Catrice Gayer

Catrice Gayer is an international dispute resolution specialist and Partner based in German office.

Catrice has broad experience as counsel and arbitrator (sole, presiding, co-arbitrator) in national and international arbitration proceedings under the auspices of various arbitration institutions (ICC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, SIAC, DIS etc.) and ad hoc, at multiple seats and under different governing laws. Her particular fields of industry are energy/mining, construction/engineering, commercial (agency, distribution, international sale) and corporate including post-M&A disputes.

She is ranked as Global Elite Thought Leader for Partners under 45 (Lexology). She has been recommended as a Rising Star (Commercial Arbitration) in Expert Guides (since 2017), and is, inter alia, also ranked with Handelsblatt.

She is an appointed member of the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice, which has published the 2020 ICC Force Majeure/Hardship Clauses. She was a co-chair of ASA below 40 (2020-2023) and a regional chair of the DIS40 Rhine/Ruhr (2015-2018).  Catrice is a guest lecturer at the Swiss Arbitration Academy. She regularly speaks on international arbitration, construction and energy law at conferences and publishes on international arbitration, construction and energy transition matters. She is a graduate of the University of Mayence (Germany), Paris XII (Maîtrise en Droit), Queen Mary/College of London (Diploma in International Dispute Resolution) and Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris) (LL.M. International Construction Contracts).