BÖCKSTIEGEL, Karl-Heinz

Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel
Parkstr. 38
51247 Bergisch Gladbach/Germany
 

Phone: ++49-2204-66268
Fax:     ++49-2204-21812
E-Mail: khboeckstiegel@aol.com
 

German; Engers, Germany, 1936

 

Studies and Training:
 
Germany: Universities of Heidelberg, Hamburg, Bonn, Cologne; Law courts in Düsseldorf.
Abroad: Boston / USA, Geneva / Switzerland, The Hague / Nether­lands, Paris / France

Professional Career:

Till 1971: Partner in a law firm at Düssel­dorf.
Till 2001: Holder of the Chair of International Busi­ness Law and Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law, University of Cologne. Lectured in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, the Lebanon, the Nether­lands, Swit­zerland, United Kingdom, USA.
Since 2001: Arbitrator, Sole Practitioner; Member of Law Faculty of University of Cologne as Professor Emeritus.

Other Functions:

Chairman of the Board, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS). Practice as parties' counsel, as mediator, and as arbitrator and  president of arbitration tribunal in many national and interna­tional arbitrations of the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, NAFTA, CAFTA, DIS, AAA, UNCITRAL and others. Patron, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

President, International Law Association (ILA) 2004-2006; President, German Association for International Law 1993-2006; President of London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 1993-1997; Panel Chairman of the United Nations Compensation Commis­sion 1994-1996. President of Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1984-1988. Chair, “Arbitration of the Century”, IBA Conference Amsterdam 2000.

Panel of Legal Experts, Int. Telecom. Satellite Org.(ITSO);Board of Directors, International Institute of Space Law; Chairman, both German Commissions on Air and Space Law 1977-2001; Chairman, Working Group Air Law of International Chamber of Commerce 1979-2001;Chairman, Space Law Committee, International Law Association 1985-2001;  Board Member, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) 1980-2001; Chairman, Intelsat, Panel of Legal Experts 1995-1999; Chairman, Council, German National Space Agency (DARA) 1990-1994.

Member of further national and international legal and commercial institutions.

Publications:  

12 books authored and 35 books edited. More than  300 articles especially on the protection of foreign investments, international commercial contracts, state contracts, international legal proce­dure in civil and commercial matters, expropriation and nationali­zation measures, international commercial arbitration, and other fields of international business law;  as well as on liability in aviation, law of airports and air traffic control, commer­cial space activities, manned space flight, environmental protec­tion in space, settlement of space law disputes, and other fields of air and space law (in German, English, French; translations into Spanish and Portuguese) (Details in separate list of publications).

Editor of "Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit" (Studies of the German Institution for Arbitration). Editor of Series "Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht" (International Business Law) 1975-2001. Editor of the German Journal of Air and Space Law 1975-2001. Editor of Series "Studies in Air and Space Law" 1975-2001.

Libri Amicorum:         
1) Law of International Business and Dispute Settlement in the 21st Century – Liber Amicorum Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel; Editors: Briner, Fortier, Berger, Bredow; Cologne 2001, 824 pages.  2) Air and Space Law in the 21st Century – Liber Amicorum Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel; Editors: Kröll, Benkö; Cologne 2001, 496 pages.