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Dr Ralf Hafner

Work Department
Corporate/M and A
Position
Partner, head of ADVANT Beiten’s Munich office and head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group
Career
Dr Ralf Hafner is Partner, head of ADVANT Beiten’s Munich office and head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His area of activity comprises litigation & arbitration. He particularly advises his national and international clients on complex, international disputes, mostly post-M&A-cases as well as other corporate, commercial, banking and contractual matters and claims for damages in particular against corporate bodies. He represents his clients in arbitration and state court proceedings, including proceedings for the enforcement of arbitral awards. He has extensive expertise as arbitrator (also as president and sole arbitrator), as counsel and as secretary to the arbitral tribunal from more than 60 arbitration proceedings following the rules of DIS, ICC, LCIA, Milan Chamber of Commerce, SCC, Swiss Rules as well as from ad hoc arbitration proceedings (including UNCITRAL Rules) in various industries.
Ralf Hafner studied law at the University of Freiburg and was admitted to the German Bar in 2004. While holding a scholarship of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation he earned a doctoral degree from the University of Freiburg (Dr. iur., 2004). In 2008 Ralf graduated with a master’s degree (M.Sc. (Construction Law & Dispute Resolution)) from King’s College London. Since 2011 he teaches Business Law at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Institute for Management of the University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg. In 2012 he was a Visiting Lecturer for European & International Law at King’s College London. Since 12/2021 he is a member of the Advisory Board of the DIS. In 11/2022 he has been selected as arbitrator for the Arbitrator Pool of the Court of Arbitration for Art. After seven years with a major Anglo-American law firm in its Dusseldorf and London offices, Dr Ralf Hafner has been working with ADVANT Beiten as a partner since January 2011.
Languages
English / French / German
Memberships
- British-German Jurists’ Association
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- ICC
- ICDR
- KAS Alumni
- KCCLA
Education
Ralf Hafner studied law at the University of Freiburg and was admitted to the German Bar in 2004. While holding a scholarship of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation he earned a doctoral degree from the University of Freiburg (Dr. iur., 2004). In 2008 Ralf graduated with a master’s degree (M.Sc. (Construction Law & Dispute Resolution)) from King’s College London. Since 2011 he teaches Business Law at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Institute for Management of the University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg. In 2012 he was a Visiting Lecturer for European & International Law at King’s College London. Since 12/2021 he is a member of the Advisory Board of the DIS.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
ADVANT Beiten regularly acts in national and international arbitration proceedings, in particular in disputes relating to company acquisition agreements as well as in corporate, commercial, banking and contractual disputes. The team also assists with the enforcement of damages claims and the recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards and judgments. In addition to practice head Ralf Hafner, who often acts as a party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or chairman, the team further expanded its expertise in October 2023 with the arrival of Oliver Korte from SKW Schwarz. Korte also acts as an arbitrator in commercial and distribution disputes.
Deutschland > Streitbeilegung > Arbitration (einschließlich internationaler Arbitration)
ADVANT Beiten ist regelmäßig in nationalen und internationalen Schiedsverfahren tätig, insbesondere in Streitigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit Unternehmenskaufverträgen sowie in gesellschafts-, handels-, bank- und vertragsrechtlichen Auseinandersetzungen. Das Team unterstützt zudem bei der Durchsetzung von Schadensersatzansprüchen und der Anerkennung sowie Vollstreckung von Schiedssprüchen und Urteilen. Neben Praxisleiter Ralf Hafner, der häufig als parteibenannter Schiedsrichter, Einzelschiedsrichter oder Vorsitzender tätig ist, hat das Team seine Expertise im Oktober 2023 mit der Ankunft von Oliver Korte von SKW Schwarz weiter ausgebaut. Korte ist ebenfalls als Schiedsrichter in handels- und vertriebsrechtlichen Streitigkeiten tätig.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Private clients and non-profits
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Media > Entertainment
- Media > Press and publishing
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Tax