreign judgment in Germany

Compliance & Data Protection

Advising a German automotive company in the setting-up of a document discovery in Germany, including data transfer, in the context of an U.S. investigation

Advising in a pre-trial discovery in Germany for a U.S./German group of companies. Representation included the setting-up of documentary discovery in Germany and coordination of data transfer to the U.S. in compliance with German privacy laws as well as the coordination of depositions in the U.S. consulate

Advising an U.S. company on data transfer issues relating to its European operations and GDPR compliance

Advising a German client in context of a § 1782-U.S. discovery in aid of foreign litigation against the client’s U.S. parent company; coordination of data privacy issues

Advising an U.S. football team on reporting duties under German privacy laws following a cyber-attack against the team’s webpage

Representing an European industrial cleaning company in two compliance investigation in the Energy sector; representation included the coordination with criminal defense counsels, state prosecutors and the client’s D&O insurance

Advise an U.S. chemical company on privacy and data transfer issues to the U.S. in context of a discovery involving custodians from several European countries; coordination with third party vendor.

Advising a U.S. trading company on reporting duties under German privacy laws following a cyber-attack