Presentations
Prof. Dr. Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Invited Presentations
- From Coordination to Regulation: Private International Law in a Post-Rule based International Order
26 September 2026, Edinburgh Private International Law Festival, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) -
Special Course on Private International Law
Summer 2026, Hague Academy of International Law, Den Haag (The Nederlands) - Commercial Courts made in Germany: Competitiveness of Germany as a Jurisdiction
11 March 2026, Juristische Gesellschaft zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) -
Human Rights, Global Supply Chains and Private Enforcement: From National to European Regulation – and Back Again?
29 October 2025, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy) -
Competition for (International Commercial) Disputes: International Commercial Courts and/or International Commercial Arbitration?
28 October 2025, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy) -
Regulatory Contract Law: The Role of Private International Law
4 July 2025, Regulatory Contract Law, Center for Regulation and Contract Law (CRCL), University of Zurich (Switzerland)
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Deutsche Gerichte im Wettbewerb der Justizstandorte
26 June 2025, Streitbeilegungsstandort Deutschland, Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) & Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS), Karlsruhe -
Die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten: International Commercial Courts als relevante Alternative zu internationalen Schiedsgerichten?
2 June 2025, Aktuelle Probleme des Wirtschaftsprivatrechts, Universität Innsbruck (Austria) -
Resolving International Commercial Disputes: The Role of International Commercial Courts4 March 2025, Kenyatta University, Nairobi (Kenya)
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Resolving International Commercial Disputes: The Role of International Commercial Courts25 February 2025, University of Western Cape, Capetown (South Africa)
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International Commercial Courts: A Comparative Perspective
30 October 2024, Lecture: Comparative Legal Systems, Universität Athen (Greece) -
International Commercial Courts: Game Changers for the Resolution of International Disputes?
25 October 2024, Seminar: International Private Law, Law of International Business Transactions & Comparative Legal Studies, Universität Athen (Greece). -
Zivilrechtliche Haftung nach der Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Prozessuale Fragen
11 October 2024, Durchsetzung unternehmerischer Sorgfaltspflichten nach LkSG und CSDDD: Bilanz und Vorschau, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle. -
Menschenrechte und Zivilverfahrensrecht: Der “blind spot” des Lieferkettenrechts?
19 September 2024, Female Perspectives, Freshfields Berlin -
Private International Law and Economic Analysis
10 September 2024, Research Methods in Private International Law, University of Rotterdam (The Netherlands) -
Modernization of German Civil Justice: Ready for the future or still lagging behind?
9 September 2024, Hengeler Mueller Arbitration Talks, Hengeler Mueller, Berlin -
International Commercial Courts: A Comparative Perspective
9/10 May 2024, Cross-Border Dispute Resolution, University of Pittsburgh/University of Verona/University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik (Croatia) -
International Commercial Courts and Arbitration: A German Perspective
13 September 2023, DAA/DIS/NAI Arbitration Group: Dutch-German views on commercial courts compared to arbitration from an academic, practitioner and in-house perspective, Gleiss Lutz, Berlin -
Regulating Legal Tech Companies in Germany
18 May 2023, CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford Law School (USA) -
Access to Justice in Germany: (De-) Regulation of the German Legal Services Market
13 May 2023, New Voices in Access to Justice, Stanford Law School (USA) -
Towards more Access to Justice in Germany: The Role of Legal Tech Companies
9 May 2023, Civil Justice Discussion Group, Stanford Law School (USA) - The (changing) role of default rules in civil procedure (and arbitration)
23/24 March 2023, Workshop “Default Rules in Private Law”, Oxford University (UK). - Von der Einreichung der Klage bis zur Beweisaufnahme: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Digitalisierung bei grenzüberschreitenden Streitigkeiten [From Claim Filing to Evidence Taking: Opportunities and Constraints of Digitalization in Cross-Border Disputes]
16 February 2023, Berlin Litigation Circle, Berlin. -
Digitalisierung der grenzüberschreitenden Streitbeilegung: Status quo und Zukunftsperspektiven [Digitalization of cross-border dispute resolution: status quo and future prospects]
9 December 2022, Denkfabrik Legal Tech, Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz, München. -
Verfahrensgrundsätze und Digitalisierung der zivilgerichtlichen Streitbeilegung [Basic principles of proceedure and digitalization of civil justice]
23 November 2022, Ringvorlesung Legal Tech, Universität Passau. -
New Specialized Commercial Courts and their Role in the Resolution of International Disputes
27 October 2022, World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), Asunción (Paraguay). -
Digitale Rechtsdurchsetzung im Verbraucherbereich: Flightright, Conny & Co [Digital consumer rights enforcement: Flightright, Conny & Co.]
