Johannes Willheim befasst sich seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten mit internationalen Schiedsgerichtsverfahren und komplexen Rechtsstreitigkeiten von großem Umfang und hohem Risiko. Er verfügt über umfangreiche Erfahrungen in den Bereichen Kartellrecht, Unternehmensrecht und Post-Transaktionsrecht, Energie, Ingenieur- und Bauwesen (EPC und EPCM), Vertrieb, Versicherungen, geistiges Eigentum und Regulierungsfragen. Er berät überdies regelmäßig bei der Schlichtung und Prozessführung in Fällen, die EU-Wettbewerbsrecht, Vertrieb und geistiges Eigentum (einschließlich Patente) betreffen, sowohl auf der Seite der Durchsetzung als auch der Verteidigung. Für einen der weltweit führenden Erdgasproduzenten führt er europaweit große Streitigkeiten über Gaspreisänderungen. Johannes Willheim arbeitet in den Büros der Kanzlei in Frankfurt, London und Paris.
Herrn Willheims Arbeit zeichnet sich durch einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz aus, der auf ein effektives und effizientes Management von Streitigkeiten und deren Beilegung abzielt. Er fungiert als vertrauenswürdiger Parteiberater für Mandanten vor, während und nach formellen Verfahren sowie als Anwalt in formellen Schiedsverfahren, Rechtsstreitigkeiten und ADR-Verfahren. Johannes Willheim wurde als Schiedsrichter, Mediator und unabhängiger Experte in DIS-, ICC-, VIAC- und anderen institutionellen und Ad-hoc-Schieds- und Mediationsverfahren eingesetzt.
Führende internationale Schiedsinstitutionen wie die Internationale Handelskammer (ICC), das DIS (Deutsche Schiedsinstitut) und das VIAC (Wien International Arbitral Centre) ernennen Johannes regelmäßig zum Schiedsrichter. Er ist ein überprüfter Schiedsrichter des Haager Schiedsgerichts für Luftfahrt (HCAA) und des Schiedsgerichts für Kunst (CFA).
Johannes ist eine Autorität in Fragen der Energiepreise. Als Rechtsbeistand hat er Energieunternehmen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette bei der Liberalisierung der EU-Energiemärkte beraten und vertreten und tut dies derzeit auf globaler Ebene im Kontext der Energiewende. Johannes ist Mitherausgeber und Autor des gar-Leitfadens zu Luft- und Raumfahrtstreitigkeiten und hat zahlreiche juristische Themen veröffentlicht. Dr. Johannes Willheim ist außerordentlicher Professor für internationale Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit am Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution an der Law School der Pepperdine University und Gastdozent für internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit an der University of Chicago Law School und der Universität Stockholm.
Erfahrung
- November 9, 2023
Miami Arbitration Week (MAW) 2023 - Aviation & Aerospace Disputes - October 13, 2023
GAR (Global Arbitration Review) Live – Arbitration as Part of Competition Remedies - October 12, 2023
South-Eastern Europe Arbitration Conference – Unlocking the Future Trends in International Arbitration - September 21, 2023
Inside VIAC (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) - Effiziente Streitbeilegung nach den Wiener Regeln (Efficient Dispute Resolution Under the Vienna Rules) Frankfurt, Germany - September 4, 2023
Inaugural Armenia International Arbitration Conference – Types of Emerging Climate Change-Related Disputes and Suitability of International Arbitration as a Dispute Mechanism - July 24, 2023
Austrian Arbitration Academy - Energy Arbitration – Law and Practice - July 7, 2023
CDRC 2023 Inaugural Pre - Moot Conference - July 2, 2023
Summer Elsa Law School - May 2, 2023
Flame 2023 - April 28, 2023
Hybrides Juristisches Forum - March 27–31, 2023
Paris Arbitration Week - Specialised Dispute Resolution Within the Aviation Industry Has Taken Off - March 27, 2023
European Gas Conference 2023 - March 27–29, 2023
European Gas Conference 2023 - Securing Long-Term LNG Supplies to the EU Amids Energy Transition - March 21, 2023
eFlame – Enabling and Protecting New Investments in Gas Infrastructure in Europe - November 10 and 11, 2022
IV CBMA International Mediation Conference - Integrated Disputes Management – From Process Based to Solution Motivated Disputes Management - October 5, 2022
