Anna Masser
Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Anna Masser
Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Contact details
Anna heads the international arbitration practice in Germany. She focuses on international commercial arbitration and advises on all stages of dispute resolution.
Anna acts as lead counsel in international commercial arbitrations, in particular in the energy, plant engineering and renewable energies sectors. She also advises on disputes under long-term contracts in general. She has experience of conducting arbitrations under a wide range of rules including those of the ICC, SCAI, DIS, LCIA, SCC, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations also under UNCITRAL rules. She was qualified in Switzerland until 2016 and advises on German and Swiss law issues. She equally deals with issues relating to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and judgments and is regularly appointed as arbitrator. Anna is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
Anna is the only arbitration lawyer in Germany being singled out as “Thought Leader” by Who’s Who Legal in 2023 and she is recognized as Global Leader in arbitration. She is ranked by Chambers as Band 4 counsel Europe wide and is singled out by JUVE. She is member of the ASA board, serves as a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and is a Vice President of the Chinese European Arbitration Center.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 2007
Admitted to Swiss bar, 2013-2016
Academic
Second State Exam, Schleswig Holstein, 2007
First State Exam, University of Heidelberg, 2004
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Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 2007
Admitted to Swiss bar, 2013-2016
Academic
Second State Exam, Schleswig Holstein, 2007
First State Exam, University of Heidelberg, 2004
Published work
- Masser, A. Choice of Law Clauses in Arbitration Agreements, Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide, ed. Arroyo (1st ed. 2013, 2nd ed. to be published in 2018)
- Masser, A. Commentary of Art. 28 Swiss Rules, Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide, ed. Arroyo (1st ed. 2013, 2nd ed. to be published in 2018)
- Masser, A. Commentary of Arts. 34 to 37 Swiss Rules, Co‐Author with Dr Marc Veit, eds. Zuberbühler / Müller / Habegger, Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (2nd ed., 2013, 3rd ed. forthcoming 2022)
- Masser, A. Die revidierte Schweizerische Schiedsgerichtsordnung (Swiss Rules), Co-Author with Dr Philipp Habegger, IPRax 5/2012, p. 459 et seq
- Masser, A. Criminal Offences During the Arbitration – False Testimony, Fraud: What Should Arbitrators Do?, Dutch-Flemish Mediation and Conflictmanagement Journal, 2011, pages 32-42
- Masser, A. The UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings – Time for an Update? Co-Author with Dr Philipp Habegger, Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten, International Arbitration and International Commercial Law: Synergy, Convergence and Evolution, eds Kröll, Mistelis, Rogers, Perales Viscasillas, Alphen a/d Rijn 2011, pages 207-223
- Masser, A. May Arbitral Tribunals Seated in Switzerland and Applying German Law or the CISG Estimate Quantum? - ASA Bulletin Volume 39, No. 3 (September 2021), Co-Author with Eileen Löbig, Kluwer Law International, 2021
- Masser, A. The Guide to Evidence in International Arbitration - First Edition, Co-Author with Lucia Raimanová, Kendall Pauley and Peter Plachý, Global Arbitration Review, 2021, chapter 16
- Masser, A. Does the CISG Apply to Arbitration Agreements? ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin | 2021 Issue 1, Co-Author with Dr Nadja Harraschain, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 2021, pages 36-38
- Masser, A. Commentary of Federal Supreme Court Decision xxx in SchiedsVZ 2021, 97 – Applicability of the CISG to the arbitration agreement (in German), Co-Author with Dr. Nadja Harraschain