19 October 2022, Digitale Geschäftsmodelle im hochregulierten Umfeld, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. -
Verfahrensgrundsätze in Zeiten der Digitalisierung [Basic principles of proceedure in the age of Digitalization]
18 October 2022, ZPO-Forum, Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV), Berlin. -
Ansätze zur Regulierung unternehmerischer Verantwortung in globalen Lieferketten: Ein rechtsvergleichender Überblick [Approaches to Regulating Corporate Responsibility in Global Supply Chains: A Comparative Law Overview]
6 May 2022, Unternehmerische Verantwortung in Lieferketten, Tagung der Ernst von Caemmerer-Stiftung, Universität Basel (Schweiz). -
Blockchain-based smart contracts and private international law
4/5 November 2021, Private International Law and Modern Technologies, American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP), Washington (USA). -
Digital Justice made in Germany
21 October 2021, Juristische Studiengesellschaft Karlsruhe. -
Digitalisierung der Ziviljustiz [Digitalization of civil justice]
8 October 2021, Tagung der Jungen Zivilprozessrechtler, Graz (Österreich). - Beschleunigtes Online-Verfahren [Accelerated online proceedings]
16 July 2021, Göttinger Kolloquium zur Digitalisierung des Zivilverfahrensrechts, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen & zpoblog.de. - Einsatz von KI-System in der Justiz – Chancen für die Durchsetzung von Verbraucherrechten? [The use of AI in the judicial system - Opportunities for the enforcements of consumer rights]
12 July 2021, Verbraucherrechtstag 2021: Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie gelingt eine vertrauenswürdige Verwendung in Deutschland und Europa? Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin. - Digitalisierung des Zivilprozesses: Status quo und Reformdiskussionen [Digitalization of Civil Proceedings: Status quo and reform discussions]
27 May 2021, Legal Tech – Neue Wege auch für die Justiz? Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz & Deutsche Richterakademie - Digitalisierung des Zivilprozesses: Verfahrenseinleitung [Digitalization of Civil Proceedings: Initiation of Proceedings]
4 December 2020, Video Roundtable, University of Bonn & zpoblog.de. - Smart Contracts und Internationales Privatrecht [Smart contracts and Private International Law]
23 November 2020, WM Online-Seminar. Recht der Fintechs. Frankfurt. - Towards a German Supply Chain Act? Insights from Private International Law and Comparative Law
9 November 2020, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). - Auswirkungen des Brexit auf die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten in Europa [Effects of Brexit on the settlement of international disputes in Europe]
27 October 2020, DeutscherAnwaltVerein (DAV) Netherlands, Lunch Webinar. - Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters
21 September 2020, British-European Relations Post-Brexit: A Legal Kaleidoscope, Oxford (England) - Online Courts, oder: Zivilverfahren für das 21. Jahrhundert [Online courts, or: civil proceedings for the 21st century]
3/4 September 2020, Digital Justice Conference, Recode.law. - Auf dem Weg zu einem nationalen Lieferkettengesetz? Kollisionsrechtliche und rechtsvergleichende Überlegungen [Towards a German Supply Chain Act? Choice of law and comparative law aspects]
1 September 2020, MPI Virtual Private International Law Workshop, Hamburg. - The Law Applicable to Smart Contracts, or Much ado about Nothing?
25 October 2019, Good for all: towards a paradigm shift, Blockchain, Law and Governance, Unversità degli studi di Milano, Milan (Italy). - International Commercial Courts: A Comparative (and European) Perspective
25 October 2019, 3rd IBA Litigation Conference on Private International Law, Milan (Italy). - Choice of Law and Litigation after Brexit
21 June 2019, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg. - Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit und Internationales Privatrecht [Corporate Social Responsibility and Private International Law]
20-22 March 2019, Biannual Conference of the German Society of International Law (DGIR), Vienna (Austria). - Towards a European Commercial Court?
