Dr. Stephan Klebes is a German-qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt) working in Quinn Emanuel’s Hamburg office.
Stephan specializes in German and international commercial arbitration. He advises and represents clients in arbitration proceedings, as well as before German state courts at both trial and appellate level with a particular focus on cross-border disputes.
Stephan joined the firm in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, he studied law at the University of Mannheim, Germany where he specialized in International Commercial Law and obtained his Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2020, he completed his legal clerkship at the Celle Court of Appeals, which included stages at Quinn Emanuel’s Hamburg Office and a boutique arbitration law firm. Stephan obtained a doctorate in arbitration and international procedural law from the University of Osnabrück.
Stephan is a member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).
- Celle Court of Appeals
(Second State Examination, with distinction, 2020) - University of Osnabrück
(Ph.D., magna cum laude, 2020) - University of Cape Town
(Master of Laws, Alternative Dispute Resolution, with distinction, 2016) - University of Mannheim
(Complementary Studies of Law, First State Examination, with distinction, 2016)
(Bachelor of Laws, with distinction, 2013)
- The German Bar (Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg)
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
- The Best Lawyers in Germany: Ones to Watch Arbitration and Mediation, 2024
- The UNCITRAL Model Law in the EU – harmonization of arbitration laws against the background of Art. 1(2)(d) Brussels Ia Regulation?