Faculty – Munich Mediation Training

The programme is led by:

Horst Eidenmüller

Horst Eidenmüller held the Chair of Private Law, German, European, and International Business Law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich until 2015. Since then, he has held the Chair of Commercial Law at the University of Oxford and has served as a Professorial Fellow at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. He founded the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (MuCDR) and served as its director until 2019. In addition, he is a member of numerous expert committees in the fields of mediation and arbitration and has extensive experience as both mediator and arbitrator in national and international commercial disputes. Eidenmüller is the author and editor of several books on negotiation and commercial mediation.

Horst Eidenmüller on the website of his chair at the University of Oxford.

Andreas Hacke

Andreas Hacke is a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Zwanzig Hacke Meilke & Partner, a visiting lecturer at the University of Oxford, and was co-director of the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (MuCDR) until 2019. He regularly acts as mediator and arbitrator in national and international commercial disputes. Hacke is the author of the leading work on procedural agreements in out-of-court dispute resolution and co-author of several books on commercial mediation.

Andreas Hacke on his website about his work as a mediator, arbitrator, and neutral expert

Martin Fries

Martin Fries holds a professorship in Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Practice, and Legal Technology at BSP Business and Law School. His mediation practice focuses particularly on inheritance and commercial disputes. He serves on the advisory board of the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Fries is the author of the leading work on the application of collaborative law in Germany. His recent publications include two books on inheritance mediation and legal entrepreneurship.

Martin Fries on the pages of the BSP Business and Law School

Our highly qualified trainers

The core faculty is complemented by distinguished ADR practitioners, senior judges, and internationally accredited mediators.

Kathrin Huber

Kathrin Huber is a judge at the Higher Regional Court of Munich (press law and the Commercial Court) and a trained mediator with many years of mediation experience gained as a conciliation judge at the Regional Court of Munich II and the Higher Regional Court of Munich. Previously, she served as a full‑time training supervisor responsible for the education of Bavarian legal trainees. Since that time, she has also regularly acted as a trainer for continuing education programs in the fields of negotiation management and business mediation.

Stefan Tetenberg

Dr. Stefan Tetenberg is a judge in a civil senate of the Higher Regional Court of Munich (commercial and corporate law). After working as a research assistant at a civil law chair at LMU Munich, he served as a public prosecutor at the Munich I Public Prosecutor’s Office, including in a division focused on combating white‑collar crime. He subsequently became a judge in civil chambers at the Regional Court of Munich I (handling condominium, probate, and enforcement proceedings) and later a full‑time training supervisor for legal trainees.

Anne-Karin Grill

Mag. Anne‑Karin Grill, M.A. (Georgetown), FCIArb, is an Austrian attorney specializing in international conflict prevention and conflict resolution. She stands for positive outcomes in both commercial arbitration and investment arbitration. In addition, she is highly experienced in leading other, including hybrid, ADR proceedings. As an IMI‑certified mediation advocate, Anne‑Karin Grill supports clients in negotiation and problem‑solving processes. As a CEDR‑accredited mediator, she primarily mediates international business disputes. As an arbitrator, she is appointed mainly in international commercial disputes.

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