7 March 2019, 1st Hannover Dispute Resolution Day, Leibniz-Universität Hannover (Germany) - Chancen und Risiken neuer und gewandelter Streitbeilegungsmechanismen [Opportunities and Challenges of New and Changed Dispute Resolution Mechanisms]
30 November 2018, Munich Dispute Resolution Day, Munich Dispute Resolution Center, Munich (Germany) - Brexit, Regulatory Competition and the Settlement of International Disputes
1 November 2018, Comparative Law Discussion Group, University of Oxford (England). - Die Auswirkungen des Brexit auf die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten
22 June 2018, Krise der Internationalen Streitbeilegung, Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Recht, Frankfurt am Main. - Brexit and the Battle for Legal Disputes – Gedanken zum Wettbewerb der Justizstandorte [Brexit and the Battle for Legal Disputes – Thoughts on Judicial Competition]
7 May 2018, New Frontiers in Law and Economics, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (Germ. - The Private International Law of Contracts: National Report Germany
12 February 2018, European Private International Law Running out of Steam? Italo-German Perspectives on Future Areas of Harmonization, Villa Vigoni, Menaggio (Italy) - Virtual Migration to Switzerland: Empirical and Normative Thoughts on Regulatory Competition
7 December 2017, NCCR – The migration-mobility nexus, Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland) - Mehr Freitheit wagen … im Vertragsrecht [More freedom … in contract law]
28 September 2017, More freedom in …. Symposium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Jürgen Basedow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany) - The Effects of Brexit on the Dispute Resolution Market
17 March 2017, Workshop “Negotiating Brexit”, University of Oxford (Oxford). - Choice of Law and Choice of Forum Clauses after Brexit: Implications for London as a Place for Settling International Legal Disputes
7 October 2016, University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), London (England). - Information Duties under German Insurance Contract Law
22/23 September 2016, Information Duties, Disclosure Duties, and Transparency Obligations under German and Japanese Private Law, Chuo University Faculty of Law, Tokyo (Japan). - Die Evaluation von EU-Verordnungen zum Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrecht: Methodische Grundlagen und praktische Erfahrungen [Evaluation of European Regulations on Private International Law: Methodological Foundation and Practical Experience]
14/15 April 2016, European Union Private International Law – Legal Application in Reality (EUPILLAR): State of Play and Perspectives, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany). - Grenzüberschreitende außergerichtliche Streitbelegung nach der ADR-Richtlinie und nach dem Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz [Cross-border Alternative Dispute Resolution: Implementation of the ADR Directive in Germany]
12 February 2016, Academic Society for Consumers and Law, University of Kassel (Germany). - Rechtsvergleichung und Europäisches Kollisionsrecht: Die vergessene Dimension [Comparative Law and European Private International Law: The Forgotten Dimension]
14/15 November 2015, Perspectives on Comparative Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Alternative und Online Streitbeilegung in der Europäischen Union [Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution in the European Union]
15/16 October 2015, Parallel Justice? Paradigms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Research Network “Law in Context”, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Germany). - Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution in the European Union
1 December 2014, European University Institute, Florence (Italy). - The Consumer’s Jurisdictional Privilege in the ECJ Case Law
28 November 2014, Università di Verona, Verona (Italy). - Aktuelle Entwicklung des Verbraucherschutzes im europäischen Zivilverfahrensrecht [Recent Developments of Consumer Protection in European International Civil Procedure]
25 September 2014, RIW-Fachkonferenz, Aktuelle Entwicklungen im europäischen Zivilverfahrensrecht [Recent Developments in European International Civil Procedure], Frankfurt am Main (Germany) . - Competition for Contract Laws: Fiction or Reality? Dream or Nightmare?
30 May 2014, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (Denmark). - Globale Gesellschaften und nationales Recht [Global Societies and National Laws]
25 April 2014, Award of the Carus Prize 2014 of the City of Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt. - Competition for Contract Laws: Fiction or Reality? Dream or Nightmare?
