Dr. Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert, resident in the Hamburg office of Latham & Watkins, is a Co-Chair of the Global International Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He advises and represents companies, individuals and States in disputes with a particular focus on international arbitration.
His experience in arbitration includes acting as lead counsel in a number of complex disputes involving public international law and the substantive laws of Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Russia, among other countries, and conducted under the rules of the DIS, ICC, ICSID, SCC, UNCITRAL as well as under German and Swiss ad hoc rules.
Dr. Seelmann-Eggebert has also handled a large number of high profile cases before the German courts, including the Federal Constitutional Court. He regularly advises clients from the media, telecommunications, energy, insurance, banking and construction industries.
A former assistant for the Department of European Law at Hamburg University, Dr. Seelmann-Eggebert has authored a number of publications on German, EC and international law. Besides his native German, Dr. Seelmann-Eggebert is fluent in English.