Georg Scherpf

Georg Scherpf represents clients in commercial and investment arbitrations. “He garners praise for his first-rate arbitration practice advising clients on large-scale construction and energy disputes.” (Who’s Who Legal). Georg regularly sits as arbitrator and on dispute adjudication boards. Moreover, his commercial arbitration work covers international trade and corporate disputes.

His public international law experience includes advising investors in treaty cases against Spain, Czech Republic, Albania, Ukraine, Mexico and Germany.

Complex Disputes
Corporate/M&A
Energy Law
Real Estate

Georg Scherpf studied law and philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin (1^st State Exam), completed his legal training and bar admission also in Berlin (2^nd State Exam) and studied law at King’s College London (LL.B., Hons.). He advises clients both under German and English law in arbitrations.

• Lexology Index 2025 (former WWL Who’s Who Legal): Recommendation "Global Leader" in "Arbitration" and recommended "National Leader" in "Germany - Arbitration"  ("sharp and eloquent", "often impressed by his well-thought-out legal arguments and commercial savviness in complex arbitration matters" (first recommendation in 2024 "Georg Scherpf garners praise for his first-rate arbitration practice advising domestic and international clients on large-scale construction and energy disputes", "deep understanding of arbitral procedure and naturally strategic")
• Lexology Index 2023 (former WWL Who’s Who Legal): Award "Future Leader" in "Arbitration – Future Leaders: Non-Partner" (first award in 2017)
• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Arbitration and Mediation" (first recommendation in 2024) and in "International Arbitration"
• WirtschaftsWoche 2024: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Arbitration" (first recommendation in 2022)
• The Legal 500 Germany 2020: Recommendation in "Dispute Resolution - Arbitration (including International Arbitration)" (first recommendation in 2019)
• GAR100 (2020): Clients commented Georg Scherpf for his “attention to detail” and “vigilance”. [Clients] “were also impressed with Georg Scherpf’s cross-examination”.

• Representing a German pharmaceutical company in DIFIC arbitrations in Dubai.
• Representing a multi-national consortium in a complex, multi-party offshore wind construction arbitration relating to a project in the North Sea under the DIS-Rules  
• Representing a Middle Eastern petrochemical distributor in a dispute against a multinational petrochemical world market leader (DIS-Rules)
• Representing and advising a contractor in a dispute (arbitration) relating to a wind park in the strait of Taiwan
• Representing a Baltic state-owned energy company in ad-hoc arbitration proceedings under English law and seated in London regarding a shale gas tender and in parallel High Court proceedings under section 67 Arbitration Act 1996
• Representing an Austrian client in a multi-jurisdictional dispute involving, among others, a VIAC arbitration seated in Vienna 
• Advising a client in contentious setting-aside proceedings of an international arbitral award before the Higher Regional Court of Cologne  
• Representing a German energy utility in an ICC proceeding relating to an offshore wind park in the North Sea (post-M&A) 
• Counsel for a German utility in ICSID proceedings against Spain relating to renewable energy investments (PV and onshore wind)
• Representing German investors in an ad hoc arbitration against the Czech Republic relating to renewable energy investments (PV-Investments)
• Representing a world market leader in road construction in an ICC proceeding (post-M&A) relating to a large divestment, involving issues of sanctions and export control. Advising the same client in protracted enforcement proceedings in multiple jurisdictions 
• Representing an Austrian rail company in parallel SIAC arbitrations (later consolidated) relating to a failed large-scale rail construction project in Asia
• Counsel in proceedings for a Swedish Investor in a multi-billion ICSID proceeding against Germany relating to the phasing-out of nuclear energy  
• Representing a Greek family-owned oil company in an ICSID proceeding against Albania following an investment in oil processing infrastructure in the port of Durres 
• Representing a Turkish engineering company in ad hoc arbitration proceedings seated in London and in parallel litigation proceedings before the English High Court obtaining a successful decision under section 67 Arbitration Act 1996
• Advising a Belgian engineering firm in an ICC arbitration relating to a submarine power cable dispute
• Representing a German client in a multi-million euro DIS arbitration (post-M&A) in new media against a large online retailer    
• Sitting as Arbitrator under the LCIA and DIS rules as well as ad hoc (sole, chair and party appointed) and under various commodity arbitration rules (e.g. GROFOR)
• Sitting on Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs) regarding offshore wind transformer platforms and a rail project

