Experience
Felix advises national and international clients on all matters of international commercial, maritime, transport, defence and marine insurance law. After his admission to the German bar in 2018, he focused his practice on complex disputes and advisory work across the full spectrum of carriage of goods, logistics operations and marine insurance.
His work regularly involves multi-jurisdictional constellations, cross-border contractual frameworks and the coordination of international stakeholders.
He represents shipping companies, freight forwarders, shippers, trading companies, logistics service providers, insurers, P&I Clubs, brokers and industrial clients.
A substantial part of his practice consists of litigation and arbitration, including the management of major maritime and transport casualties, coverage disputes and subrogation claims. His experience includes collisions, salvage and general average, cargo claims under multimodal regimes, port-related incidents and insurance-regulatory issues.
In addition to his core practice in transport and insurance law, Felix advises on commercial contracts in the international trade environment, including purchase agreements, charterparties, logistics and warehousing agreements, distribution structures and compliance-related questions with a transport or marine nexus.
Through his academic involvement, he maintains a close connection between doctrinal precision and practical application. His clients appreciate his structured, analytical approach and his ability to translate technical and operational complexities into legally robust solutions.
Felix has gained extensive experience in leading German and international law firms specialising in maritime and insurance matters, allowing him to combine industry insight with a commercially oriented perspective.
Felix is actively involved in international professional networks in the maritime, transport and insurance sectors, such as the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). His longstanding engagement in these organisations provides access to a global network of specialised practitioners for almost any jurisdiction, enabling coordinated support in cross-border mandates.
Recent cases
- Advising on complex ship collision matters, including liability assessment under international collision rules and coordination of multi-jurisdictional follow-up claims.
- Redrafting and negotiating transport, logistics and project freight forwarding contracts for major German manufacturers and international operators.
- Preparing and reviewing sea terminal agreements, with a focus on liability allocation, operational risk management and insurance integration.
- Advising on liability and insurance issues arising from major warehouse incidents, including coordination with insurers, surveyors and loss adjusters.
- Providing ongoing legal support as external counsel for various logistics, freight forwarding and trading companies with global operations.
- Handling pre-litigation strategy and liability evaluation in cases involving significant cargo losses caused by fires on board seagoing vessels.
- Counselling an international freight forwarder on the legal consequences of misdeclared dangerous goods in a consolidated container shipment, including evaluation of indemnity claims, applicability of Hague-Visby Rules, and communication with the carrier’s P&I Club.
- Drafting and negotiating a global framework agreement for inland and short-sea container movements for a multinational retailer, covering liability regimes under CMR, sea carriage rules, insurance structures, service levels, and digital data exchange requirements.
Memberships
- AIJA International Association of Young Lawyers
- German Maritime Arbitration Association
- DGTR Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transportrecht e. V.
- DVIS Deutscher Verein für Internationales Seerecht e.V.