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Biography

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bork (born Cologne, 1956). Studied law at the Uni¬versity of Mün-ster/Westf., passing state examinations in 1980 and 1982. Law doctorate in 1984 and post-doctoral thesis (Habilitation) in 1988. Professor of Law at University of Bonn in 1989. Since 1990 Professor of Law at University of Hamburg, where he holds a chair for Civil and General Procedural Law. He was Dean of the Law Faculty in 1993/1994 and Vice Dean (head of the Examination Office) 2005-2010. Robert S. Campbell Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College Oxford 2010/2011 and 2015/2016. Professor for International Insolvency Law, Radboud University Nijmegen 2019-2022. Senior Research Fellow, Commercial Law Centre, Harris Manchester College, Oxford/UK 2020-2023. Also served as a judge at the Upper State Court (Court of Appeal) in Hamburg in the Commercial Law Division with jurisdiction including Patents and Intellectual Property Rights (1992-1998). He has been invited for talks and as Visiting Professor to various universities worldwide, among others National Taiwan University Taipei, Oxford University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Tsinghua University Beijing, and has published extensively on Civil and Civil Procedural Law (Arbitration), Insolvency Law, and Commercial Law. He has broad experience as an arbitrator in national and international cases since 1994.