• Are we turning French? A comparative perspective on the BGH Decision of 9.3.2023, in: German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.) / SchiedsVZ, Issue 01/2024 (together with Victor Gontard and Dr Katia Rener)
• Another “Bleak House” – the decision of the German Federal Supreme Court on the inadmissibility of intra-EU ICSID arbitration, in: Arbitration International, Issue December 2023 (together with Simon Hermes)
• Co-author of the ICSID Rules and Regulations 2022: Article-by-Article Commentary, edited by Richard Happ & Stephan Wilske, Nomos, 2022
• Co-author of the commentary on the 2018 DIS-Arbitration Rules, edited by Rudolf Hennecke & James Menz, C.H.Beck, 2024
• Investment Protection and Arbitration in the CIS Region, in: German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.) / SchiedsVZ, Issue 01/2020, (together with Nikita Kondrashov)
• DIS Arbitration – Rules for Improved Efficiency, in: Expert Guides
• Editing of the country chapter "Germany – 2016 and 2017", in: Global Arbitration Review "The European Arbitration Review"
• Case Note: Home Department v Raytheon Systems, in: German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.) / SchiedsVZ, Issue 10/2015 (together with Shantanu Majumdar)
• Editing of the chapter "A Review of German Arbitration Law in 2014 and 2015", in: Global Arbitration Review, Edition "EMEA Arbitration Review 2015" (together with Dr Richard Happ & Tim Rauschning)
• The Revised LCIA Arbitration Rules 2014, in: German Arbitration Journal (German Arb. J.) / SchiedsVZ, Issue2014 (together with Shantanu Majumdar)
• A Review of German Arbitration Law in 2012 and 2013, in: Global Arbitration Review, Edition "EMEA Arbitration Review 2014" (together with Karolin Hoffmann, Dr Richard Happ & Dr René-Alexander Hirth)
• Are the Prague Rules Suitable for Investment Arbitration?, in: Kluwer Arbitration Blog (together with Trinidad Alonso)
• Total Recall? – Witness Evidence in International Arbitration, in: Jus Mundi Blog
• DIS Supplementary Arbitration Rules Introduce Third-Party Notices, in: Jus Mundi Blog from 22 October 2024 (together with Antonios Politis & Benedikt Kaneko)
• Izmir’s Rise for Wind Energy, in: Jus Mundi Blog from 21 March 2024 (together with Lale Defne Mete, Daniel Theo Solomos, Arina Naumova & Maciko Chan)
• Document Production in German-Seated Arbitrations Against the Background of the Civil Law Legal Tradition, in: Jus Mundi Blog from 16 August 2023 (together with Victor Gontard)
• Proposed Amendments to the ICSID Regulations and Rules – A Necessary Update, in: Daily Jus (together with Antonios Politis)
• Full, Partial or Plausibility Review? – Public Policy and the Level of Scrutiny Applied by German Courts, in: Daily Jus (together with Antonios Politis & Benedikt Kaneko)
• Turkish German Investment Protection – An Outline and Common Pitfalls, in: Jus Mundi Blog from 19 February 2024 (together with Lale Defne Mete, Gürhan Aydin & Benedikt Kaneko)
• Third-Party Notices: The Participation of Non-Parties in Arbitral Proceedings based on “Intervention Agreements”, in: The American Review of International Arbitration (ARIA-Blog, Columbia Law School) (together with Antonios Politis & Benedikt Kaneko)

• 03.04.2025: DIS: Windfarm Disputes – Global Perspectives
• 27.03.2025: ICC-YAAF: Breaking Ground in Construction Arbitration
• 26.02.2025: AfGAC “Construction Arbitration” Vortrag | Hamburg Arbitration Circle (HAC)
• 08.10.2024: The Intersection of Arbitration and Insolvency | Ellex Construction Disputes Forum
• 03.10.2024: Investment Protection and the Solar Industry | Energy Arbitration Club
• 03.06.2024: Great Expectations: Discussion on Arbitration in the Baltics | London Internation Disputes Week (LIDW) - Covington & Burling LLP
• 24.04.2024: National Law is Law, Foreign Law is Fact and International Law is Fiction? – a discussion of the recent decision of the German Federal Court of Justice on the inadmissibility of Intra-EU ICSID proceedings | 2024 Annual Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA)
• 27.03.2023: Third Party Notices in Complex International Arbitrations | Hamburg International Arbitration Days (HIADs 2022
• 22.03.2023: Efficiency in International Arbitration (Keynote) | DIS40 Spring Conference
• 10.03.2022: An Introduction to Internation Commercial Arbitration | University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE)
• 07.03.2022: Total Recall: Witness evidence and the fallibility of human memory | Co-organised by Digital Coffee Break and Jus Mundi
• 19.10.2021: Arbitrating with Public Entities, “Piercing the corporate veil, non-signatories, attribution of responsibility and umbrella clauses” | DIS40-CAM/CANACO-CCA
• 03.05.2021: Offshore Wind – Insights on the Legal Framework and Effective Dispute Resolution | Turkish Offshore Wind Energy Association & Russian Association of Wind Power Industry
• 29.04.2021: Imagine all the treaties – a comment on Nicolás M. Perrone’s book “Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination: How Foreign Investors Play By Their Own Rules” and on the criticism of substantive investment protection | Baltic Arbitration Days
• 24.03.2021: Resolving and Managing Disputes in Offshore Wind and Investment Protection in Turkey - Hamburg & Istanbul
• 22.03.2021: The Klein-Klein of Climate Change Contracts | Hamburg International Arbitration Days (HIADs)
• 06.01.2021: Investment Arbitration in Practice: The Limits of Treaty Planning - Hamburg
• 12.06.2020: Protection of RES Investments – Bespoke Solutions - Kiev (Briefing for foreign ambassadors and investors)
• 26.05.2020: What Kind of Regulatory Changes Trigger Investment Arbitrations? – Czech Republic, Spain and now Ukraine? Arbitration Risks and Effects - Kiev
• 11.03.2020: DIS40: Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: Prague Rules vs IBA Rules (a debate) - Hamburg
• 03.03.2020: ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC-YAF): Sellers’ Liability for Conformity of Goods under Domestic and International Law (CISG) - Riga
• 28.02.2019: Investment arbitration in the CIS region: what is going on and what is yet to come?, Dispute Resolution in CIS-Related Business Transactions - DIS40, IHK, DRJV
• 19.09.2017: World trade and investment arbitration – towards a new economic world order?, DIS40 Autumn Conference 2017
• 13.12.2016: Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG): Document Production in International Arbitration - Moscow
• 17.10.2016: London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA): Emerging Trends in Institutional Arbitration - Berlin
• 20.09.2016: ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC-YAF): Hands-on Third-Party Funding - Milan