Frank-Bernd Weigand, Partner, Skorczyk & Weigand, Rechtsanwalte,Antje Baumann, Partner, Corinius LLP, Hamburg

Frank-Bernd Weigand is the head of legal services at A.T.U. Auto-Teile-Unger-Gruppe and partner in his law firm Skorczyk & Weigand, Rechtsanwalte, at which he concentrates on national and international arbitration. Prior positions include ESSO Germany's legal department as well as Marquard & Bahls in Hamburg. Frank-Bernd Weigand is one of the founders of the Hamburg Arbitration Circle and a member of various arbitration associations. He holds a LLM in international business law and a Doctor Juris on international procedural law.


Antje Baumann is the founder of Baumann Disputes legal practice. She was previously a partner at Corinius LLP in Hamburg, and before establishing her own practice, worked for many years in the dispute resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The primary focus of her practice lies on international arbitrations in which Antje Baumann frequently acts as arbitrator but also has vast experience in complex civil litigation matters in state courts. She holds a LLM from University of California at Berkeley and is admitted to the German and the New York Bar. She is inter alia listed in the Who's Who Legal Arbitration and is a frequent speaker on international arbitration and dispute resolution in general.

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