eFlame: The building blocks of a new generation of LNG supply agreements for global LNG markets - September 15, 2022
Danish Arbitration Day - Gas Disputes - Past, Present and Future - September 8, 2022
ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum (YAAF) - Psychology in Arbitration and Mediation – The Impact of Bias - July 9, 2022
ELSA Dispute Resolution Summer Law School 2022 – Planning a Future Career in Dispute Resolution: The Art of Advocacy - June 22, 2022
Center for American and International Law Webinar - Paradigm Shift in the Regulation of EU Energy Markets, Russia/Ukraine Conflicts, and US and Global Energy Markets - June 21, 2022
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) Webinar Series: Focus on Energy Disputes – Part 1: Gas - May 13, 2022
12th Annual Roschier Arbitration Forum 2022 – Assessing, Presenting and Proving Damages for Breach of Share Purchase Agreements - May 3-5, 2022
Flame – Europe’s Largest Gas and LSG Event – Gas Pricing Arbitrations - April 27, 2022
American German Business Club (AGBC) – The Impact of the Irreversible Paradigm Shift on EU Energy Markets on EU-US Energy Relations - April 19, 2022
Houston International Arbitration Club (HIAC) April Meeting – The Global Oil & Gas Industry Shaken Up and How the Markets Are Responding - April 18-19, 2022
3rd Annual In-Person Hydrogen & LNG Forum 2022 – The Irreversible Paradigm Shift in European Energy Markets and the Dilemmas Caused by It - March 31, 2022
8th Harvard International Arbitration Conference Program, Panelist — Arbitrators' Powers to Review Contracts — Hardship and Force Majeure in Comparative Perspectives - February 23-24, 2022
4th Energy Sustainability Forum 2022, Keynote on Managing Commercial and Legal Risks in Global Gas Markets - December 8-9, 2021
2nd Energy Transition and Innovation Forum organized by U.S. Energy Stream, Keynote Presentation on Managing Risks from Decommissioning Oil & Gas Infrastructure - September 15, 2021
17th Annual Frankfurt Drafting School - Introductory Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration - April 9, 2021
A Primer on Integrated Dispute Resolution - November 11, 2020
Jones Day Speaker Series, Peking University - Introduction into International Arbitration - October 13, 2020
Flame Virtual - Dealing with Force Majeure and other legal and commercial risks in present times. - October 13, 2020
LNG Amsterdam - Dealing with Force Majeure and Other Legal and Commercial Risks in Present Times - October 12, 2020
Flame Virtual - Managing price risks and disputes in globalizing gas markets. - November 4, 2019
2nd Houston Gas & LNG Forum 2019 Managing Price Reviews in Global Gas Markets - July 11, 2019
International Dispute Professional Academy - July 7, 2019
2019 Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) Vienna - June 18, 2019
9th Annual European Gas & LNG Supply Contracts Forum - May 30 - June 8, 2019
Pepperdine University 2019 Summer Intensive Program in International Commercial Arbitration - April 16, 2019
The Midnight Clause - March 20, 2019
Workshop on Law and Democracy in Europe - March 7, 2019
2nd Annual GAR Live Zurich - March 2, 2019
2019 Vienna Arbitration Days - February 22, 2019
Keynote Speech - The Future of Dispute Resolution – Evolutionary Transformation Without Disruption - February 21, 2019
2018-2019 Lunch Series on International Arbitration: Lecture 3 - January 29, 2019
A Panel, presented by the Law School of the University of Chicago, on Building an International Career in Law - January 28, 2019
2018-2019 Lunch Series on International Arbitration: Lecture 2 - December 18, 2018
41th “Competition Talk” organized and hosted by the Austrian Federal Competition Authority - December 4, 2018
Art Law Symposium - July 26 - August 8, 2018
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution Pepperdine University - July 17, 2018
Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) - June 20, 2018
C5 Long Term Gas Supply Contracts: Europe - June 7, 2018
V Allerhand Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Summit - June 6, 2018
