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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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An Email can interrupt limitation of CMR-claims, but if the carrier agrees to provide original CMRs, it has to provide originals: Recent Guidance from the Munich Court of Appeal

A. Background of the Case The Higher Regional Court (OLG) Munich (judgement of 15 January 2026, case no. 14 U 3118/25 e) recently dealt with a dispute over freight remuneration for four international road transports carried out in late September and early October 2023. The carrier (plaintiff) had invoiced a total of EUR 8,040 to […]

State Immunity is not absolute in Russian Courts says the Russian Supreme Court

On the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 24 March 2026, No. 78-КГ25-37-КЗ In two recent decisions, Russian courts dealt with claims against souvereign states. In the one case, (Supreme Court, case no. No. 78-КГ25-37-КЗ – provided below since the website of the Russian Supreme court is inaccessible from abroad), it […]

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KDB.legal Koch Boës
Rechtsanwälte

Colonnaden 21
D – 20354 Hamburg

Tel. +49 40-30 70 90 70
Fax+49 40-30 70 90 717

Phone+49 40-30 70 90 70