Selected Publications & Presentations

Books and Articles

• 2024
  • [Lit­ig­a­tion] [Arbit­ra­tion] SICC oder Schieds­ge­richt? Ein Ver­gleich des Ver­fahrens vor dem Singa­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court mit den Vor- und Nachteilen inter­na­tionaler Schieds­ver­fahren (SICC or Arbit­ra­tion? A Com­par­is­on of Pro­ceed­ings in the Singa­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court with the Advant­ages and Dis­ad­vant­ages of Inter­na­tion­al Arbit­ra­tion Pro­ceed­ings) (https://is.gd/aNcHAw)
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Arbit­rat­ors: Bal­an­cing Act­ive Engage­ment and Party Autonomy (https://is.gd/haCf3H)
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] On the Dimin­ish­ing Import­ance of Human­ity in Arbit­ra­tion (https://is.gd/lNlOJT)
• 2023
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Inquis­it­ori­al Pro­cesses, or: Can Singa­pore Courts or Arbit­ral Tribunals Engage in the Amic­able Set­tle­ment of Dis­putes?, in: Kluwer Arbit­ra­tion Blog (https://is.gd/x8kOxt)
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] On the Powers of Courts and Arbit­ral Tribunals in the Amic­able Set­tle­ment of Dis­putes by the Parties: A Look at Singa­pore and Selec­ted Oth­er Coun­tries; in: Zeits­chrift für Schieds­ver­fahren – Ger­man Arbit­ra­tion Journ­al (Schieds­VZ) 2023, p. 270 (https://is.gd/cfdsb9)
• 2021
  • [Ship­ping] [IT] Das neue Recht elek­tro­ni­scher Tran­sak­tion­en in Singapur: Weg­be­rei­ter für elektron­is­che Kon­nosse­mente?; in: Trans­port­recht (Trans­pR) 2021, p. 313 (https://is.gd/n7wKKX)
  • [Ship­ping] [IT] The New Elec­tron­ic Trans­ac­tions Law in Singa­pore: Pav­ing the Way for Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing? (https://is.gd/w5YB3d)
• 2019
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Enforce­ab­il­ity of For­eign Emer­gency Awards in Singa­pore (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-vi)
• 2018
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] On Arbit­ra­tion, Foot­ball and Vacu­um-Clean­ing Robots (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-mU)
  • [Pub­lic Law] Gil­ded with Law (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-fo)
  • [IT] Ini­tial Coin Offer­ing: an Inac­cur­ate Term and an Imper­fect Reg­u­lat­or (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-dS)
  • [IT] No, I Won’t Help You White­wash Your Token Sale Scam (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-de)
  • [IT] The Effi­cient Breach of Smart Con­tracts (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-ck)
  • [Pub­lic Law] The Arts and the Law in Singa­pore (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-bE)
• 2017
  • [Pub­lic Law] The Art of Walk­ing a Fine and Golden Line (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-7N)
  • [IT] Smar­ti­fy­ing Block­chains, Leg­ally (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-63)
  • [IT] Block­chain: the Roll of Deeds of the Inter­net (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-5i)
  • [ADR] How Do We Resolve Dis­putes? What’s with Those Algorithms? (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-4s)
• 2015
  • [Com­mer­cial] Singapur­ischer Inter­na­tionaler Han­dels­gericht­shof eröffnet (Singa­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court Launched) (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-hH)
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] ‘Lan­guage’ Dif­fi­culties between Civil Law and Com­mon Law (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-hK)
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] The Mid­night Clause in Inter­na­tion­al Arbit­ra­tion (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-ia)
• 2014
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] A Grain of Civil Law – Some (Not So) New Chords for the Inter­na­tion­al Arbit­ra­tion Jazz; in: Singa­pore Law Gaz­ette, Octo­ber 2014, with Respondek and O’Shea (https://wp.me/p8fCIC-k8)
• 2012
  • [Com­mer­cial] Wettbe­w­erb­srecht in Singapur (Com­pet­i­tion Law in Singa­pore); in: SGC Bizguide 2012 (with Singham)
  • [Com­mer­cial] Immob­i­li­en­markt Singapur – Schwer­punkt gew­erb­liche Immob­i­li­en (The Real Estate Mar­ket in Singa­pore – Focus­ing on Com­mer­cial Real Estate); in: SGC Bizguide 2012
  • [Com­mer­cial] Overkill, Or: Free Trade Agree­ments in Asia; in: Glob­al Trade and Cus­toms Journ­al, Issue 7/8 (https://is.gd/fHRz1B)
  • [Com­mer­cial] The Civil Law Inter­pret­a­tion of Declar­a­tions of Intent by Con­tract­ing Parties; in: Rodyk Report­er – Lit­ig­a­tion Brief, March 2012 (https://is.gd/9k3tlH)
• 2008
  • [Com­mer­cial] Kred­it und Kred­it­sicher­ung in Singapur (Cred­it and Cred­it Secur­ity in Singa­pore); in: SGC Bizguide 2008
• 2005
  • [Pub­lic Law] Der Staat­liche Kos­ten­er­statt­ungs­an­spruch nach erfol­greich­er Befreiung ent­führter Deutscher im Aus­land (The State’s Claim for Refund of Expenses After the Suc­cess­ful Release of Kid­napped Germans
    Abroad); in: Neue Zeits­chrift für Ver­wal­tung­s­recht 2005, p. 172
• 2002
  • [IT] 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
  • [IT] 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)

