Catrice GAYER

Catrice Gayer is an international dispute resolution specialist and Partner based in Düsseldorf office.

Catrice has broad experience as counsel in national and international arbitration proceedings under the auspices of various arbitration institutions (ICC, SIAC, DIS etc.) and ad hoc, at multiple seats and under different governing laws. She is particularly renowned and experienced in implementing cost-efficient strategies and handling voluminous and technically complex cross-border litigation and arbitration cases. Her particular fields of industry are energy, construction/engineering, intellectual property/TMT (including FRAND compliant licences), commercial (agency, distribution, international sale) and corporate including post-M&A disputes. She also sits as an arbitrator.

Her track record also includes advising and representing national and foreign clients before the German courts in all types of commercial disputes, including in arbitration-related matters and in enforcement of foreign judgments. She has also acted as co-counsel in arbitration-related matters before foreign courts and has extensive experience as administrative secretary to the tribunal. Further, Catrice has advised clients in share and asset deals, compliance matters, and has advised on and drafted a broad range of commercial agreements.

She has been recommended as a Rising Star (Commercial Arbitration) in Expert Guides (since 2017) and is ranked in Who's Who Legal's Future Leaders in Arbitration (since 2018). She has been praised by peers for her “great deal of experience in arbitration” and is highly recommended for her “profound knowledge and commercially minded approach”. Further, peers add that she “is an excellent strategist with a great attention to detail”, and stress that “she has very strong knowledge of international arbitration law and practice.” She is also ranked by Handelsblatt and Juve 500.

She is an appointed member of the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice, which has published the 2020 ICC Force Majeure/Hardship Clauses. She was a co-chair of ASA below 40 (2020-2023) and is Co-Chair of Young CEAC and was a regional chair of the DIS40 Rhine/Ruhr (2015-2018). Catrice is a guest lecturer at the Swiss Arbitration Academy. She regularly speaks on international arbitration, construction and energy law at conferences and publishes on international arbitration, cross-border litigation and corporate matters. She is fluent in English, French and German and has reading knowledge of Spanish.

Accolades
Recognised as a leading lawyer for Arbitration in Germany ("Top-Anwalt für Schiedsverfahren", Business Magazine WirtschaftsWoche, 2023)
WWL – Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders in Arbitration (since 2018): Catrice Gayer “is an excellent strategist with a great attention to detail”, “has very strong knowledge of international arbitration law and practice” and “gets down to the roots of the issue in complex arbitration proceedings.”
Best Lawyers – Arbitration/Litigation/Mediation (in cooperation with Handelsblatt) (since 2021)
Legal 500 Germany 2022: “Catrice Gayer is top notch”
Euromoney’s Expert Guides (Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration) (since 2017)