22 November 2013, Territorial Laws in a Global Era: Perspectives on the Law Market and Beyond, University of Helsinki, Centre of Excellence in Foundations of European Law and Polity (Finland). - Regulatory Competition in Contract Law: Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications
26 June 2013, Hamburg Lectures on Law and Economics, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg (Germany). - Regulatory Competition in Contract Law: Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications
14 January 2013, Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). - Regulatory Competition in Contract Law: Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications
22 November 2012, Comparative Law Discussion Group, University of Oxford (England). - Regulatory Competition in Contract Law: Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications
21 November 2012, Centre of European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge (England). - Die Vorschläge der Europäischen Kommission zur außergerichtlichen Streitbeilegung und grenzüberschreitende Verbraucherverträge [The European Commissions’ Proposals on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Cross-border Consumer Contracts]
9 November 2012, Symposium „Reden statt klagen – Der Vorschlag einer Richtlinie über außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung und der Verordnungsvorschlag über Online-Beilegung von verbraucherrechtlicher Streitigkeiten” [Symposium „Talking instead of Sueing – The Draft Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Draft Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes“], German Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Berlin (Germany). - Allgemeiner Teil und Effizienz [General Part and Efficiency]
29 June 2012, Symposium „Brauchen wir eine Rom 0-Verordnung? Überlegungen zu einem Allgemeinen Teil des europäischen Internationalen Privatrechts” [Symposium „Do we need a Rome 0-Regulation? Considerations on a General Part of European Private International Law“], University of Bayreuth (Germany). - Choice of Law and Choice of Forum in the European Union: From the Rome and Brussels Conventions to the Rome I- and Brussels I- Regulations
8 June 2012, Globalaw, European Regional Meeting, Hamburg (Germany). - Consumer Contracts: Recent Developments
31 May 2012, Conference „Rome I & II – Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations: Analysis and Experiences“, Academy of European Law (ERA), Trier (Germany). - The Proposed Common European Sales Law: Aspects of Private International Law
9 December 2011, Roundtable „The Proposed Common European Sales Law”, Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI), Brussels (Belgium). - The Choice of Law Framework for Efficient Regulatory Competition in Contract Law
14 Oktober 2011, Symposium „Regulatory Competition in Contract Law and Dispute Resolution”, Center for Advanced Studies (CAS), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany). - Consumer Protection in Private International Law
24 March 2011, Complutense Private International Law Conference, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain). - The CISG and the Battle of the Forms: An Empirical Analysis
12 March 2011, International Conference on the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Università di Verona, Verona (Italy). - Kohärenz im Recht der Europäischen Union: Zum kollisionsrechtlichen Schutz des „Schwächeren“ [Coherence in European Union Law: On the Protection of „Weaker“ Parties in Choice of Law]
7 February 2011, Internationale Juristenvereinigung Osnabrück (IJVO) [International Lawyers’ Association Osnabrück], Faculty of Law, University of Osnabrück (Germany). - Consumer Protection in Private International Law
6 January 2011, Hamburg Lectures on Law and Economics, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg. - Die Probleme internationaler Transaktionen: Das Internationale Privatrecht auf dem Prüfstand der ökonomischen Theorie [The Problems of International Transactions: Conflict of Laws on the Test Bench of Economic Theory]
27 January 2009, Law & Economics Workshop, University of Bonn and Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods, Bonn (Germany). - Effizienzprobleme bei grenzüberschreitenden Rechtsstreitigkeiten [Efficiency Problems of Cross-Border Disputes]
29 March 2008, VI. Travemünder Symposium zur ökonomischen Analyse des Rechts [VI. Travemünde Symposium on Economic Analysis of Law], Travemünde (Germany). - Choice of Law and Choice of Forum in the European Union: Recent Developments
14 March 2008, Civil Justice Systems in Europe: Implications for Choice of Law and Choice of Forum, Institute of European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (England). - Methodological Approaches in Choice of Law: An Economic Perspective
16 September 2005, 22nd Conference of the European Association for Law and Economics (EALE), Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Expert hearings
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Einführung eines zivilgerichtlichen Online-Verfahrens [Introduction of online procedure for civil courts]
15 October 2025, Ausschuss für Recht und Verbraucherschutz des Deutschen Bundestages [Committee for Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection of the German Federal Parliament], Berlin (Germany) -
Stärkung des Justizstandortes Deutschland [Strengthening Germany as a judicial location]
13 December 2023, Rechtsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin - Stärkung der Ziviljustiz in internationalen Wirtschaftsstreitigkeiten durch Einrichtung von Commercial Courts [Strengthening civil justice in international commercial disputes by establishing Commercial Courts]
1 March 2023, Rechtsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin. -
Protection of Human Rights in Global Supply Chains: Do we need to amend the Rome II-Regulation?
