Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025

2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

Speaker information

Hermann Knott

Biography

Hermann Knott is an experienced transactional and dispute resolution lawyer based in Cologne, Germany. He is a member of both the German and the New York Bar and worked abroad in New York and Paris. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer of the SICC, and a partner with KUNZ Lawyers, a full-service law firm advising on all aspects relating to business law. Both in his transactional and dispute-related work he is focusing his work on finding amicable solutions to disputes and frequently acts as a mediator. Hermann is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).

Session

Decarbonisation, climate change resilience and adaptation goals as drivers of regulatory changes for designing, building and operating infrastructure projects

Thursday 6 November (1430 - 1545)

Room 603, Level 600, MTCC

Speaker

Mediation - should Judges encourage or obstruct it?

Wednesday 5 November (1115 - 1230)

Room 717 B, Level 700, MTCC

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