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ARKTIK Legal

Arbitration

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ARKTIK Legal

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ARKTIK Legal is a boutique firm that specializes in dispute resolution and represents individuals, corporates and state (owned) entities in international arbitration proceedings.

The experience extends to ad-hoc arbitration as well as all major international arbitration rules, including DIS, ICC, SCC, LCIA and UNCITRAL. The main area of expertise includes corporate law disputes, post-M&A disputes as well as disputes in the context of international distribution contracts and commercial transactions. ARKTIK Legal also represents insurance companies in their role as a reinsured, reinsurer or retrocessionaire in various constellations of reinsurance law disputes, particularly in the context of ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Additionally, the team has vast practical and academic experience in international investment (treaty) arbitration, including disputes administered by the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The firm represents both investors and states and regularly cooperates with various domestic and international law firms. Further, ARKTIK Legal represents athletes, clubs and sports federations in context with sports arbitration proceedings in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Besides representing clients in arbitration, the firm’s attorneys are regularly appointed as members of arbitral tribunals or as foreign law experts on German and European Law in international arbitration.

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Arbitration - Germany

Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Arktik Legal is a boutique law firm specialising in crisis prevention and crisis management with offices in Berlin and Frankfurt. Its partners act as both counsel and arbitrators, often advising on civil law disputes and representing clients from the insurance sector in international arbitration proceedings.

Notable practitioners

Group co-heads Nikolaos Tsolakidis and Karl Ömer-Rösch are key contacts for clients.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

Arktik Legal ist eine spezialisierte Anwaltskanzlei mit Büros in Berlin und Frankfurt, die sich auf Krisenprävention und Krisenmanagement konzentriert. Die Partner und Partnerinnen sind sowohl als Anwälte und Anwältinnen als auch als Schiedsrichter und Schiedsrichterinnen tätig und beraten häufig in zivilrechtlichen Streitigkeiten. Zudem vertreten sie Mandanten aus der Versicherungsbranche in internationalen Schiedsverfahren.

Bemerkenswerte Praktiker

Die beiden Gruppenleiter Nikolaos Tsolakidis und Karl Ömer-Rösch sind wichtige Ansprechpartner für die Kunden.

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Strengths

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  • Arktik's ability to manage complex cases efficiently, collaborate seamlessly with clients and remain solution-focused even under pressure are particularly noteworthy.

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  • Arktik offers strategic thinking and pragmatic approaches. The team demonstrates a deep understanding of the procedural and commercial dynamics of international arbitration.

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  • Arktik's communication is clear and efficient, and they consistently demonstrate a strong commitment to their clients' needs and timelines.

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  • The Arktik team are dedicated to their cases and think outside the box while constantly keeping their clients' interests on their radar screen.

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  • The Arktik team is exceptionally commercially minded, able to handle the most complex matters and fights vigorously for its clients.

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  • Das Artktik Team verfügt über ein außergewöhnliches wirtschaftliches Verständnis, kann selbst die komplexesten Angelegenheiten bewältigen und setzt sich mit Nachdruck für seine Mandanten ein.

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