Expert resume of Professor Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, LL.M.

Professor for domestic and international private and commercial Law, comparative and private international law; Director, Institute for Banking Law and Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL), University of Cologne Faculty of Law, Germany

Positions:

Professor for domestic and international private and commercial Law, comparative and private international law; Director, Institute for Banking Law and Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL), University of Cologne Faculty of Law, Germany (since 2002)

Professor for international business law and director of the Institute for International Business Law, Muenster University Faculty of Law, Germany (1996 - 2002)

Honorary Lecturer and Member of the Global Faculty, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland Chairman of the Board, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) Board-Member, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Date of Birth: June 1, 1961

Education: Universities of Cologne, Bielefeld (Germany) and Virginia (USA)

Practice: Chairman, party-appointed arbitrator and sole arbitrator in numerous arbitrations under ICC-, Swiss Rules-, DIS-, LCIA-, VIAC-, UNCITRAL- and Ad Hoc-Arbitration Rules; panels of arbitrators: "China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission" (CIETAC, Beijing, China); International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR, international division, American Arbitration Association, AAA); P.R.I.M.E. Finance (Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance, The Hague); Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC); legal expert on German and international contract law in numerous international arbitrations; Member, Arbitration Law Reform Commission at the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) 1992-1996; organizer, “Cologne Academies” on International Arbitration & International Business Mediation for students and young practitioners (www.cologneacademies.com)

Expertise: Previous arbitrations involved disputes out of delivery contracts, M&A, gas price adaptation, construction, infrastructure projects, research & development, int’l. loans, project finance, ISDA Master Agreement (close out netting), sale of non-performing loans (npls), service provider contracts in the credit card business, money transport