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Dr. Michael Baumhauer
Dr. Michael Baumhauer

Dr. Michael Baumhauer

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Top recommended 2025 aviation and yachts lawyer

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Michael is specialised in providing advice, drafting contracts, and dispute resolution in the field of industrial plant construction with a focus on maritime plant construction.

 

As an expert with many years of experience in this field, he advises clients in the shipbuilding sector and offshore industry. Michael is also the author of the technical book with the original title “Schiffe und Offshore Konstruktionen – Vertragsgestaltung im maritimen Anlagenbau” (Ships and Offshore Construction - Contract Drafting in the Area of Maritime Plant Construction).

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Real estate & construction
Commercial & consumer contracts
Disputes & investigations
Projects, energy & infrastructure
Product liability & product safety
Construction & engineering

Sectors

Logistics & transport
Manufacturing & industrials
Real estate
Aerospace & defence
Insurance
Construction

Plant Construction

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CV

Since 2021 Of-Counsel, Taylor Wessing
1999 – 2021 Partner, Taylor Wessing, previously Curschmann Rechtsanwälte
1996 – 1998 Counsel, Curschmann Rechtsanwälte
1986 – 1996 Corporate Counsel, Blohm Voss AG/Thyssen Industrie AG
1984 – 1986 Associate, Hasche Albrecht Fischer
1980 – 1983 Legal clerkship, Doctorate, Hamburg
1985 Doctoral degree examination
1983 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
1983 Second state examination, Hamburg
1979 First state examination, Freiburg

Career

Since 2021 Of-Counsel, Taylor Wessing
1999 – 2021 Partner, Taylor Wessing, previously Curschmann Rechtsanwälte
1996 – 1998 Counsel, Curschmann Rechtsanwälte
1986 – 1996 Corporate Counsel, Blohm Voss AG/Thyssen Industrie AG
1984 – 1986 Associate, Hasche Albrecht Fischer
1980 – 1983 Legal clerkship, Doctorate, Hamburg

Education

1985 Doctoral degree examination
1983 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
1983 Second state examination, Hamburg
1979 First state examination, Freiburg

Publications

Info-Film: Fast Track Arbitration: Michael Baumhauer erläutert beschleunigte Schiedsverfahren, 10/2018

Time is of the Essence – the Case for Fast Track Arbitration, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Edition #13, September/2018

Schiffe und Offshore Konstruktionen - Vertragsgestaltung im maritimen Anlagenbau, Hamburg, 2014

Memberships & Associations

Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
German Maritime Arbitrators Association
Rechtsausschuss des VSM (Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V.)
GMT (Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik e.V.)
Deutsch-Schweizerische Gesellschaft Hamburg e.V.

Additional languages

English

Awards

Spear's 500 2025

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Top recommended 2025 aviation and yachts lawyer

Legal 500 Germany 2021

Leading individual: maritime business law

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2020, 2021

Leading individual: Transportation law

Experience

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects.

Dr. Michael Baumhauer
Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Construction and refit of several of the largest mega yachts in the world

Shipyards, designers and ship owners on the construction and refit of several of the largest and most exclusive mega yachts in the world including MY Eclipse, MY A, MY Mayan, Queen IV, MY Eco, MY Lady Moura, MY Golden Odyssey, MY Dubai, MY Radiant and MY Triple Seven.

Dr. Michael Baumhauer
Dr. Janina Pochhammer

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