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 commercial arbitrations under ICC-, Swiss Rules-, DIS-, LCIA-, VIAC-, UNCITRAL- and Ad Hoc-Arbitration Rules; panels of arbitrators: China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); ICDR Roster of Neutrals; 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); Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes (Hong Kong Int’l. Arbitration Centre); NAI Court of Arbitration for Art; Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) Formula One Racing of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA); legal expert on German and international contract law in a number of international arbitrations; Member, Arbitration Law Reform Commission at the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) 1992-1996;

Expertise: Previous arbitrations involved, inter alia, disputes out of sales and service contracts, Post M&A, infrastructure projects, research & development, construction, int’l. loans, banking& project finance, ISDA Master Agreement (close-out netting), gas price adaptation, gas storage and long-term gas delivery and transportation contracts, aeronautics, automotive, patents and licensing, sale of non-performing loans, service provider contracts in the credit card business.