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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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Jurisdiction Clauses Can Close the Door – Lessons from a German-Russian Dispute
When entering into international contracts, parties often agree in advance which courts should resolve any disputes that may arise. While this approach offers predictability and legal certainty, it can also severely limit a party’s options. While it is a common approach to avoid foreign jurisdictions, one might learn that a decision from one’s “home” courts […]
Russian Court issues injunction against Claimant, Arbitrators and Counsel in Energy Treaty dispute
Russia acts not only against foreign parties, but also against counsel and arbitrators
On 29 April 2025, the Moscow Arbitrazh Court (Case Number: А40-92702/25-56-674) granted a motion applied for by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation for interim relief, ordering the suspension of all arbitration procedures in the case of Wintershall Dea GmbH v. Russian Federation. The order applies until the court issues a final ruling […]
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