15 November 2021, JURI Committee, Europäisches Parlament, Brussels (Belgium) -
Building Competence in Commercial Law in the Member States
10 October 2018, JURI Committee, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium) - Expedited Settlement of Commercial Disputes in the EU
9 July 2018, JURI Committee, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
Other Presentations
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Global Private International Law: Pathways Towards Inter-Association Cooperation
9 August 2025, XVIII ASADIP Conference: Regional Imaginaries, Global Resonance – Inter-American Private International and the World Stage, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) - Zivilrechtliche Haftung für die Verletzung von Menschenrechten in globalen Lieferketten:
Status quo, Perspektiven und Herausforderungen [Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains: Current Situation Prospects and Challenges]
27 February 2026, Universität Wien (Austria) -
Wettbewerb der Justizstandorte: International Commercial Courts „made in Germany“ [Competitiveness of Germany as a Jurisdiction: International Commercial Courts „made in Germany“] 10 July 2025, Berlin Talks: Private International Law, Juristische Fakultät, Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany)
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Klimawandel vor Gericht: Sondervorlesung zum Urteil des OLG Hamm vom 28. Mai 2025 [Climate Change in Court: Special Lecture on the Judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm dated May 28 2025]
8 July 2025, Faculty of Law, Humboldt University zu Berlin (Germany) -
International Commercial Courts „made in Germany“: Alternative zur Internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit? [International Commercial Courts „made in Germany“: An Alternative to International Commercial Arbitration]
6 February 2025, Faculty Workshop, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) -
Aktuelles aus dem Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht: Zur Regulierung globaler Lieferketten [Current developments in international commercial law: On the regulation of global supply chains]
7 November 2024, Dinner Speech, Arbeitskreis Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, Berlin -
Firlefanz oder Fortschritt – Wie viel Technik braucht der Rechtsstaat? [Frippery or progress - How much technology does the rule of law need?]
15 October 2024, Panel Discussion, Zukunftsforum Justiz, Stuttgart -
Menschenrechte und Zivilverfahrensrecht: Der “blind spot” des Lieferkettenrechts? [Human rights and civil procedural law: The “blind spot” of supply chain law?]
15 February 2024, Faculty Workshop, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Digitalisierung in der Juristischen Aus- und Weiterbildung [Digitalization in legal education and training]
8 November 2022, Digital Justice Summit, Berlin. - Brexit – Gedanken zum Wettbewerb der Justizstandorte [Brexit – Thoughts on Judicial Competition]
29 January 2018, New Year's Reception for the Scholarship Holders of the German National Academic Foundation in Thuringia, Jena (Germany) - Zivilrechtliche Haftung für die Verletzung menschenrechtlicher Sorgfaltspflichten, oder: Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel [Civil Liability for Violations of Human Rights Due Diligence Obligations or: After the Game Is Before the Game]
2 November 2022, Universität Hamburg - Business and Human Rights: Effektuierung des Lieferkettengesetzes durch das Internationale Privatrecht [Business and Human Rights: Implementing the Supply Chain Act through Private International Law]
8 December 2021, Universität Augsburg - Brexit und die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten in Europa, oder: United we stand taller [Brexit and the Resolution of International Disputes in Europe or: United We Stand Stronger]
31 January 2019, Universität Wien (Austria) - Digitale Justiz, oder: Zivilverfahren für das 21. Jahrhundert [Digital Justice or: Civil Proceedings for the 21st Century]
30 January 2019, Symposium „Perspektiven des Zivilverfahrensrechts“, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Brexit und die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten in Europa, oder: United we stand taller [Brexit and the Resolution of International Disputes in Europe or: United We Stand Stronger]
7 January 2019, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel - Brexit – Gedanken zum Wettbewerb der Justizstandorte [Brexit – Thoughts on Competition Among Jurisdictions]
29 January 2018, Neujahrsempfang der Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes in Thüringen, Jena - Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht und Wettbewerb der Rechtsordnungen [The Swiss Code of Obligations and competition between jurisdictions]
