Dr. Martin P. Lögering

Martin has worked in litigation and arbitration for more than seventeen years. He has extensive experience in representing clients before state courts as well as arbitral tribunals and regularly acts as arbitrator.

As an experienced litigator, Martin represents national and international clients in commercial disputes before German courts. In the field of arbitration, he has conducted proceedings as counsel under various arbitration rules. Furthermore, Martin advises his clients in other dispute resolution proceedings (including expert determination proceedings, mediation) and in out-of-court disputes.

In addition to his work as counsel, Martin has extensive experience as co-arbitrator / presiding arbitrator under numerous arbitration rules (including ICC, DIS, SO-Bau, GMAA and ad-hoc proceedings).

As a bar-certified specialist lawyer in International Business Law (‘Fachanwalt für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht’, since 2014), Martin has special expertise in disputes relating to cross-border commercial contracts as well as in disputes relating to international industry projects.

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

The renowned German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranked Martin as a 'TOP Lawyer' for arbitration. In the Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers ranking ‘The Best Lawyers in Germany’, Martin is recognized in the areas of Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation.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 Arbitration’ in the specialist lawyers course (‘Fachanwaltslehrgang‘) of the German Lawyers' Academy (‘Deutsche Anwaltakademie’) and a lecturer in ‘International Contract and Commercial Law’ at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. He is the author of several articles and publications, including the section ‘Arbitration’ in the renowned ‘Handbook Mediation Law’ published by Fritz/Pielsticker. Additionally, Martin regularly speaks at conferences on commercial law topics, e. g. at the WINDFORCE Conferences, the Legal Offshore Day and the German-Dutch-Lawyers-Association.

Martin speaks German and English.