Open Event accompanying the V Allerhand Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Arbitration Summit - May 22-23, 2018
C5 Upstream Oil & Gas Legal Forum - May 14-17, 2018
Flame 2018 - Europe's Largest Midstream Gas & LNG Event - April 26, 2018
GAR Live Zürich - April 10-11, 2018
C5 Long Term Gas Supply Contracts: Asia 2018 - April 5-6, 2018
Advanced International Arbitration - Master Program on International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) - December 13-14, 2017
5th Frankfurt Gas Forum 2017 - October 11, 2017
International Bar Association Annual Conference - Some Like it Hot: The Art of Mediating Disputes Between Law Firms, Lawyers and Staff - September 29, 2017
DAV Turkey 3rd International Arbitration Congress, Istanbul Arbitration Centre - September 28, 2017
New Perspectives on the Advantages of Resolving International Commercial Disputes in International Arbitration - July 31 - August 6, 2017
ELSA Vienna Summer Law School on Dispute Resolution 2017 - July 10-14, 2017
The Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) - May 25-28, 2017
ELSA Freiburg Spring Conference on International & European Law - April 28, 2017
Master Program on International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) - March 24, 2017
Global Pound Conference - Shaping the Future of Dispute Resolution & Improving Access to Justice - February 27-28, 2017
Long Term Gas Supply Contracts: Asia 2017 - February 14-19, 2017
International Summit on Arbitration (ISA) - January 24-25, 2017
Upstream Oil & Gas Legal Forum 2017 - November 3-4, 2016
European Gas Transmission Conference - September 27-28, 2016
DIS Autumn Conference - July 31 - August 7, 2016
The 5th ELSA Law School on Dispute Resolution - May 19, 2016
Jones Day Breakfast - Resolving Disputes of Financial Transactions in Arbitration – Revealing the Secrets - February 24, 2016
Why Major International Disputes Can Often Be Better Resolved in Arbitration - February 22, 2016
Commercial, Political, and Regulatory Risks in Foreign Operations - February 9, 2016
The European Gas Market: Supply and Demand Dynamics Exclusive Roundtable - January 19-21, 2016
9th Annual European Gas Conference 2016 - November 3-4, 2015
The International Gas Conference - September 29, 2015
Energy Series - Resolving Energy Disputes - September 16, 2015
The Usage of Authorities in Memoranda, 11th Annual Frankfurt Drafting School, Frankfurt Moot Alumni Association - 15. September 2015
Energietage 2015: Ölindizierte Verträge als Auslaufmodell? Zukunft der Preisformeln in Langfristverträgen (Oil-indexed agreements a phase-out model? The future of price formulae in long-term agreements) - September 14-16, 2015
18th IIR Annual Industry Meeting: Natural Gas 2015 - September 14-16, 2015
11th Annual Frankfurt Drafting School 2015, Frankfurt Moot Alumni Association (FMAA) - August 2015
Introduction into International Arbitration, ELSA Dispute Resolution Summer School - July 2, 2015
5th Annual Congress on Successfully Negotiating & Renegotiating Long Term Gas Supply Contracts: Assessing the Landscape for Pricing Disputes Across Europe - June 19, 2015
Access to essential infrastructure and IP, IBA/AI Seminar, Enforcement of EU Competition Law at National Level
- Universität Chicago (LL.M. 2004); King's College London (Postgraduierten-Diplom in EG-Wettbewerbsrecht 2003); Universität Wien (Dr. iur. 2002; Mag. iur. 1997); Universität St. Gallen (Master of European and International Business Law 2001); Yale University (Sommerprogramme in Wirtschaft und Recht, 1991 und 1992)
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Österreich
Best Lawyers in Germany (2026): anerkannt für internationale Schieds- und Gerichtsverfahren und Mediation
Chambers Global (2020); anerkannt für Auslandskompetenz in Österreich
Mitglied eines Schiedsgerichtsteams, das von Global Arbitration Review in der Ausgabe 2020 der GAR 30 als eine der führenden internationalen Anwaltskanzleien für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit ausgezeichnet wurde
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