Martin Lögering

Martin has worked in litigation and arbitration for more than fifteen years. He has extensive experience in representing clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals.

As an experienced litigator, Martin represents national and international clients in commercial disputes before the German regional and higher regional courts. In the field of arbitration, he has conducted proceedings as counsel under various arbitration rules (including ICC, DIS, GMAA and in ad hoc proceedings). He also regularly acts as arbitrator (e.g. ICC, DIS, SO-Bau, GMAA). Furthermore, Martin advises his clients in other dispute resolution proceedings (including expert determination proceedings, mediation) and in out-of-court disputes.

As a bar-certified specialist lawyer in International Business Law (‘Fachanwalt für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht’, since 2014), Martin has special expertise in the enforcement and defence of claims in international disputes and the cross-border enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.

He has advised and represented companies in legal disputes in particular in the areas of trade (sales / commercial contracts), energy (in particular wind-energy), plant and mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, the supply industry as well as in damage and liability cases (including insurance).

In the Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers ranking ‘The Best Lawyers in Germany’, Martin is recognized in the areas of Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation. The renowned German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranks Martin as a 'TOP Lawyer' for arbitration. Leaders League’s ranking for Germany recommends him for the areas ‘International Arbitration’ and ‘Commercial Litigation’.

Before founding GRAT Disputes, Martin was a lawyer with the leading international law firm Hogan Lovells (Litigation/Arbitration practice group) and the Hamburg law firm Lebuhn & Puchta (Litigation/Arbitration practice group). He studied law at the Universities of Münster, Hamburg and Nijmegen (Netherlands) and wrote his doctoral thesis on a topic in the field of international sales and commercial law (CISG).

Martin is a lecturer in International Contract and Commercial Law at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences and a lecturer in International Arbitration in the specialist lawyers course (‘Fachanwaltslehrgang ‘) of the German Lawyers' Academy (‘Deutsche Anwaltakademie’). He regularly speaks at conferences on commercial law topics and is the author of several articles and publications, including the section ‘Arbitration’ in the renowned ‘Handbook Mediation Law’ published by Fritz/Pielsticker.

Memberships:

• German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
• Hamburg Arbitration Circle (HAC)
• Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA)
• German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA)
• Dutch-German-Lawyers-Association (DNRV)
• Dispute Resolution Hamburg

Learn more: Dr. Martin P. Lögering – GRAT Disputes (grat-disputes.de)