Partner // Rechtsanwalt
david.tebel@rothorn.legal
m +49 151 70 60 30 70
Rising star in Germany with great analytical and advocacy skills
GAR 100 17th Edition 2024
He knows his field inside out
Who's Who Legal 2023 - Arbitration Future Leaders
'The technical depth and capability' that he provides make his services 'exceptional'
Client
David is a very strong lawyer and advocate
Who's Who Legal 2023 - Arbitration Future Leaders
Mr Tebel is one of the best lawyers that I have worked with
Who's Who Legal 2023 - Arbitration Future Leaders
David Tebel advises and represents clients in complex proceedings before arbitral tribunals and state courts, both domestic and international. He has broad experience with industrial product liability cases – particularly governed by international sales law, large-scale infrastructure projects and corporate disputes. David has acted as counsel and arbitrator in proceedings governed by DIS, ICC, SCC and ICSID rules as well as in ad hoc proceedings.
His clients include leading industrials and technology companies with a focus on corporates from the energy, automotive, and oil & gas sectors.
Prior to co-founding rothorn legal, David was a member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s International Arbitration Group for several years. At Freshfields, David also was part of the innovation think-tank Freshfields Lab and interfaced between legal operations and the practice group dispute resolution. His endeavour to increase efficiency through optimisation and innovation is also what drives him at rothorn legal.
David is recognized by Who’s Who Legal as Future Leader in arbitration and lauded by clients and peers as “a very strong lawyer and advocate” who “knows his field inside out”. He is co-coordinator of the DIS Technology Group, a Swiss Arbitration Ambassador in Germany, co-chair of the VIAC Legal Tech Think Tank and served as a rapporteur to the CISG Advisory Council. David teaches as founder and Director of the Moot Academy and before that as lecturer at the Swiss International Law School and at the University of Basel international sales law and introduces young jurists to advocacy. He regularly publishes and speaks on topical issues of arbitration, international sales law, and the intersection of technology and law.
David is fluent in English and German.