Prof. Dr. Robert Koch, LLM (McGill)

Chair for Civil Law and Insurance Law

Address

Universität Hamburg

Faculty of Law

Rothenbaumchaussee 33

20148 Hamburg

Office

Rechtshaus

Room: A204

Office hours

Mon: 3–4 pm

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-5788

Fax: +49 40 23951-2156

Email: robert.koch"AT"jura.uni-hamburg.de

Secretary's office

Azita Kouchekmanesh

Sekretariat von Prof. Dr. Robert Koch

Rothenbaumchaussee 33

20148 Hamburg

Room: A203

Tel: +49 40 42838-4584

Fax: +49 40 23951-2156

Email: azita.kouchekmanesh"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Website

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CV

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

Fields of research

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

Publications (PDF)