Klaus Kostka

Practice Areas

Klaus Kostka represents numerous German and foreign clients in the areas of maritime law, transport and logistics, insurance law and engineering. His clients include insurers, shipping companies, logistics companies, trading houses and companies active in offshore plant construction.

The range of advice covers all areas from contract negotiation and drafting to disputes before courts and arbitration tribunals. He is also active in numerous German and foreign proceedings as an arbitrator and expert witness on issues of German law.

Languages Spoken

German, English

Work Highlights

Assisting clients with their participation in a tender for the largest shipbuilding project of LNG-tankers to date.

Representing the insurers of Norwegian/English owners of a car/vehicle carrier in relation to a major casualty in the Atlantic resulting in several hundreds of damaged or destroyed vehicles.

Representing the primary insurer vis-à-vis London reinsurers in a coverage dispute concerning the largest claim to date involving an organized robbery of a cash-in-transit company in Germany.

Ongoing advice and representation of one of the leading German tanker shipping companies.

Enforcement of claims in excess of USD 100 million against Chinese shipyards following termination of shipbuilding contracts by a German shipowner.

Industry Sector Expertise

• Shipping

• Logistics

• Insurance

• Trade

• Energy and Offshore

• Engineering

• Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses

• Dispute Resolution