Admitted to the German Bar in2002, joined Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein in 2008
Advice and representation of insurers, P&I clubs, forwarders, and the shipping and transportation industries in transport, forwarding, maritime and air freight law, customs law, hazardous goods law, chemistry, pharmaceutical and food logistics; legal representation/litigation in German lawsuits, coordination of foreign disputes/claims and arrest proceedings, drafting of logistics contracts and terms and conditions, advice on international commercial and foreign trade law
Professional experience: practicing transport law at Segelken & Suchopar (2002–2008)
Legal clerkship in Schleswig-Holstein including an internship at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2000–2002)
Studied in Marburg, Köln (1992–1999)
LL.M., Shipping Law, University of Cape Town (1999), specialist lawyer for transport and shipping law
More information
Memberships: DGTR (German Society of Transport Law), DVIS (German International maritime law Association), German Lawyer Association Working Group Transport and Shipping Law, Nautical Association of Hamburg, Traditional Society of German Transport Insurers, German-South African Lawyer Association
Board of Ship Owners and Brokers Club; lecturer on international commercial law at HSBA (Hamburg School of Business Administration)
Languages: German, English
Awards:
Legal 500: Recommended Transport Lawyer (2015–2017)
Credentials:
Coordination of major damage claims for a foreign project shipping company
Ascertainment of damages, extrajudicial and judicial defense against claims and recourse protection in cooperation with foreign lawyers
Summary proceedings
Class action lawsuits due to inventory discrepancy in a large warehouse
Resolution regarding a warranty bond used as collateral and a guarantee credit used as bond insurance for a plant construction abroad
Appeal against customs notifications on import duties due to claims of invalid declarations of origin
Publications
2019
Veröffentlichung
Insurance law aspects of recourse claims against subcarriers
ILO - International Law Office
Steffen Maelicke,
2018
Vortrag
Insolvency of sea carrier: consequences for shippers and forwarders
Steffen Maelicke,
2018
Veröffentlichung
Insolvency of sea carrier: consequences for shippers and forwarders
