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Klaus Berger

Currently booked

Dr. iur. · Professor · Frankfurt

Experience
25 yrs
Appointments
200
As presiding
120
Seat
Frankfurt
Law
England & Wales USA Ukraine
Focus
Construction & Infrastructure Energy Aviation
Rules
Swiss Ad-Hoc ICC LCIA
Langs
German — native English — fluent French — working

01Biography

Updated Oct 2026

Professor of international commercial law and one of the most frequently appointed presiding arbitrators in German-speaking Europe.

Klaus has chaired more than one hundred tribunals, most of them in construction, plant engineering and aviation disputes. He holds a chair in international commercial law in Frankfurt and has published widely on evidence and expert testimony.

He is currently fully booked and not accepting new appointments before the end of the year.

02Representative matters

Confidential · party names withheld

  • Construction & Infrastructure 2023

    Cross-border pipeline construction dispute; variations, extension of time and prolongation costs.

    Presiding arbitrator ICC · England & Wales
    €120M

  • Aviation 2022

    Aircraft lease termination and redelivery-condition dispute after an early return of a widebody fleet.

    Presiding arbitrator LCIA · England & Wales
    $48M

  • Energy 2020

    Power-plant construction delay and liquidated-damages claim; concurrent counterclaim for wrongful termination.

    Sole arbitrator Swiss Zurich seat
    €60M

03Qualifications & memberships

Admissions & appointments

  • 1999 Rechtsanwalt, Frankfurt
  • 2008 Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt

Education

  • 1998 Dr. iur. — University of Heidelberg

Professional memberships

DIS Swiss Arbitration Association ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR