Ilka H. Beimel

Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Associate

Arbitration

Ilka Beimel

Ilka H. Beimel specialises in national and international dispute resolution before arbitral tribunals and state courts. Ilka advises and represents clients on complex cross-border disputes, especially corporate, liability and commercial disputes. She has particular experience in handling disputes involving international sales law. Prior to joining Noerr, Ilka worked as a tribunal secretary in different arbitral proceedings. In this role and as a party representative, she gained experience in arbitration proceedings governed by DIS, CAM-CCBC, ICC, LCIA and VIAC Rules. Ilka is a member of various arbitration associations and a laureate of the DIS Sponsorship Award 2021/2022. She served as a rapporteur to the CISG Advisory Council and taught international sales and arbitration law at a Japanese university. She is involved in various other initiatives and is a co-founder of the regional dispute resolution initiative Rheinische Runde zur Streitbeilegung. Ilka regularly publishes and speaks on topical issues relating to arbitration and international sales law.

Career

Law studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), with stays abroad at Columbia Law School, New York (USA) and Université-Pierre-Mendés, Grenoble (France)
Participating at The Hague Academy of international Law (Netherlands)
Ph.D. at the University of Basel (Switzerland)
Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in various LCIA and CAM-CCBC arbitrations 
Research assistant in various international law firms
Research assistant at various departments at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and Columbia Law School, New York (USA)
Rapporteur for the CISG-AC
Internship at the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris (France)
With Noerr since 2022
Admitted to the Düsseldorf Chamber of Lawyers

Memberships

  • DIS 40
  • ICC YAAF
  • YIAG
  • Young ITA
  • Young ICCA
  • Young CEAC
  • ASA below 40

Lectures

  • "Repair and Replacement under the CISG", 5th Conference on International Arbitration and the UN Convention for the International Sale of Goods, Guadalajara, Mexico, 06.02.2020

Publications

  • The Best of Both Worlds? The Power of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in International Commercial Arbitration, SchiedsVZ 2022, 1 (with Dr. Karsten Faulhaber)
  • Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, Den Haag: Eleven International Publishing, 2021(Dissertation)
  • Das auf die Schiedsvereinbarung anwendbare Recht – Zugleich: Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteil vom 26.11.2020, I ZR 245/19, IWRZ 2021, 51 (with Prof. (em.) Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer)
  • Chapter 57 – Germany, in Sieg Eiselen / Francesco G. Mazzotta (Hrsg.), International Contract Manual Part II Country Handbooks, Westlaw 2022
  • CISG-AC Opinion No. 21, Delivery of Substitute Goods and Repair under the CISG (with Prof. (em.) Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer), 2020