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Dr. Sarah Ganz

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Dr. Sarah Ganz

Special Counsel

London + 44 (0)20 7872 1527 Berlin

Dr. Sarah Ganz's practice focuses on complex international disputes. Dual-qualified in England & Wales and in Germany, she has represented clients in arbitrations governed by a broad variety of substantive and procedural laws, of both civil and common law jurisdictions (including England, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, New York, Kuwait, Sweden, and France). She has represented private sector and government clients in institutional as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC and DIS, among others. In addition to commercial arbitrations, her practice includes the representation of investors and states in investment treaty disputes. Dr. Ganz also sits as arbitrator.

Dr. Ganz has experience in disputes across a range of sectors, including energy, pharmaceuticals, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and oil and gas. Her experience includes disputes relating to joint venture and shareholder agreements, share purchase agreements (post M&A), intellectual property and licensing, long-term supply contracts, and general commercial contracts, among others.  

Dr. Ganz regularly speaks and publishes on topics related to international arbitration.

Professional Activities

Dr. Ganz is a former Executive Board Member of ICDR Y&I and the founder and former representative of the London Chapter of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) Below 40 Group.

She is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), and the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut).

Dr. Ganz has been an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Law School’s London campus, where she taught comparative contract law. She has also taught at the London School of Economics arbitration academy and as a guest lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin.

Experience

  • Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a US $1.5 billion ICC arbitration involving a license agreement, seated in London.

  • Represented a manufacturing company in three parallel multibillion US $ arbitrations under the ICC Rules, arising from an M&A transaction in Brazil.
  • Represented a high net worth individual in a multibillion, multi-jurisdictional ICC arbitration, seated in Switzerland.
  • Represented an international private equity fund in two parallel US $600 million ICC arbitrations arising from the acquisition of a Latin American technology company, seated in Brazil.
  • Represented a global oil field services company in a DIS arbitration relating to subsurface completion equipment, seated in Germany.
  • Represented a leading European pharmaceutical company in a VIAC arbitration arising from a share purchase agreement, seated in Vienna.
  • Represented a major natural gas supplier in multiple ad hoc gas price review arbitrations, seated in Stockholm, each valued at more than US $1 billion.

  • Represented a leading international energy company in an ICC arbitration relating to the construction of a power plant.

  • Represented a US electronics manufacturer in a DIS arbitration seated in Switzerland, arising from the acquisition of a Chinese manufacturing company.
  • Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a dispute concerning the termination of a supplier agreement.
  • Advised a leading telecommunications company on investment protection claims against an Asian state under the applicable bilateral investment treaty.
  • Advised an investment company on investment protection claims against a Central European state under the Energy Charter Treaty and applicable bilateral investment treaty.
  • Represented one of the world’s largest telecommunication companies in a series of parallel arbitrations under the VIAC Rules concerning the breakup of a joint venture in Eastern Europe, with an amount in dispute of several billion US dollars, seated in Geneva and Vienna.

Recognition

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    Recognized as Rising Star

    The Expert Guides

    2019–2020

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    Recognized as Thought Leader

    Lexology Index: Arbitration

    2021–2025

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    Europe Rising Stars Award

    Euromoney Legal Media Group

    2020

  • Recognized as a “Thought Leader” in Lexology Index: Arbitration, 2021–2025, a category reserved for the highest number of peer nominations globally.  Clients and peers commend her “razor sharp intellect, ability to process difficult factual and legal issues, and incredible personal manner”, “sharp mind”, and “excellent legal acumen”, and recommend her as an “excellent and very efficient advocate”.
  • Ranked as a leading arbitration lawyer in Lexology Index: Arbitration, 2017–2025, with respondents commending her as “clearly one of the leaders in arbitration” and “an incredibly clever and pragmatic lawyer” and describing her as a “tremendous advocate” who “keeps her calm in any situation”.
  • Received the Euromoney Legal Media Group's Europe Rising Stars Award 2020 in the category of “commercial arbitration” as well as in the country category “UK”.
  • Recognized as a Rising Star and in the Rising Stars Expertise: Commercial Arbitration category by The Expert Guides 2019 and 2020.
  • Ranked #1 of the “Most Highly Regarded” non-partner arbitration practitioners in Europe in the 2019 edition of Who's Who Legal: Arbitration — Future Leaders, a guide profiling the foremost arbitration practitioners under 45.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • Second State Exam, Munich Higher Regional Court, 2008

    • Dr. jur., Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2008

      magna cum laude

    • M. Jur., University of Oxford, 2005

      with Distinction

    • First State Exam, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2004

    • Licence en droit, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), 2001

      with Distinction

  • Admissions

    • Rechtsanwältin, Munich

    • England and Wales, Solicitor

  • Clerkships

    • Munich Higher Regional Court

Credentials

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