Mr Karl Pörnbacher > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
KARL-SCHARNAGL-RING 5
80539 MÜNCHEN
Germany

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)

Karl Pörnbacher – Hogan Lovells International LLP

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)

Karl Pörnbacher – Hogan Lovells International LLP

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.