Prof. Dr. Robert Koch, LLM (McGill)

• January 1965: Born in Wolfsburg
• 1976–1984: Albert Schweizer Gymnasium, Wolfsburg
• 1985–1986: Military service, Braunschweig
• 1986–1991: Studied law at Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
• 1992–1994: Trainee lawyer in Hamburg
• 1994: Awarded doctorate from Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
• 1995–1996: Worked as a lawyer in Hamburg
• 1996–1997: Master’s degree at McGill University, Montréal
• 1997–1998: Visiting lecturer at the Ural State Law University
• 1998–2001: Lawyer in Cologne
• 2001–2006: Professor of Economic Law, especially Commercial Law, Corporate Law, and Foreign Trade Law at Nuertingen-Geislingen University
• 2006–2011: Member of the Board of the Canadian-German Lawyers Association
• 2006–present: Professor of Civil Law and Insurance Law at Universität Hamburg, Executive Director of the Insurance Law Seminar.
• 2006–present: Head of the Versicherungswissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg e. V. (founded 1916)
• 2007–present: Director of the Master of Laws in Insurance Law at Universität Hamburg
• 2007–2014: German-American Lawyers’ Association Member of the Hamburg Regional Board
• 2008–2014: Visiting Lecturer at Charles University in Prague
• 2008–present: Member of the Board for AIDA Europe
• 2009–present: Lecturer for the Master of Laws program in international economic law in cooperation with Saint Petersburg State University
• 2009–present: Chair of the AIDA Working Party on Marine Insurance
• 2009–present: Member of the AIDA World Presidential Council
• 2009-2016: Head of the bachelor of laws program in finance and insurance program at Universität Hamburg
• 2011-2015: Director International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Hamburg
• 2011: Research at University of Pretoria, South Africa 
• 2016–present: Member of the Publishing Committee, Versicherungsrecht magazine
• 2018-present: Head of AIDA Working Party Financial Lines & Cyber

• insurance law (and general liability law)
• consumer protection law
• IPR / harmonization of laws and comparative law
• UN Sales Convention
• banking and capital markets law
• arbitration law

Publications (PDF)