Düsseldorf
Dr. Thomas Hauss advises companies and entrepreneurs for more than 30 years on the structuring, negotiation, and enforcement of commercial contracts.
He represents clients before state courts as well as in out-of-court dispute resolution in complex national and cross-border commercial disputes. Thomas also has extensive experience in international arbitration proceedings.
He is known for delivering efficient, strategically sound, and innovative negotiation solutions, which he safeguards, where necessary, through the targeted use of procedural instruments in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has particular expertise and a proven track record in structuring and strategically leading mediation proceedings, which he employs to achieve sustainable and commercially viable dispute resolution outcomes.
Thomas advised:
- A European holding company on the defense of a post-M&A claim for damages for alleged infringement of warranties
- The chairman of the supervisory board of an international consumer goods group on the successful defense of claims for damages following an international divestment
- The CEO of an international capital goods group on the successful defense of claims for damages following a failed expansion project in Canada
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, Germany: Litigation, 2020-2026
- JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms, Recommended: Conflict Resolution: Processes and Product Liability (“Always on point, extremely responsive,” competitor), 2022-2026
- The Legal 500 EMEA, Recommended in Germany: Arbitration, 2016-2022
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- University of Cologne, Dr. jur. utr.
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Exam
- University of Bonn, First State Exam
- University of Cologne
- Germania
- Tedesco
- Inglese
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