Presentations and Speaking Engagements

• 2024
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Debate: The Extent and Lim­it­a­tions of Arbit­rat­ors’ Dis­cre­tion­ary Powers – This House believes that arbit­ra­tion is mainly a party-driv­en task and that arbit­rat­ors may rely on the cooper­a­tion of the parties to improve the over­all effect­ive­ness of arbit­ra­tion; Asia Inter­na­tion­al Arbit­ra­tion Centre; Kuala Lumpur
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Debate: This House believes that ‘human­ity’ is dis­pens­able in arbit­ra­tion, and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence will sup­plant arbit­rat­ors in the future; Asi­an Insti­tute of Altern­at­ive Dis­pute Res­ol­u­tion; Kuala Lumpur
• 2023
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] [IT] Webin­ar: Tech­no­logy Dis­putes – How Does ADR Play a Role?; Asi­an Insti­tute of Altern­at­ive Dis­pute Res­ol­u­tion; Kuala Lumpur
• 2022
  • [Ship­ping] [IT] Present­a­tion: Elektron­is­che Kon­nosse­mente – Zur Rechtslage in Deutsch­land und Singapur (Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing – On the Leg­al Situ­ation in Ger­many and Singa­pore); Ger­man Mari­time Arbit­ra­tion Asso­ci­ation; Hamburg
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] (Mod­er­at­or) Webin­ar on an Inter­na­tion­al Per­spect­ive: Dis­putes on Law Gov­ern­ing the Arbit­ra­tion Agree­ment; Asi­an Insti­tute of Altern­at­ive Dis­pute Res­ol­u­tion; Kuala Lumpur/Hyderabad
• 2021
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Ad Hoc Arbit­ra­tion as an Elast­ic Rub­ber: Flex­ib­il­ity and Cost Effi­ciency; Asi­an Insti­tute of Altern­at­ive Dis­pute Res­ol­u­tion; Kuala Lumpur
• 2019
  • [IT] Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Intro­du­cing Libra: Facebook’s Brainchild, Singapore;
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Debate: This House Believes That Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Will Have Replaced Arbit­rat­ors with­in Twenty-Five Years; Singa­pore Insti­tute of Arbit­rat­ors; Singapore
• 2018
  • [IT] Present­a­tion: Com­pu­ta­tion­al Law & Block­chain Fest­iv­al, glob­al broad­cast; Singapore
• 2017
  • [IT] Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Law­yers for tech­nic­al start-ups; Singapore
• 2015
  • [Com­mer­cial] The poten­tial of the ASEAN Eco­nom­ic Com­munity; Hamburg
• 2012
  • [Com­mer­cial] Present­a­tion: Free Trade Agree­ments in Asia; Inter-Pacific Bar Asso­ci­ation; New Delhi
• 2010
  • [Arbit­ra­tion] Present­a­tion: The Final Cur­tain for Anti-Suit Injunc­tions in Europe; The Law Soci­ety of Singa­pore; Singapore