26 September 2017, Symposium: „Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht”, Universität Zürich (Switzerland) - The Future of Private International Law in Europe after Brexit
6 September 2017, Private International Law Workshop, Duke Law School, Durham (USA) - Europäisches Internationales Privatrecht [European Private International Law]
27 May 2015, Conference on “European Economic Integration”, Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection, Erfurt (Germany). - Protecting Consumers Across Borders: A (European) Private International Law Perspective
10 March 2015, University of Sydney Law School, Sydney (Australia). - Der Einfluss des Grundgesetzes auf die (frühe) Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs zum Internationalen Privatrecht [The Influence of the German Basic Law on the Jurisprudence of the Federal Supreme Court in Private International Law]
17 June 2014, Lecture Series “Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung in der frühen Bundesrepublik” [Jurisprudence in the Early Years of the Federal Republic of Germany], Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany). - Außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verbraucherverträgen [Alternative Dispute Resolution for Cross-Border Consumer Contracts]
7 June 2013, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. - Wettbewerb der Rechtsordnungen – Horizontale Europäisierung im Vertragsrecht? [Regulatory Competition – Horizontal Europeanisation in Contract Law?]
12 April 2013, Symposion „Europa und Privatrecht – Schlaglichter und Entwicklungstendenzen” [Europe and Private Law – Highlights and Trends], Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany). - The Common European Sales Law: 28th, 2nd or 1st Regime?
15 June 2012, Symposium, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). - Das Vertragsrecht im internationalen Wettbewerb: Empirische Evidenz und normative Implikationen [Contract Law in the Context of International Competition: Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications]
26 January 2012, Juristische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. - Die Wahl des anwendbaren Rechts nach Art. 14 Abs. 1 der Rom II-Verordnung [The choice of the applicable law under Article 14(1) of the Rome II Regulation]
25 November 2011, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. - Die Wahl des anwendbaren Rechts nach Art. 14 Abs. 1 der Rom II-Verordnung [The choice of the applicable law under Article 14(1) of the Rome II Regulation]
10 November 2011, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz. - Die Rechtsprechung des BGH zu § 476 BGB im Lichte der Verbrauchsgüterkaufrichtlinie [The Federal Court of Justice’s case law on § 476 of the German Civil Code in light of the Consumer Sales Directive]
15 July 2011, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Osnabrück. - Die Begrenzung des § 142 ZPO durch das Vertrauensverhältnis zwischen Anwalt und Mandant [The Limitation of Section 142 of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) by the Confidential Relationship Between Attorney and Client]
12 July 2011, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität des Saarlandes. - Von Zahnriemen, Zylinderköpfen und Zuchtkatern: Die Rechtsprechung des BGH zu § 476 BGB [From timing belts cylinder heads and stud cats: The Federal Court of Justice’s case law on § 476 of the German Civil Code]
7 June 2011, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Philipps-Universität Marburg. -
Kohärenz im Recht der Europäischen Union: Der kollisionsrechtliche Schutz des „Schwächeren“ [Coherence in European Union Law: The Protection of the “Weaker Party” Under Conflict of Laws]
7. December 2010, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. -
Der Schutz des „Schwächeren“ im europäischen Kollisionsrecht [The Protection of the “Weaker Party” Under Conflict of Laws]
29 June 2010, Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft, Universität Regensburg. - The Problem of International Transactions: Conflict of Laws Revisited
3 May 2010, University of Illinois, College of Law, Urbana-Champaign (USA). - Recent Developments in European Private International Law
18 March 2010, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (USA). - The Effect of Borders on International Trade: Problems and Solutions
17 March 2010, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (USA). - Die Pflicht zur Vorlage von Urkunden nach § 142 ZPO: Zur Reichweite des Anwaltsprivilegs im Zivilprozess [The Obligation to Produce Documents According to § 142 of the German Code of Civil Procedure: On the Scope of the Attorney-Client-Privilege in Civil Proceedings]
