Heiner NEDDEN

Heiner Nedden primarily acts as arbitrator and as counsel in national and international arbitration proceedings. He also acts as member of Dispute Adjudication Boards (DAB) and as a mediator. Moreover, Heiner has been engaged as an appointed expert on German law in proceedings before foreign courts, including US courts, in several instances.

In addition to the numerous cases in which Heiner has acted as counsel or arbitration co-counsel, his track record as an arbitrator includes more than 90 proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the ICC, DIS, VIAC, SCC, WIPO, the Voldgiftsinstituttet (Danish Institute of Arbitration) as well as ad hoc proceedings.

Heiner’s expertise has been recognized in various international rankings.

Before joining HANEFELD, Heiner worked for seven years as Deputy Counsel/Counsel in charge of the case management of over a thousand arbitrations at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris.

Heiner is co-editor of the article-by-article Standard Practice Commentary on the ICC and DIS Rules. He has taught domestic and international arbitration law at the University of Hamburg, the Summer Academy on International Dispute Resolution at the University of Heidelberg and the Swiss Arbitration Academy in Zurich/Geneva.

Heiner speaks German, English and French.