Dr. Maximilian Clasmeier

Maximilian is an international associate in White & Case's International Arbitration Practice Group. He represents corporates and states in a broad range of disputes, spanning national and international commercial and investment arbitration, litigation, and regulatory proceedings. He has experience working under the ICC, ICSID, DIS, UNCITRAL, and SIAC Rules. Maximilian has strong transatlantic ties and regularly works with the Firm's German offices where he started his career before later relocating to Washington, DC.

He has particular expertise in handling all stages of disputes which involve sovereign states, regulatory conduct, and which arise from public international law, international investment law, and international economic law. Maximilian also advises on the structuring of investments and risk mitigation strategies considering protection offered by bilateral and multilaterial treaties and has experience in sanctions proceedings before administrative tribunals of international development banks.

Prior to joining White & Case, Maximilian gained international commercial and investment arbitration experience with law firms in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Singapore, worked for a German think tank likewise based in Singapore, and a state representation to the European Union in Brussels. He further worked for the World Bank's Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) in Washington, DC where he gained substantial experience in investigations and enforcement matters involving allegations of fraud, bribery, and corruption.

Maximilian regularly publishes on international arbitration topics and is author of "Arbitral Awards as Investments – Treaty Interpretation and the Dynamics of International Investment Law" (Wolters Kluwer – 2017). Since 2019, he has been serving as a peer reviewer for the ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal. He has a particular interest and expertise in arbitration matters relating to East and Southeast Asia and understands the regional particularities. He is an active member of the Firm's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Group, was admitted to the Panel of Arbitrators of the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC), and serves as Local Representative of the Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC) in the United States.

Maximilian has studied law in Münster, Barcelona, Singapore and Düsseldorf. He has taught international investment law at Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf and at Thammasat University in Bangkok. He currently serves as Associated Expert at Leiden University's Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and its Tracing Inherent Powers project aiming to improve efficiency in states' treaty negotiations on the constitution and reform of international courts and tribunals.