Education:
University of Paris (Licence en droit, 1980; Lauréat du Concours Général, 1980; Maîtrise en droit, 1981); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1983); University of Hamburg (First law degree, 1987; Dr. jur., 1994)

Professional background:
Before the foundation of BRÖDERMANN & JAHN, Dr. Eckart Brödermann has clerked and worked in major law firms in Germany and abroad (e.g. in Washington, D.C., 1983/84).

Author:
Numerous articles and contributions to books, including: Chapters on surety/guarantees, settlements agreements, life rent, gambling and betting (§§ 759-779 BGB) in: Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich (editors), BGB-Kommentar 2d edition 2007 (commentary on German Civil Code); “Betrachtungen zur Arbeit am CFR aus der Sicht eines Stakeholders: Der weite Weg zu einem europäischen Vertragsrecht (on the work of the European Commission on the Common Frame of Reference), ZEuP 2007, 304-323; “The Growing Importance of the UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES in Europe”, Uniform Law Review 2006, 749-770)

Co-Author:
“Internationales Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht” (compendium on conflict of law), co-authored with Joachim Rosengarten), 4th edition 2007; International Company Law (Vor Art 27 EGBGB, Part B) and various chapters on International Contract Law (Vor Art 27 EGBGB Part A; Art. 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37 EGBGB, together with Gerhard Wegen) in Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich (editors), BGB-Kommentar, 2d edition 2007

Lecturer:
Hamburg University: Graduate program (International Contract Law) and post graduate programs (i.e. LL.M. program on Asian-European Business Transactions: Negotiation and “Ergänzungsstudiengang Wirtschaftsrecht”: Lecturer on International Company Law); Nordakademie Elmshorn: International Arbitration

Member:
Expert to the European Commission in the Network of Stakeholders (Common Frame of Reference-network); International Bar Association (Vice Chair, Outer Space Committee); Interpacific Bar Association (Section on Arbitration); Hamburg Bar Organization (Member of the Board); Working Group Competition and Deregulation of the German Federal Bar; Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (German Comparative Law Society); listed arbitrator with various arbitration institutions (e.g. DIS, LCIA, ICAC); Harvard Club of Hamburg (President), Harvard Law School Associations of Germany and Europe; Freunde des Hamburger Max-Planck-Instituts e.V. (Friends of the Hamburg Max-Planck-Institute)

Languages:
German, English, French and Italian