Sven Schilf

Dr. Sven Schilf is a German-qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt), arbitrator and registered representative before the Unified Patent Court with more than 20 years of experience in international dispute resolution, intellectual property, technology-related matters and international commercial contracts. He is a Partner at GreenGate Partners in Berlin. His practice focuses on cross-border disputes and innovation governance in technology-driven commercial relationships, including patent and other IP-related disputes, licensing, research and development collaborations, technology transfer and complex international contractual arrangements. His sector experience includes information technology, energy, engineering, life sciences, medical devices, photonics and other advanced technologies. His international practice has a particular focus on cross-border technology and commercial relationships between Europe and Latin America, especially Brazil, and includes advising both European and Latin American clients in cross-border matters. Dr. Schilf has been involved in approximately eight domestic and international arbitration proceedings under the ICC, DIS and VIAC Rules, seven as counsel and one as sole arbitrator. His technology- and IP-related arbitration experience includes patent disputes in the IT and energy sectors, a copyright dispute involving information technology, and contractual disputes concerning IT and engineering services. As sole arbitrator in a DIS proceeding, he decided a dispute involving a technology company and a royalty-based earn-out obligation. In addition, he has handled approximately 50 mandates involving the out-of-court resolution of technology- and IP-related disputes and has represented clients in patent infringement proceedings and related settlement negotiations. Dr. Schilf has been closely involved in international arbitration institutions for many years. From 2013 to 2024, he was a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and, from 2015 to 2018, a member of the ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings. He is currently a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and the ICC Global Commercial Law and Practice Commission, as well as the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR). Since 2016, Dr. Schilf has been teaching international arbitration at the University of Potsdam and, since 2020, international contract law. He previously headed the Intellectual Property & Competition Practice Group at Weitnauer, a renowned German commercial law firm with a strong focus on venture capital and technology. He is also a Board Member of the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM). Dr. Schilf received his doctorate in law from the University of Kiel. His doctoral thesis on the UNIDROIT Principles and international arbitration received the 2005 doctoral award of the Kieler Doctores Iuris association. His publications in legal journals and practitioner handbooks cover technology transfer, conflict of laws and international arbitration.