Portrait of Dr. Daniel H. Gerl

Dr. Daniel H. Gerl

Legal expert focusing on arbitration, foreign trade law and economic sanctions, and on their intersection with new technologies, in particular artificial intelligence.

Vita

Daniel Henry Gerl, born in 1994, qualified as a hotel industry expert through a vocational apprenticeship from 2013 through 2016 following his Abitur. He subsequently studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (2016–2022) and, at the same university, pursued doctoral studies (2023–2026). During those studies, he was employed at Freshfields in dispute resolution from 2018 to 2022, first as a Student Assistant and subsequently as a Research Assistant. Alongside his doctorate, he worked from 2022 to 2026 as a Research Assistant at the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) in Bonn-Bad Godesberg in case management. Since May 2025, Daniel H. Gerl serves as a law clerk (Rechtsreferendar) at the Regional Court of Cologne.

  1. since 2025 Regional Court of Cologne Law Clerk (Rechtsreferendar)
  2. 2023–2026 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Doctoral studies
  3. 2022–2026 German Arbitration Institute (DIS) Research Assistant, Case Management, Bonn-Bad Godesberg
  4. 2018–2022 Freshfields Student Assistant and Research Assistant, Dispute Resolution
  5. 2016–2022 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Law studies
  6. 2013–2016 Apprenticeship in the hotel industry
Memberships
  • DIS40 German initiative of young arbitration practitioners

Publications

Monographs
  • 2026 Sanctioned parties in arbitration, 2026, NomosNote 1
Articles
  • 2026 Arbitration and EU-Russia sanctions: new provision on the costs of the proceedings, Journal of Foreign Trade Law, Sanctions and Foreign Investment (ZASA) 2026, 263Note 2
Case notes
  • 03/2025 On the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in connection with economic sanctions, note on OLG Köln, decision of 24 May 2024 – 19 Sch 26/23, Law of International Business (RIW) 2025, 138Note 2 (with Helena Pfad)
  • 07/2024 Sanctions-related arbitration not incapable of being performed, note on KG Berlin, decision of 1 June 2023 – 12 SchH 5/22, German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ) 2024, 218Note 2
Conference reports
  • 2026 A Bridge over Troubled Waters – Berlin Dispute Resolution Days Event Report, German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ) 2026, 30Note 3

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