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Mr Karl Pörnbacher

Work Department
International Arbitration
Position
Partner
Career
Karl Pörnbacher heads the firm’s International Arbitration team in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe and advises and represents clients in national and multinational alternative dispute resolution proceedings (arbitration, mediation, adjudication) with wide experience in the automotive, life science, energy and infrastructure sector and M&A disputes. He has represented clients in more than 90 domestic and international arbitration proceedings and mediations and has been appointed in more than 60 proceedings as an arbitrator, both as chair/sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator. He has acted under various rules, like UNCITRAL Rules, LCIA, ICC, VIAC, Swiss Rules, Polish Chamber of Commerce, DIS, or ad hoc proceedings. Karl worked for several years in Poland and is frequently involved in cross-border disputes involving Poland and countries from other Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Languages
English, Polish, French, German
Memberships
Member of the DIS-Advisory Board; president of the Arbitration Court of the German-Polish Chamber of Commerce; member of the Austrian, Swiss and Polish Arbitration Institution.
Education
LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 1994
Université d’Angers, 1991
Université de Toulouse, 1992
University of Passau, 1990
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Streitbeilegung > Arbitration (einschließlich internationaler Arbitration)
(Führende Partner)Hogan Lovells International LLP wartet mit Expertise in gesellschafts-, werbe- und handelsrechtlichen Streitigkeiten auf, wobei ein weiterer Schwerpunkt der Praxis auf kartell- und insolvenzrechtlichen Streitigkeiten liegt. Das Team, das oft als Vorsitzender, Einzel- oder Mitschiedsrichter für Schiedsverfahren benannt wird, wird von Karl Pörnbacher geleitet, dessen Expertise sich von Streitigkeiten aus den Bereichen Energiewirtschaft, Anlagenbau und Infrastrukturprojekte bis hin zu Post-M&A-Konflikten sowie Konflikten aus der Automobil-, Luftfahrt- und Life-Science-Industrie erstreckt. In diesen Bereichen ist auch Inken Knief, die regelmäßig als Schiedsrichterin tätig ist, besonders versiert. Die Praxis verstärkte sich außerdem im Dezember 2024 mit dem Zugang von Thomas Nebel (kartell-, gesellschafts- und handelsrechtliche Streitigkeiten), zuvor bei Dentons.
Germany > Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
(Leading partners)Hogan Lovells International LLP has expertise in corporate, advertising and commercial disputes, with a further focus on antitrust and insolvency disputes. The team, which is often appointed as chairman, sole or co-arbitrator in arbitration proceedings, is led by Karl Pörnbacher, whose expertise ranges from disputes in the energy industry, plant construction and infrastructure projects to post-M&A disputes and conflicts in the automotive, aviation and life sciences industries. Inken Knief, who regularly acts as an arbitrator, is also particularly well versed in these areas. Additionally, the practice was strengthened by the arrival of Thomas Nebel (antitrust, corporate and commercial disputes), who joined from Dentons in December 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Arbitration (including international arbitration) Germany > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Energy
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Compliance > Internal investigations
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Banking and finance > Financial services: regulatory
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: patent lawyers
- Banking and finance > Project finance
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Private equity > Transactions
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Consumer goods and food law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Private equity > Transactions
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Tax
- Employment