Friederike Schäfer

Partner with Zeiler; graduate of the University of Freiburg, Germany and admitted to the bar in Germany and Austria; worked several years in private practice and as Counsel in the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; handled hundreds of ICC proceedings and scrutinized hundreds of awards; experience with various other arbitration rules, such as VIAC, UNCITRAL and DIS; advises clients at all stages of a dispute and is active as arbitrator and party representative; since joining Zeiler she focused on various aspects of the energy sector and financing matters as well as on commercial and corporate matters; she regularly lectures on international arbitration at international and national conferences.

Authored numerous publications on international arbitration, private international law and other areas of law.