Hamburg
+49 40 35 52 80-68 +49 40 35 52 80-80 e.umbeck@heuking.de
Languages
German, English, French, Italian
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Corporate Law
- Commercial Law
- Stock Corporation Law
- Liability issues of legal practitioners
- Banking Supervision Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Energy Law
- Civil Litigation
- Compulsary Auction
- Compulsory Enforcement Law
- French Clients
Vita
- Co-Head of the Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group
- Admitted to the Bar since 2001
- Partner since 2008
- Member of our French Desk
- Education and former activities
- Visiting Lecturer at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg for International Commercial Law 2009-2017
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berlin und Hamburg 2001-2008
- Institute for Foreign and International Civil Law, University of Cologne 1996-1999
- Universities of Bielefeld, Strasbourg, Cologne and Münster Dr jur 1998
Qualifications/current topics
- arbitrator in the list of arbitrators by the European Commission for disputes under EU trade agreements
- Judge in the first senate of the Hamburg Lawyers Court of Appeal (Anwaltsgerichtshof)
Affiliations
- Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V. (Member of the Board 2011-2023)
- Asian European Arbitration Center (Advisory Board Member)
- Asian European Arbitration Association (President)
- German Bar Association (DAV) (Working Group Commercial and Corporate Law)
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- Lawyers' Association of Hamburg (HAV)
- German Foreign Law Association
- German-Italian Lawyers Association (DIJV)
- German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Dr. Elke Umbeck's Distinctions
Lexology Index Germany Arbitration 2025
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025
Leaders League 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
Who's Who Legal Arbitration 2024
WiWo Top Anwälte Schiedsverfahren und Außenwirtschaftsrecht 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Leaders League 2023
Legal 500 Germany 2023
WiWo Top Kanzlei 2022
WiWo Top Anwalt 2022
WWL Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
WWL Germany 2022
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
WWL Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Best Lawyers 2021
Latest news
Gallery
Publications
2024
Neuer Schwung für den Schiedsort Deutschland – Der Referentenentwurf des BMJ zur Modernisierung des Schiedsverfahrensrechts
Betriebsberater, Heft 11/2024
Der Regierungsentwurf zur Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrensrechts
Betriebsberater, Issue 42, pp. 2376-2381, October 14, 2024,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust2023
Prozessfinanzierung - Chancen privater Finanzierung von Rechtsstreitigkeiten und deren Regulierung
ICC Germany-Magazin, Edition 16,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Die geplante Reform zur Modernisierung des Schiedsverfahrensrechts
Update Litigation & Arbitration May 2023,
together with Daniel Froesch, Dr. Jonas Pust, Oscar Weller, LL.M. (Jerusalem)2022
Die Abhilfe(-klage) kommt
ICC Germany-Magazin, Edition 15,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust International Arbitration 2022
Chambers Global Practice Guide, August 2022,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Anpassungsbedarf bei Schiedsklauseln in Gesellschaftsverträgen von Personenhandelsgesellschaften
Update Gesellschaftsrecht Nr. 33 | Update Prozessführung & Schiedsverfahren, August 2022,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Vorteile von Schiedsverfahren für die IT-Branche
ICC Germany-Magazin, Edition 14,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Klimaklagen - was bedeuten sie für Unternehmen?
ICC Germany-Magazin, Edition 13,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust2021
International Arbitration 2021
Chambers Global Practice Guide, August 2021,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Die neue ICC-Schiedsordnung 2021
ICC Germany-Magazin, Edition 12,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Les contentieux collectifs sont en nette augmentation
Décideurs Magazine, April 14, 2021
Post-Brexit, Germany can handle more international commercial disputes
Leaders League, Décideurs Magazine, March 18, 2021
Indepth Feature: Commercial Arbitration 2021
German Chapter, Financier Worldwide, p. 26-30
Die neue ICC Schiedsordnung 2021
Update Dispute Resolution January 2021,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust2020
International Arbitration 2020
Chambers Global Practice Guide, August 2020,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Streitbeilegung vor staatlichen Gerichten und Schiedsgerichten in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie
Lectures
2024
Fallstricke im Schiedsverfahren
19. Deutscher Handels- und Gesellschaftsrechtstag, Berlin, Oktober 18 2024
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Germany and the Netherlands
Veranstaltung der deutschen und niederländischen Arbeitsgruppe der Arbitration Friends DIS/NAI, Amsterdam, April 2024
2021
Klimaklagen – was bedeuten sie für Unternehmen
Lecture, ICC Digital Lunch Breaks, December 03, 2021,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust International arbitration – Practical guidance for in-house counsel
Legal 500 Online Panel Discussion, November 10, 2021
Das Schiedsverfahren von der Einleitung des Schiedsverfahrens bis zum Schiedsspruch
Lecture, Hamburg Arbitration School, October 18, 2021
International arbitration – practical guidance for in-house counsel
Lecture, The Legal 500, October 10, 2021,
together with Dr. Jonas Pust Fact Witness Memory and the Impact of Legal Traditions
Online Panel Discussion at the Paris Arbitration Week, September 20, 2021
2019
Legal Tech and its Impact on Litigation
Speech at the 7th Litigation Summit on 28 February 2019 in Berlin
2018
Mass Litigation - An new threat for Companies
Speech at the 6th Litigation Summit on 27 February 2018 in Berlin
2016
Introduction to Dispute Boards and the ICC Dispute Board Rules 2015
Lecture at Berlin Club Meeting in Warschau, June 17, 2016
Dispute Boards – A better way of resolving disputes?
Lecture at Munich Summit on China Arbitration, HKLW Munich, June 15, 2016
Iura novit arbiter? Rechte und Pflichten der Schiedsparteien bei der inhaltlichen Ermittlung des anwendbaren Rechts
Schiedsgespräch – Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V., May 26, 2016
2015
International Commercal Law
Visiting Lecturer at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)since WS 2009/2010
Prozessführung bei der GmbH - Typische Streitfälle, Prozesstaktiken und Prozessprävention
Beck-Akademie-Seminar with Dr. Erich Waclawik, Lawyer at the Federal Court of Justice, half-yearly since October 2009
Aktuelle Entwicklungen im GmbH-Recht
Lecture at the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg annually since 2010 together with Dr. Johan Schneider
2014
M&A Disputes: Deceit, Avoidance and Restitution
Kiev Arbitration Days, November 6, 2014 in Kiev
Konfliktlösung im Anlagenbau und in Bausachen: Adjudikation und Schiedsverfahren – der bessere Weg?
Lecture at Handelskammer Hamburg, March 27, 2014
2012
Time Efficiency in Arbitration Proceedings – the User's, Arbitrator's and Counsel's Perspective
Lecture on the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) in December 13, 2012 in Hamburg
2011
Guerilla Tactics im Schiedsverfahren, Reaktionsmöglichkeiten für Gegner, Schiedsgerichte, staatliche Gerichte
Lecture at the 2. Hamburg Arbitration Talks of the Hamburg Arbitration Circle e.V., June 21, 2011 in Hamburg
Cash Pooling als Instrument der Konzernfinanzierung
Lecture at the Client Seminar "Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht 2011", February 10, 2011 in Hamburg