Dr Evgenia Peiffer
Dr Evgenia Peiffer is counsel in the dispute resolution team at CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich, with over a decade of experience in international commercial disputes. She acts both as counsel and as arbitrator, regularly appearing before arbitral tribunals and state courts. Her practice spans infrastructure and energy projects, as well as disputes arising from distribution, M&A, supply, service, and licensing agreements. With Eastern European roots and language skills, she has developed particular expertise in matters involving that region. Evgenia Peiffer is widely recognised for her knowledge of private international law and procedural law, and she frequently publishes and speaks on cross-border dispute resolution.
Her professional excellence has been acknowledged in Best Lawyers Germany 2023 and 2024 in the categories of International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, and Arbitration/Dispute Resolution/Mediation, and she has been named a Top Lawyer for Arbitration by Wirtschaftswoche in both years.
Dr Peiffer has lectured on international civil procedure and arbitration law at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, since 2020. She holds a doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and has passed both German state law examinations.
She is an active member of several professional associations, including the German Arbitration Association (DIS), where she is the co-chair of the Serbian-German Arbitration Group, the DIS40, where she served as co-chair between 2021 and 2024, the Austrian Arbitration Association, Young ICCA, and ArbitralWomen.
Evgenia Peiffer is fluent in German and English, with native Bulgarian and basic Russian.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2012
Experience
- Lecturer in International Civil Procedure Law and Arbitration Law at the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (2020 - 2024)
Membership
- DIS (German Arbitration Association), DIS40 (below 40 initiative of the DIS)
- AAP (Austrian Arbitration Association), Young AAP
- Young Internatoinal Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA)
- ArbitralWomen
- European Association for Private International Law (EAPIL)
- German American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
Qualifications
- Dr jur (2011)
- Bar exam (2012)
Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (2001 - 2011)
- Kammergericht Berlin (2010 – 2012)
2 Contributions by Evgenia Peiffer
PRACTICE NOTES
Challenging German-seated arbitral awards: ZPO ss 1059–1065 grounds, procedure, time limits, court jurisdiction, and interaction with recognition and enforcement
This Practice Note examines the challenge of arbitration awards in Germany under German law. Note: German judgments are not reported by LexisNexis®.
Challenging awards in Germany-the relevant legal framework
The principal legal regime appears in sections 1059 et seqq. of the 10th Book of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO). The ZPO distinguishes between domestic and foreign awards by whether the arbitral tribunal that issued the award had its seat in Germany or abroad. For domestic awards, the grounds for setting aside and for refusing recognition and enforcement are contained in ZPO, ss 1059, 1060(2), and they mirror Article 34 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration (Model Law).
For foreign awards, recognition and enforcement are governed by ZPO, s 1061(1), which makes the New York Convention directly applicable. Only minor differences exist between the bases for challenging domestic awards and for declining recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Sections 1062–1065 ZPO regulate the applicable procedure and jurisdiction for both domestic and foreign awards. This Practice Note focuses on the formal requirements and the grounds for challenging domestic arbitral...
Arbitration
PRACTICE NOTES
Germany: Challenging Arbitral Tribunal Jurisdiction and Anti-suit Injunctions: Court and Tribunal Powers, Procedures, Deadlines and Enforcement
This Practice Note examines questions of arbitral jurisdiction in arbitration conducted under German law. Note: all German judgments mentioned in this Practice Note are not reported by LexisNexis®.
Introduction to jurisdiction under German arbitration law
Germany is widely regarded as an arbitration-friendly forum. Its arbitration regime is contained in Book 10 (sections 1025–1066) of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), which is closely aligned with the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration (the Model Law). An unofficial English version of the ZPO has been issued by the German Ministry of Justice, and the quotations from the ZPO in this Practice Note rely on that translation.
With respect to objections to an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction, German law does not confer ultimate authority on the tribunal to rule on its own competence. In other words, German law does not recognise exclusive ‘Kompetenz-Kompetenz’. Instead, any tribunal decision on jurisdiction is open to comprehensive scrutiny by the state courts. That said, to safeguard their entitlement to a full judicial review of the tribunal’s jurisdiction, parties must usually advance any jurisdictional objection before the tribunal promptly and within the required timeframe...
Arbitration
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