Dr. Kay Uwe Bahnsen

Rechtsanwalt, Certified Specialist in Transportation and Forwarding Law

Practice Areas:
Maritime and Transport (Certified Specialist), Logistics and Warehousing, Insurance, International Trade.

Memberships:
Chairman of the German Transportation Law Society (DGTR),
Chairman of the Committee on Certified Transportation Law Specialists of the Bars of Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Oldenburg, Braunschweig and Celle,
German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA),
German International Maritime Law Association (DVIS),
Commission on Transport Law of the German Lawyers Association.

Publications:
Author of the Law Commentary (textbook) Rabe/Bahnsen, Seehandelsrecht (Maritime Law), 5th Ed.; Co-author of the Commercial Law Commentaries "Münchener Kommentar zum HGB" (since 3rd Ed.) and of Ebenroth/Boujong/Joost/Strohn, Handelsgesetzbuch (since 2nd Ed.); numerous scientific essays and articles on transportation law issues.

Curriculum:
University of Hamburg (Law, History, Economics, German studies, Political Studies), Journalist for several years, Scientific assistant at the Maritime and Law of the Sea Institute at the University of Hamburg

Admitted 1992
Doctorate 1997 (The International Convention on Salvage, 1989)
Board Member of German Transportation Law Society since 2002
Certified Specialist in Transport and Forwarding Law since 2006
Chairman of German Transportation Law Society since 2018

Foreign Languages: English and Spanish