3 February 2010, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg (Germany). -
Der Schutz des „Schwächeren“ im europäischen Kollisionsrecht [The Protection of the “Weaker Party” Under Conflict of Laws]
19 January 2010, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Universität Bremen. -
Kohärenz im Recht der Europäischen Union: Zum kollisionsrechtlichen Schutz des „Schwächeren“ [Coherence in European Union Law: The Protection of the “Weaker Party” Under Conflict of Laws]
5 January 2010, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. -
Der Schutz des „Schwächeren“ im europäischen Kollisionsrecht [The Protection of the “Weaker Party” Under Conflict of Laws]
2 November 2009, Juristische Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. -
Von Zahnriemen, Zylinderköpfen und Zuchtkatern: Rechtsvergleichende Beobachtungen zur Vermutung der Mangelhaftigkeit beim Verbrauchsgüterkauf [From timing belts cylinder heads and stud cats: The Federal Court of Justice’s case law on § 476 of the German Civil Code]
2 June 2009, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Konstanz. - Das Internationale Privatrecht im Spiegel der ökonomischen Theorie [International Private Law in the Light of the Economic Analysis of Law]
5 May 2009, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg (Germany). - International Transactions, Legal Differences and Constitutional Uncertainty: Conflict of Laws Revisited
17 April 2009, Journal of Private International Law Conference, NYU Law School, New York (USA). - The Role of Judges in Times of Globalisation: A Private International Law Perspective
29 January 2008, Law Department, European University Institute, Florence (Italy). - Party Autonomy in International Contracts: Comparative and Economic Observations
28 January 2008, Law Department, European University Institute, Florence (Italy). - An Economic Analysis of Private (International) Law
18 September 2007, Max Weber Programme, European University Institute, Florence (Italy). - Internationales Privatrecht: Zur Koordination verschiedener Rechtsordnungen [Conflict of Laws: On the Coordination of Legal Systems]
9 June 2007, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Internationales Privatrecht: Zur Koordination verschiedener Rechtsordnungen [Conflict of Laws: On the Coordination of Legal Systems]
4 June 2007, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Recent Trends in the Private International Law of Contracts: Transatlantic Convergence and Economic Efficiency
16 February 2007, Lunchtime Seminar, Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (England). - Die Reform des europäischen Kollisionsrechts [The Reform of European Private International Law]
15 November 2006, Seminar: Die internationale Dimension des Privatrechts [The International Dimension of Private Law], European Law Students Association (El§a) und Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Konvergenz und Effizienz im Internationalen Vertragsrecht [Convergence and Efficiency in the Private International Law of Contracts]
30 October 2006, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg (Germany). - The German Law of Sales: §§ 433-472 BGB and the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods
1 September 2006, 11th Tel Aviv-Hamburg Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Der situative Anwendungsbereich von Artikel 5 im Entwurf einer Verordnung über das auf vertragliche Schuldverhältnisse anwendbare Recht (Rom I) [The Scope of Application of Article 5 in the Proposal for a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations]
26 July 2006, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Die Anwendung ausländischen Rechts durch deutsche Gerichte: Zur Effizienz von Rechtswahlklauseln [Application of Foreign Law by Domestic Courts: The Efficiency of Choice-of-Law Clauses]
11. March 2006, School of Law, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany). - Die Kosten der Rechtswahlfreiheit: Zur Anwendung ausländischen Rechts durch deutsche Gerichte [The Costs of Free Party Choice: On the Application of Foreign Law by Domestic Courts]
16 February 2006, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Die Kollision Allgemeiner Geschäftsbedingungen [The Battle of the Forms]
10 December 2003, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany). - Die Kollision Allgemeiner Geschäftsbedingungen [The Battle of the Forms]
29 October 2003, School of Law, University of Hamburg (Germany). - Die duty of disclosure im englischen und deutschen Versicherungsvertragsrecht [The duty of disclosure in English and German Insurance Contract Law]
7 July 2003, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany).