Dr. Kevin Li is a German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt) and an Associate in our Munich office. He joined the firm in 2025. Kevin advises and represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide-array of commercial, corporate and IP matters. His experience includes advising on contractual disputes, disputes relating to D&O liability and Post-M&A disputes. He has further represented clients in enforcement matters as well as in proceedings relating to the set-aside of arbitral awards.
Prior to joining the firm, Kevin worked as an attorney and Senior Associate in an international boutique law firm specialized in commercial litigation and arbitration.
Kevin graduated from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and completed his legal clerkship at the Oberlandesgericht Berlin (Higher Regional Court) in Berlin with stages inter alia at Quinn Emanuel and the Special Litigation Unit at the World Bank Group. He obtained his doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (summa cum laude).
Since 2025, Kevin has served as both a lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and an examiner for the State Examination for the Hessian Ministry of Justice.
He is a member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), the DIS40, the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and ASA below 40.
- Higher Regional Court of Berlin
(Second State Examination, 2021) - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
(Ph.D, 2020, summa cum laude) - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
(First State Examination, 2016)
The German bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer München)
- German
- Mandarin
- English
- Trittmann, Rolf; Li, Kevin, Der Vertragshändlerausgleich nach §89b HGB analog in grenzüberschreitenden Vertriebsverträgen – Einordnung als Eingriffsnorm und Folgen für Gerichtsstands- und Schiedsvereinbarungen, ZVertriebR 2025, 302
- Li, Kevin, Reconceiving Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: From Formality to Function, 2022
- Fischer, Elaine; Li, Kevin, Swiss Supreme Court Clarifies Arbitrability of Claims in Insolvency Context, 12 July 2021, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 07/2021
- Li, Kevin, Die Beschränkung der Ländergesetzgebung durch das „bürgerliche Recht“, zum „Mietendeckel“-Beschluss des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, DVBI. 2021, 848, 05/2021
- Corvaglia, Maria Anna; Li, Kevin, Extraterritoriality and public procurement regulation in the context of global supply chains’ governance, (2018) Europe and the World: A law review, 16, 09/2018
- German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
- DIS40
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
- ASA below 40