Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus – Germany – University of Hamburg Professor Emeritus; Study of Law at the Free University Berlin, University of Freiburg and University of Heidelberg; Research Assistant at the Institute for Foreign and International Private and Commercial Law at the University of Heidelberg; 1972 Dr. iur. at the University of Heidelberg; Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and Private International Law in Hamburg (1973 – 1983);Chair for Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Hamburg (1983 – 2009); Director of the Seminar for Foreign and International Private and Procedural Law at the University of Hamburg (1990 – 2009); Judge (part-time) at the Court of Appeal of the City of Hamburg (1995 – 2009) Executive Vice-Director of the European Center for Tort and Insurance Law (1999 – a dato); Germany’s National Correspondent at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (1995 – a dato); Director and Speaker of the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs (2001 – a dato); Member of the German Council for Private International Law; Member of the European Group on Tort Law, of the European Acquis Group, of the International Academy of Comparative Law and of the Advisory Council of the Swiss Institute for Comparative Law; Expert Opinions and Advisor for the EU Commission, the IAEA, the FIFA, German and Foreign Ministries and Courts; Visiting Professor at UCL (London), Fordham (New York), Tulane and LSU (Louisiana), Luzern (Switzerland), Charles University (Prague), Haifa (Israel), Stellenbosch (South Africa), Kyoto University (Japan), St. Petersburg (Russia); Editor of two book series (Internationalrechtliche Studien/International Legal Studies; Beiträge zum UN-Kaufrecht/Contributions to UN Sales Law) and a legal periodical (Internationales Handelsrecht/International Trade Law); permanent collaborator and advisor of several legal journals (ZEuP, RIW, WuB, JURA, ZERP) .