Technology & Telecommunications

As Arbitrator

Patrick acted as party-appoin­ted medi­ator and arbi­tra­tor in con­cur­rent medi­ation-arbit­ra­tion pro­ceed­ings in a crypto­cur­rency dis­pute between parties from Germany and Indonesia. The dis­pute was settled dur­ing the medi­ation process.

As Counsel

Patrick has rep­res­en­ted Asian and European parties in numer­ous court and arbit­ra­tion pro­ceed­ings under vari­ous pro­ced­ural and sub­stant­ive laws — both com­mon law and civil law — and under vari­ous arbit­ra­tion rules, includ­ing SIAC, SCMA, Swiss Rules, DIS and UNCITRAL, in mat­ters con­cern­ing inform­a­tion tech­no­logy, research and devel­op­ment, and com­mer­cial part­ner­ships and joint ventures.

Publications & Speaking

2021

Das neue Recht elek­tro­ni­scher Transaktionen in Singapur: Wegbereiter für elektron­is­che Konnossemente? (The New Electronic Transactions Law in Singapore: Paving the Way for Electronic Bills of Lading?); in: Transportrecht (TranspR) 2021, p. 313 [Link]

The New Electronic Transactions Law in Singapore: Paving the Way for Electronic Bills of Lading? [Link]

2019

In July 2019, Patrick was a pan­el­list at a panel dis­cus­sion: ‘Introducing Libra: Facebook’s Brainchild’; The Spartan Group; Singapore.

2018

Initial Coin Offering: an Inaccurate Term and an Imperfect Regulator [Link]

No, I Won’t Help You Whitewash Your Token Sale Scam [Link]

The Efficient Breach of Smart Contracts [Link]

In December 2018, he par­ti­cip­ated in a debate: ‘This House Believes That Artificial Intelligence Will Have Replaced Arbitrators within Twenty-Five Years’; Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Singapore.

In March 2018, he presen­ted at the Computational Law & Blockchain Festival, global broad­cast (#clbfest2018); Legal Hackers; Singapore.

2017

How Do We Resolve Disputes? What’s with Those Algorithms? [Link]

Smartifying Blockchains, Legally [Link]

Blockchain: the Roll of Deeds of the Internet [Link]

In 2017, Patrick was a pan­el­list at a panel dis­cus­sion: Lawyers for Technical Start-Ups; Singapore.

2002

Unverbindlich ver­bind­lich – Zur Selbstregulierung durch Verhaltenskodizes und Gütesiegel (Not Bindingly Binding – on Self-Regulation by Codes of Practice and Seals of Approval); in: Datenschutz und Datensicherheit 2002, p. 412

2001

Auf dem Weg zur europäis­chen Informationsgesellschaft – Zu Übertragbarkeit und Pfändbarkeit von de- und eu-Domains (Towards a European Information Society – on Transferability and Attachability of de- and eu-Domains); in: Wertpapier-Mitteilungen 2001, p. 1135 (with Lwowski)