Area of specialisation
Bar admission
Experience with legal system
Professional experience
2021 Founding of Gantenberg Dispute Experts2006 – 2021 Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Duesseldorf (Partner); (2010 – 2013 Managing Partner)
2001 – 2006 Lawyer with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf
1998 – 2000 Legal Clerkship at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG) with working experience in Paris, France
1993 – 1997 Saarland University, Saarbruecken
Ulrike is regularly appointed as arbitrator and advises her clients as party representative in complex proceedings. Two main core areas of Ulrike’s practice are turn-key construction (including energy related projects) and post-M&A /contract disputes. She is a member of various boards and committees of international arbitration institutions and a frequent speaker on issues of international arbitration and international private law at international events and conferences.
Ulrike acts as counsel and arbitrator (sole arbitrator, chair and co-arbitrator) in international commercial arbitration (ad hoc, DIS, ICC, LCIA, VIAC, FAI, DIA, SCC etc.) investor-state disputes, and adjudication proceedings as well as counsel in litigation cases. As a qualified German lawyer with working experience in France, Ulrike is particularly dedicated to international work. Her experience includes arbitration proceedings under various jurisdictions (including Germany, France, Denmark, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Turkey). Her vast experience as arbitrator impacts her counsel work.