Ulrike Gantenberg

Languages Spoken

German, English, French

Practice Areas

Ulrike Gantenberg is one of the leading personalities in the field of dispute resolution - in particular for national and international arbitration. Due to her expertise, she is regularly appointed as arbitrator and advises her clients as party representative in complex proceedings. Two main core areas of Ulrike’s practice are turn-key construction (including energy related projects) and post-M&A. For years, she has advised on corporate and M&A matters. She relies on her extensive experience as an advisor for corporate and M&A. Furthermore, she is a member of various boards and committees of international arbitration institutions.

Ulrike Gantenberg acts as counsel and arbitrator (sole arbitrator, chair and co-arbitrator) in international commercial arbitration (ad hoc, DIS, ICC, LCIA, VIAC, FAI, DIA, SCC etc.) investor-state disputes, and adjudication proceedings as well as counsel in litigation cases. As a qualified German lawyer with working experience in France, sheis particularly dedicated to international work due to her international clients and her global network.

Her experience includes arbitration proceedings under various jurisdictions (including Germany, France, Denmark, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Turkey). Her vast experience as arbitrator impacts her counsel work. She is also a frequent speaker on issues of international arbitration and international private law at international events and conferences.

Career

2021

Founding of Gantenberg Dispute Experts

2006 - 2021

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Duesseldorf (Partner), (2010 – 2013 Managing Partner)

2001-2006

Lawyer with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Duesseldorf

1998 - 2000

Legal Clerkship at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG)

with working experience in Paris, France

1993 - 1997

Saarland University, Saarbruecken

Professional Memberships

Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre Ltd. (since 2020)

Chair of the Working Group of the German Chamber of Lawyers (DAV) on alternative dispute resolution (since 2014)

Co-chair of the Dispute Resolution Forum Duesseldorf/Koeln (DRF) (member since 2019; co-chair since March 2022)

ICDR Panel of Arbitrators (since 2020)

ACICA Panel of Arbitrators (since 2024)

KCAB Panel of International Arbitrators (since 2024)

JCAA Panel of Arbitrators (since 2024)

Member of the Executive Committee of the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA)

(since 2023)

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Karl Heinz Böckstiegel Foundation (since 2021)

Member of the Executive Committee of the Pierre Tercier Mentoring Program for New Arbitrators (since 2023)

Member of the Delegation of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) to the 80th session of UNCITRAL Working Group II on Dispute Settlement, Vienna, 30 September – 4 October 2024

Member of the Delegation of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) to the 78th session of UNCITRAL Working Group II on Dispute Settlement, Vienna, 18 – 22 September 2023

Member of the Board of Directors of the German Institute of Arbitration (DIS) (2012-2021)

Member of the Organization Committee of the SCAI Innovation Conference (2019-2022)

Member of the International Advisory Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC) (2020-2022)