Wolf von Kumberg – Arbitration

Wolf is a founding panelist of the Aerospace, Aviation and National Security panel of the AAA. His aviation disputes experience includes: aircraft manufacturing and supply contracts; procurement issues; certification issues; aircraft joint venture, syndicate and partnering disputes; aircraft sale, leasing and financing agreements; aviation insurance and reinsurance claims; warranty and repair claims; aircraft crash investigations, IP and licensing related claims.

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He is also a leading international ADR figure working together with ICSID, CEDR and the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat to develop protocols and policies, as well as training to enable the use of mediation in investor-state disputes. In the process he has helped to write the Investor State Mediation Guide for the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat. He is active in developing the field of Investor State mediation together with ICSID, CEDR, IMI and the ECT. He has worked with several countries to put in place mediation protocols to be used in disputes with investors and has actively worked with them to resolve investor disputes through mediation.

Sector specific CV available upon request, please contact us at arbitrators@int-arb.com.

As Arbitrator Wolf has been involved in AAA, ICDR, ICC, LCIA and AIAC as well as ad hoc cases. He has served as sole arbitrator and on tribunals. The seats he has been involved in are Geneva, London, New York, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

• Aerospace claim for failure to achieve airworthiness certification.
• Aviation/Aerospace claim for return of faulty aircraft engines.
• Engineering/Technology claim by MOD for non-performance of engine control unit in frigate.
• Engineering/Technology claim for improper design of radar installation.
• Commercial Contracts claim regarding breach of contract for late delivery of machines to a major infrastructure project.
• Commercial Contracts termination for convenience claim on a large Middle Eastern project.
• Insurance dispute over the payment of a reinsurance claim at shipyard damaged by hurricane.
• Intellectual Property dispute concerning breach of software license agreement on a large South Korean project.
• Property dispute concerning major environmental indemnification claim under a transaction agreement.
• Sale of goods and services claim for sale of faulty switches to be used in an engine control system.
• Sale of good and services claim for delivery of faulty construction equipment.

• Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator
• Former Chairman and current Director of the International Mediation Institute (IMI)
• Director American Arbitration Association (AAA)
• Former Chair of the Board of Management Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the CCIAG (Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group
• Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
• Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)