Conference programme

Join us for an onsite visit and discussion at Munich Palace of Justice (Justizpalast München).

Opening Session

Introduction to the Munich Commercial Court

Keynote Addresses

Georg Eisenreich, State Minister of Justice, Bavaria

Dr. Joachim Hessler, President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court and President of the Munich Higher Regional Court

Dr. Gesa Lutz, Presiding Judge, Commercial Court

Panel Discussion

Advantages of Recourse to State Courts vis-à-vis Arbitration
Session Chair: Felix Muhl, Noerr, Hamburg, Germany

Topics to be discussed:

• Sanctions in the distribution and franchising landscape
• Contracts and the defense sector
• ESG risks and the supply chain
• SMEs in the supply chain

Join in a lively exercise of clauses drafting workshop, structured around four different topics, moderated by two facilitators assigned to each table, where participants will be divided. Attendees will be provided with a simple case study and shall be required to jointly draft a contractual clause protecting one party or the other. Such clause shall then be presented to the participating audience which will interact on the presentation.

Topics will include:

• Price escalation clauses: best practices to address tariff risk
• Market disruption and unusual price increases
• Prepare for trade sanctions
• Long term supply contracts