Ulrich Steppler|Partner
Publications
| 2022 | Decision on automated reimbursement of claims under EU Flight Compensation Regulation |  |
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| 2021 | Coalition agreement 2021-2025: impact on air and space industry | |
| 2019 | Aircraft repossession and enforcement of security in Germany | |
- Admitted to the German Bar in 2002, joined Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein in 2007
- Representing and advising airlines and companies in the aviation and travel industry (lessors, banks, insurance companies, ticketing and travel platforms, associations etc.)
- Professional experience: ARNECKE SIBETH (2015–2018), ARNECKE SIEBOLD (2007–2015)
- Legal clerkship at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and in New York (1999–2001)
- Studied at Philipps University, Marburg (1993–1999), University of Kent at Canterbury, England (1995–1996)
- LL.M. Mainz University of Applied Sciences (2007); banking apprenticeship in Gießen, Frankfurt/Main, Toronto/Canada (1991–1993)
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- Memberships: ABA (American Bar Association – Forum on Air and Space Law), EBAA (European Business Aviation Association), EALA (European Air Law Association), ILWR (Institute of Air Space and Outer Space Law – Friends and Sponsors), TIC e.V. (Travel Industry Club)
- Head of Practice Group Transportation, Aviation & Logistics, Director of ARNECKE SIBETH Consult GmbH, Director of CHS Claims Handling Solutions GmbH
- Listed as practicing European lawyer in the Bar Association Vienna, Austria
- Languages: German, English
- Awards:
- Who’s Who Legal THOUGHT LEADER (2021)
- Who’s Who Legal Germany – Transport
- Who’s Who Legal Germany – Aviation (Regulatory, Contentious, Finance)
- International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Award (2021, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010)
- Credentials:
- Successful repossession cases for banks and lessors of a large number of passenger planes in the course of several insolvencies of German and international airlines
- Successful representation of an international airline before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a preliminary ruling procedure
- Successful representation of an international airline before the German Federal Aviation Office to uphold their air traffic rights