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Henrike Koch, Dr. Axel Boës, Afra Gyekye, Anna Kopylova and Bettina Gotthardt
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for maritime commercial law and arbitration in Hamburg
KDB.legal Koch Boës is a highly specialized law boutique in Hamburg with a strong focus on maritime and commercial law as well as arbitration.
Clients of KDB.legal Koch Boës are particularly shipping companies and shipyards, but also private equity investors and service companies from other industries such as media, sports and gastronomy.
Henrike Koch and Dr. Axel Boës have gained their experience and expertise over more than 20 years in different companies and positions before starting the law boutique in summer 2015. Those broad and in-depth experiences enable Henrike Koch and Dr. Axel Boës to not only work closely with their clients on legal issues, but also to offer a tailored approach to corporate management and strategy challenges.
They’re offering accompanying advice and support their clients from the beginning of a problem analysis over strategy development until its successful implementation. A mandate always ends with a holistic and critical evaluation of the progress and the targets achieved, both in economical and legal aspects.
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Dual Nationals and BIT Protection before the French Cour de cassation: Two Decisions, One Doctrinal Line (6 May 2026)
Two similar cases, but different outcome on BIT protection for dual nationals
I. Introduction On 6 May 2026, the First Civil Chamber of the Cour de cassation delivered two judgments dealing with bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and investors with dual nationality: Both arose from annulment actions against jurisdictional awards in investment arbitrations seated in Paris. Both involved dual nationals or potentially dual nationals invoking BIT protection against […]
ICC award set aside: Serious Irregularity and Missed Issues – Indus Powertech Inc v Echjay Industries Pvt Ltd [2026] EWHC 827 (Comm)
1. Introduction The decision in Indus Powertech Inc v Echjay Industries Private Limited [2026] EWHC 827 (Comm) addresses a challenge to an ICC arbitral award under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996. While reaffirming the high threshold and pro‑arbitration approach of the English courts, the judgment is an important illustration of how the English […]
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