Dr. Sabine Konrad focuses on international dispute resolution, with an emphasis on investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration. Sabine advises investors and governments in matters of investment protection. She has experience representing clients in a broad range of industries, including energy and infrastructure. She has represented clients in cases across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In addition, she acts as arbitrator in investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases. She has experience as sole arbitrator, tribunal president, and co-arbitrator.
Extended Profile
In 2007, 2013 and 2019, Sabine was appointed to the Panel of Arbitrators of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) by the Federal Republic of Germany. She is a member of the roster of arbitrators of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), the list of practitioners of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), the Panel of Arbitrators and the Panel of Mediators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and the Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). She is also included on the panels of other arbitration institutions that do not publicize their lists. She was also appointed by the president of SIAC to serve as a member of its Users Council.
Sabine also founded the Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot Court, the leading international moot court in the investment treaty field. In 2005, she was involved in setting up the Frankfurt International Arbitration Center, a cooperation facility of ICSID for investment treaty arbitrations in Germany.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Sabine was a partner at another global law firm. She is fluent in German, English, and French, and reads Spanish and Italian.
Selected Representations
Representing the Federal Republic of Germany in two ICSID arbitrations against Vattenfall (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12 and ARB/09/6)
Representing four German banks in an ICSID arbitration against the Kingdom of Spain under the ECT concerning energy investments (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45)
Representing renewable energy investor in an investment dispute under the ECT against Spain;
Representing Fraport AG in successful ICSID annulment proceedings against the Philippines, as well as the resubmitted arbitration (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/25 and ARB/11/12)
Represented a German investor in a United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration with the Kingdom of Thailand under the applicable BIT; the arbitration was the very first treaty arbitration in Thailand’s history
Representing an international construction and engineering conglomerate in an ICC arbitration in a dispute concerning a large infrastructure project in Latin America;
Defending a German renewable energy company against claims in an HKIAC arbitration against a PRC entity underCISG and winning counterclaims worth multiple million euros;
Representing an Asian oil company in ICC proceedings against a national oil company in Latin America
Representing a German manufacturer in its dispute against a PRC purchaser of a process plant under Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Rules
