Axel Benjamin Herzberg

Axel Benjamin Herzberg is an expert in litigating, arbitrating, and collecting claims of all kinds, both nationally and internationally. He primarily handles domestic and international commercial arbitration as well as cross-border commercial litigation matters. He also has vast experience in German as well as in cross-border asset tracing and asset recovery work.

In addition to his work as party’s counsel, Mr Herzberg also frequently acts as arbitrator in international and domestic proceedings (especially ICC and DIS) and, upon nomination of the German National Committee of ICC, has been appointed member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and of its Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings.

Mr Herzberg’s clients come from diverse industries, including
– commerce,
– real estate,
– tech, media and telecommunications,
– NGOs,
– energy,
– life sciences,
– logistics and transportation.

Mr Herzberg studied law at the German universities of Passau, Munich and Freiburg, as well as at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where he earned the Certificate in Transnational Law. Following his first state exam in Germany in 2006 (ranking among the top 2 %), he served as research assistant at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and subsequently completed his practical training period (Referendariat) with the Supreme Court of Berlin, Germany, earning his second state exam in 2010 (ranking among the top 5 %).

Thereupon, Mr Herzberg was appointed Deputy Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, France, handling some 80+ international commercial as well as investor-state arbitrations. In 2011, Mr Herzberg assumed a position as associate with the litigation and arbitration group of Baker & McMenzie in Berlin where he handled international dispute matters until 2013. In 2014, Axel Benjamin Herzberg completed the University of London (Queen Mary/UCL) Postgraduate LL.M. programme in International Business Law with ‘merit’, and launched HERZBERG LEGAL, which merged to BODENHEIMER HERZBERG, of which Mr Herzberg was one of the two founding partners in 2017. The firm now has four partners and 20+ attorneys from six different jurisdictions at two offices (one in Berlin and one in Cologne).

O Sr. Herzberg é um especialista certificado pela Ordem dos Advogados em direito comercial internacional (FA IWR), membro do Comité da Ordem dos Advogados de Berlim para advogados especializados em direito comercial internacional. Está também inscrito na lista de solicitadores dos tribunais superiores de Inglaterra e do País de Gales.

O Sr. Herzberg é frequentemente convidado como orador, conferencista ou palestrante em conferências e seminários em todo o mundo. É um dos editores-chefes do comentário mais pormenorizado em língua alemã sobre a CCI e o Regulamento de Arbitragem DIS (Nedden/Herzberg/Kopetzki, ICC-SchO / DIS-SchO, 2.ª ed., 2022).

Axel Benjamin Herzberg, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt | Solicitor (Inglaterra e País de Gales)
Fachanwalt für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht
Mestrado em Direito Comercial Internacional (Londres, Queen Mary/UCL)