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Henrike Koch, Dr. Axel Boës, Afra Gyekye, Anna Kopylova and Bettina Gotthardt
Law Firm
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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Is there suddenly reciprocity regarding recognition of commercial judgements between Germany and Russia?
Recognition and enforcement of state court decisions between Germany and Russia Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements in Russia has been at the center of my professional interest for a long time now. The traditional approach under Russian law was that foreign court decisions were only recognised if there was a bi- or multilateral treaty. […]
Even an arbitration clause in favour of a seat in a ‘friendly’ country can be overturned by Russian courts.
Introduction On August 28, 2024, the Arbitrazh Court of Primorsky Kray in Russia issued a notable ruling in Case А51-7534/2024. The dispute involved a Russian plaintiff and an Irish defendant concerning the modification of a bareboat charter agreement for a vessel, as well as the recognition of ownership rights over that vessel. Background facts The […]
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