- Susanne Gropp-Stadler is a lead counsel in litigation at Siemens based in Munich, Germany. - She has over 20 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes and arbitrations. - She regularly represents Siemens in large infrastructure projects, post-M&A disputes, and matters involving allegations of corporate fraud or corruption. Some recent matters she has handled include: - A post-M&A dispute valued at over EUR 200 million that took 57 months to resolve through arbitration. - A construction dispute over a large infrastructure project where over EUR 100 million was at stake. The arbitration took 18 months. - Multiple arbitrations and court cases stemming from allegations of corporate

2. 9e Nederlands-Duitse Advocatensymposium
14 september 2018, Maritshuis / Den Haag
9. Niederländisch-Deutsches Rechtsanwaltssymposium
14. September 2018, Maritshuis / Den Haag
Marnix Leijten
Partner
Amsterdam
Arbitrage
complex, duur, ondoorzichtig
Susanne Gropp-Stadler
Lead Counsel Litigation
München
Schiedsgerichte
Verschlungen, teuer, undurchsichtig

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Susanne Gropp-Stadler / Siemens AG
Marnix Leijten / De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek9e Nederlands-Duitse Advocatensymposium / 9. Niederländisch-Deutsches Rechtsanwaltssymposium
Overview
 Susanne Gropp-Stadler:
User's perspective about potential
dis- / advantages of arbitral proceedings
 Marnix Leijten:
Arbitral Proceedings
How do they work & recent developments
 Susanne Gropp-Stadler & Marnix Leijten:
Facts regarding "complex, duur,
ondoorzichtig"
 Summary

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Marnix Leijten / De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek9e Nederlands-Duitse Advocatensymposium / 9. Niederländisch-Deutsches Rechtsanwaltssymposium
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Vorteile:
Overview

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Consortium
Country B
Customer
Country A
Project
Country A
Member of the
Consortium
Country C
Unabhängigkeit und Neutralität der Richter

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Country A
Customer
Country A
Complex content of legal proceeding
First of its kind, long lasting projects
(technical complexity, delay, quantum, etc.)
Spezialisierte und erfahrene Richter

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Consortium
Country B
Member of the
Consortium
Country C
Customer
Country A
Project
Country D
Internationale Vollstreckbarkeit
Assets
Country E

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Consortium
Country B
Member of the
Consortium
Country C
Customer
Country A
Project
Country D
Assets
Country E
 Beteiligte
 Keine Rechtsmittelinstanz
 Geschäftszweck
Dauer der Verfahren

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Consortium
Country B
Member of the
Consortium
Country C
Customer
Country A
Project
Country D
Assets
Country E
Nicht-öffentliche Verfahren
 Wettbewerb
 Technologie
 Neutralität

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Consortium
Country B
Member of the
Consortium
Country C
Customer
Country A
Project
Country D
Assets
Country E
Case Management
 Verfahrenskalender
 Schriftsätze
 Begrenzte Document
Production

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Initiating the
proceedings
1st round
written
submissions
Document
production
2nd round
written
submissions
Hearing Post
hearing
brief(s)
Cost
submission(s)
Award

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 Interim relief proceedings before competent domestic courts
 Preclusive effect of the arbitration agreement depends on the law of the seat of arbitration
 Interim and Conservatory Measures
Before arbitration on merits During arbitration on merits
Before
arbitral
tribunals
Before
national
courts
 Emergency Measures
Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
Article 28(1) of the ICC Rules:
“Unless the parties have otherwise agreed, as soon as the file
has been transmitted to it, the arbitral tribunal may, at the
request of a party, order any interim or conservatory
measure it deems appropriate. The arbitral tribunal may
make the granting of any such measure subject to appropriate
security being furnished by the requesting party. Any such
measure shall take the form of an order, giving reasons, or of
an award, as the arbitral tribunal considers appropriate.”
→ Wide (unfettered?) discretion
→ Propriety as a defining (but malleable) standard
→ Any interim measure

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
Article 29(1) of the Rules:
“A party that needs urgent interim or conservatory
measures that cannot await the constitution of an arbitral
tribunal […] may make an application for such measures
[…].”
→ Even wider (?) discretion
→ Urgency as sole criterion?
→ Any interim measure

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
Yes No
Do you require a showing of a possibility to succeed on the merits?

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
<25% 25-50% 51-75% >75%
What degree of possibility?

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
Yes No
Do you require a showing of harm not adequately reparable by damages?

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Special Tools | Emergency and Interim Relief
Yes No
Do you require a showing of urgency?

20. The Costs Conundrum
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21. The Costs Conundrum
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22. The Costs Conundrum
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Construction, post-M&A and corporate fraud
EUR 100+ million in dispute | 18 months
Post-M&A and enforcement of an arbitral award
EUR 200+ million at stake | 57 months

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25. The Costs Conundrum
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26. Duration of civil proceedings in Germany
Instanz /
Instance
Durchschnittliche Dauer je Verfahren, das mit streitigem
Urteil endete (in Monaten) /
(Average duration of proceeding, that ended with a
controversial decision) (in months)
Amtsgericht /
District Court
7.8
Landgericht in erster Instanz /
Regional Court in first instance
15.6
Landgericht in der Berufungsinstanz /
Regional Court in appeal
22.8
Oberlandesgericht /
Higher Regional Court
32
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Duration of
civil
proceedings
in the
Netherlands
2017:
37 weeks at
first instance
2017:
57 weeks
on appeal
Source: jaarverslagrechtsspraak.nl

28. Duration of proceedings at international arbitral institutions
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Arbitral Institution Median duration for all
tribunals (in months)
Median duration for
sole arbitrator tribunal
(in months)
Median duration for
three-member tribunal
(in months)
SIAC 11.7 11.3 11.7
HKIAC 11.6 N/A N/A
LCIA 16 15 19
SCC 13.5 10.3 15.8

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Questions

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Susanne Gropp-Stadler
Lead Counsel Litigation
Office location Munich
Direct number +49 89 636 56100
E-Mail susanne.gropp-stadler@siemens.com