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Curriculum Vitae

From constitutional lawyer to commercial lawyer to arbitrator and mediator

Jörg Risse, born in 1967, studied law in Heidelberg and Lausanne after completing a banking apprenticeship. He earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of California, Berkeley (USA). He received his doctorate in constitutional law from the University of Heidelberg, graduating “summa cum laude.”

After being admitted to the bar in Germany and New York, he initially practiced in Dresden and subsequently spent many years in Frankfurt am Main, serving as a partner at the international law firm Baker McKenzie since 2002. Since 2026, he has been working as an arbitrator and mediator in his own law firm.

"Jörg Risse is clever, eloquent - and witty at the same time."

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SUMMARY

  • 1986–1989

    Training to become a bank teller

  • 1989–1993

    Study of law

    Universities of Heidelberg and Lausanne (Switzerland), funded by the German National Academic Foundation
  • 1993

    1st state examination
    (Top 1%)

  • 1994–1996

    German Legal Clerkship

    Heidelberg, New York, and Strasbourg
  • 1996

    2nd state examination
    (top 1%)

  • 1997

    Master of Laws (LL.M.)
    degree program

    University of Berkeley

  • Admission to the bar in Germany

  • Doctorate at Heidelberg University

    “Constitutional Protection of Homosexuality”
    (“summa cum laude”)
  • 1997–1999

    Lawyer at Boesebeck Droste (now Hogan Lovells), Dresden

  • 1999

    Admitted to the bar in New York (USA)

  • 2000–2002

    Attorney at Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt

  • 2002–2026

    Partner at Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt

  • beginning in 2026

    Law firm in Frankfurt

    Focus on the role of arbitrator and mediator

Jörg Risse private

Jörg Risse lives in Dreieich-Buchschlag near Frankfurt. He is the father of three children, plays tennis passionately (albeit badly) and – much better – chess. He is a "Century Traveler", South Africa fan and a member of the Friends of the German Literature Archive Marbach e.V. And: He carries "the eagle" in his heart.

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Contact

Please feel free to call us for an introductory meeting.

Prof. Dr. Jörg Risse
Junghofstraße 9
60315 Frankfurt am Main

Phone0163 72 74 772
Mailjoerg.risse@risse-arbitration.com