Fieldfisher

Dispute Resolution

Falco Kreis is Counsel at Fieldfisher’s Munich office, advising clients in Arbitration, Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings.

His focus of his work is on complex technical disputes, particularly in the automotive, IT, life sciences, and telecommunications industries. He represents clients in all types of disputes, including post-M&A conflicts, supply chain disputes, and disagreements arising from development and cooperation agreements. A key focus of his work lies in national and international arbitration. He has experience handling proceedings in various jurisdictions, both domestic and international, under the rules of numerous arbitral institutions.

He advises and represents clients throughout all stages of a dispute, including pre-litigation claim enforcement and ADR proceedings. As a trained mediator and arbitrator, he approaches conflicts holistically and from multiple perspectives to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. This includes the effective enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards in Germany and abroad. He also advises on all aspects of litigation funding. Having worked for several years as in-house counsel at a leading international litigation funder, he brings unique insights and experience in the litigation finance industry.

Falco Kreis has a strong interest in high-tech topics such as Artificial Intelligence, crypto, and blockchain technology, and he regularly speaks on current developments in arbitration and legal innovation, including Legal Tech.

His clients primarily include large and medium-sized industrial companies, private equity investors, and founders. Thanks to his previous role as in-house counsel, he has a deep understanding of the needs and challenges faced by clients and develop strategies and solutions for effective and efficient dispute resolution—so they can focus on their core business.

He has published:

• “Litigation Funding: Comparative Guide – Germany”, Mondaq Comparative Guides (with Jakob Hübert) February 2023
• “Rechtshandbuch Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, Kapitel zu künstlicher Intellegenz und ADR-Verfahren, in: Braegelmann/Kaulartz (eds.), C.H. Beck 2019 (german)
• "Rechtshandbuch Smart Contracts", Kapitel zur Streitbeilegung, in: Braegelmann/Kaulartz (eds.), C.H. Beck 2019 (with Dr Markus Kaulartz) (german)
• "Introduction to the Revised Arbitration Rules of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS)", B-Arbitra 2019/1 (with Dr Tilman Niedermaier) (german)
• "Smart Contracts and Dispute Resolution – A Chance to Raise Efficiency?", ASA Bulletin 2019/2 (with Dr Markus Kaulartz)
• "Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Schiedssprüchen", Kapitel zur Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Schiedssprüchen, in: "Handbuch des Zwangsvollstreckungsrechts", Dierck/Morvilius/Volkommer (eds.), C.H. Beck 2016 (with Dr Nicolas Wiegand) (german)
• "How China-seated arbitration awards have been enforced overseas - the German perspective", CIETAC News 10/2015 (with Dr Nicolas Wiegand)
• "Turning the tables: China opts for arbitration in Europe", (2013) 4 (10) China Business Law Journal, 19-20 (with Felix Lautenschlager) (german)

In addition, he has authored numerous blog posts and case notes on arbitration-related topics.

Before joining Fieldfisher, he worked as an in-house counsel at a leading international litigation funder, where he was responsible for the investments in Asia in addition to his work in the German and Nordic markets. Prior to that, he spent several years as an attorney in the Dispute Resolution team of a major international law firm.

He advises our clients in both German and English.

He studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University College Cork (Ireland).