Dr Peter M. Werner Email & Phone Number

Head of ISDA’s financial law reform projects in private international law, trade law, insolvency law and secured transactions (esp netting, collateral) at global level (UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT, HCCH, FSB, ICC) Global head of ISDA’s work on arbitration and ADR (e.g., 2013 ISDA Arbitration Guide) and liaison to ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, AAA-ICDR and national and regional arbitration centres Global head of ISDA standard documentation for all regions in commodities (precious and base metals, power, oil, gas, freight, coal, iron ore, emissions allowances/environmental products, agriculturals etc). Global head of Islamic derivatives documentation (e.g., ISDA/IIFM Tahawwut (Hedging) Master Agreement incl collateral docs for Shariah compliant transactions in both the M.Eastern and SE Asian markets.Lead in national law reform projects in 40+ jurisdictions across Europe ( EU, EFTA, CEE, SEE, CIS), Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Latin America. Focus areas of law: General contract law, insolvency/bank resolution, property law, conflict of law rules, dispute forum clauses). Head of regional law reform efforts at EU level on mutual recognition of commercial judgments (recast Brussels 1 Reg, Lugano Conv), choice of law (Rome I + II Regs), insolvency (Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, Credit Institutions’ Winding-up Directive, Insolvency Reg) and secured transactions (Collateral Directive)Member of the editorial board of the Capital Markets Law Journal (Oxford University Press)Co-chair of the American Bar Association's Task Force FEED (Financial Engineering for Economic Development)Regular speaker at ISDA training conferences as well as academic and industry events across EMEA and Asia-Pacific, e.g. at UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, IBA, ABA, BIICL, EFET, IECA, IIFM, IFSB, HKIAC, SIAC, PRIME-Finance, national banking associations, London School of Economics, European University Institute, Univ of Frankfurt Institute for Law and Finance, Univ of Zurich Europa-Institut.

Listed skills include Derivatives, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Financial Markets, and 12 others.

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  Universities Of Bonn, Frankfurt/M, Salzburg

  International Law