Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, LL.M.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, LL.M.

Chairholder Professor at University of Cologne

Chairholder Professor for Civil Law, German and International Commercial, Economic and Banking Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Cologne University, Director of the Institute for Banking Law and the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the Cologne Law Faculty

Biography

• • 1980

    Graduated from the Leibniz-Gymnasium, Dortmund

  • 1980 – 1987

    Law studies at Bielefeld and Virginia University

  • 1987 – 1988

    Master’s degree at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

  • 1989 – 1996

    Research Associate and Research Assistant at the Institute for Banking Law at the University of Cologne

  • 1991

    PhD with a thesis on international commercial arbitration at the University of Cologne

  • 1996 – 2002

    Professor and Director of the Institute for International Business Law and the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL), Münster University

  • From 2002

    Chairholder Professor for Civil Law, German and International Commercial, Economic and Banking Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at Cologne University