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Dr. Sabine Konrad

Partner
Frankfurt
+49.(0).69.945.196.360
Fax +49.(0)69.945.196.499

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • Diploma, University of London, 2005, (International Commercial Arbitration)
  • Second Legal State Exam, State of Bavaria, 2002
  • LL.M. Eur., Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2002
  • Dr. iur., University of Passau, 2000
  • First Legal State Exam, University of Passau, 1998

Admissions

  • Bar of Germany
  • Landgericht/Amtsgericht Frankfurt

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Dr. Sabine Konrad is a German Rechtsanwältin and partner in our Frankfurt office. She also spends time working with colleagues in our Washington, D.C. office. Her principal area of practice is international dispute resolution, in particular international arbitration and public international law. She regularly advises investors and governments in matters of investment protection.

Professional Background

In 2007, Dr. Konrad was designated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Panel of Arbitrators of the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). In 2005, she was closely involved in setting up the Frankfurt International Arbitration Center, which serves as a cooperation facility of ICSID for investment treaty arbitrations in Germany. Under this cooperation agreement with ICSID, Frankfurt is one of the cities where ICSID proceedings may be conducted, without requiring specific approval. Dr. Konrad is the founder of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL) 
  • Member, British Institute of International and Comparative Law 
  • Member, International Law Association (ILA) 
  • Member of the Working Group on Investment Protection Law of the German Branch of the ILA
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 
  • Member, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) 
  • Member, Austrian Arbitration Association
  • Member, Steering Committee, Alumni and Friends of School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary, University of London

Additional Information

Publications
  • Commentary on Germany's Model Investment Treaties in World Arbitration Reporter (2009) (the only integrated reference work containing international treaties and national legislation from more than 135 countries as well as annotated rules of procedure in international and national arbitral institutions)
  • Chapter on Investment Protection in Siebel/Röver/Knütel, Rechtshandbuch PPP, Public Private Partnership in der Praxis (2008).
  • Country rapporteur for Germany for the online bilateral investment treaty database of Oxford University Press ( www.investmentclaims.com).
  • Member of the Assistant Editorial Board of Oxford University Press' investment arbitration awards database ( www.investmentclaims.com).
  • “Schutz der Vertrauenssphäre zwischen Rechtsanwalt und Mandant im Zivilprozess” (on Legal Professional Privilege in German Civil Proceedings), NJW , p. 710 ff. (2004).
  • “Die Beschlagnahme von Verteidigungsunterlagen, Das deutsche Recht auf dem Prüfstand der Menschenrechte ” (on Legal Professional Privilege in German Criminal Law Proceedings and Public International Law), Peter Lang (2000).
  • Commentary on the LCIA Arbitration Rules in Schütze, "Institutionelle Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit", 2nd ed. (2010) with R. Hunter)
Public International Law
  • Defending a European state in a US$2 billion ICSID arbitration by a European investor under the Energy Charter Treaty
  • Representing German investors in ICSID arbitration proceedings against Costa Rica
  • Representing a German investor in ICSID annulment proceedings against a Southeast Asian state 
  • Representing a Panamanian investor in an ICSID case against Venezuela, valued in excess of US$250 million
  • Representing a Panamanian investor in an ICC case against the Venezuelan authorities valued in excess of US$250 million
  • Representing US individual investors in relation to a CAFTA-DR claim against a Latin American state for expropriation of real estate investments
  • Representing a Central European State in an investment dispute brought by US investors and arising out of a greenfield project to develop a blood plasma fractionation plant
  • Representing a Swedish investor in an ICSID arbitration against an Eastern European state 
  • Representing a German investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration with the Kingdom of Thailand under the applicable Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
  • Acting as arbitrator appointed by a European respondent state in an investment treaty arbitration 
  • Representing an Eastern European state in an arbitration brought by a state-owned foreign oil and gas company under a BIT
  • Representing an Eastern European government in an UNCITRAL arbitration with a multinational steel conglomerate under the applicable BIT
  • Enforcing a multi-million treaty award against an Asian state
  • Advising a German investor in its dispute with a Southern Asian state under a BIT 
  • Advising a German investor on a potential dispute with a state in the Gulf region under the applicable BIT
  • Acting as counsel for the applicant in a Chamber case before the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the restitution of expropriated property in an Eastern European state 
  • Advising the applicant in proceedings before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the protection of intellectual property rights under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the Convention
  • Advising a non-governmental organization on issues of state sovereignty and recognition in relation to ongoing negotiations being held in the African Union for the recognition of the independence of an African state
  • Advising a non-governmental human rights organization acting as amicus curiae in proceedings against Bulgaria before the European Court of Human Rights. Bulgaria was held to have violated Article 3 and 8 of the Convention.

Commercial Cases
  • Representing a former national oil company in a post-privatization dispute with a multinational oil conglomerate in London under English, Czech and Polish law 
  • Acting for a German claimant in an ICC arbitration arising out of an M&A agreement against a BVI company in New York, under New York law 
  • Defending a German bank against claims by US investors in connection with an M&A agreement 
  • Acting for a German client in an arbitration under the Rules of the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration under German and Egyptian law concerning the termination of a joint venture for the development of hotel and leisure complexes in the Middle East 
  • Advising a private equity house in warranty and fraud claims arising out of a share purchase 
  • Pursuing claims of a German company in an arbitration and mediation against a US manufacturer concerning the faulty design of a process plant
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