Stefan Saerbeck

Stefan specialises in the effective resolution of disputes in corporate and commercial law, as well as quick interventions in case of cyber disputes.

His broad experience includes both proceedings in various German courts, as well as arbitration proceedings under DIS, ICC and ad hoc rules.

His clients characterise him as quick, effective and solution-oriented.

Stefan passes on his practical knowledge as a Lecturer of Law at the University of the German Military in Munich.

After having obtained a high school degree in the USA as well as a German-French high school degree in Germany, Stefan studied law at the universities of Muenster, Lodz / Poland and Berlin. In Muenster, Stefan successfully passed additional training classes in legal English. Stefan was the president of the Muenster University Debating Union, one of the oldest and most successful Debating Unions in Germany, and regularly took part in debating tournaments in German and English. After his legal clerkship with the Higher Regional Court Berlin, Stefan worked for one of the worldwide largest US-based law firms from 2009 until 2011. From 2011 until 2017, he worked for one of the leading German international law firms. In 2017, he joined Eversheds Sutherland, which is one of the five largest dispute resolution practices in Germany.

He is a member of the German Institution of Arbitration, the committee on international law in the German Lawyers’ Association, the German-American Lawyers’ Association, the German-Polish Lawyers’ Association, the Toenissteiner Kreis, the German Youth for Understanding Committee, the Muenster University Debating Union, the German Debating Society and of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

Stefan’s recent experience includes advising disputes of small, medium and large scale, especially:
• Several cases of successful defence against online fraud, including identity theft in social networks, including successful injunction proceedings
• Several cases of disputes between shareholders, as well as shareholders and CEOs
• An international investor in Post-M&A-Arbitration under DIS-Rules
• A foreign company in an international trade dispute with a German company, including representation in arbitration under ICC-Rules
• A leading German medium-sized business in an international trade dispute, including representation in a German court
• A leading patent attorney law firm regarding the separation from two shareholders, including representation in follow-up ad-hoc arbitration
• A shareholder of a leading boutique law-firm regarding the separation of the Munich office from the other German offices, including representation in subsequent litigation in a German court