Dr Sven K. Hannes
Specialist lawyer for construction and architects’ law
Practice groups
Sector groups
Expertise
- Construction contracts
- Law of architects and engineers
- Insurance law
Sven advises principals and contractors on all issues relating to contract drafting and contract management, modification or claims management and litigious disputes before the courts. A further key practice area is advising on insurance law, in particular the development and optimisation of (construction) insurance concepts and the handling of insurance claims.
Curriculum vitae
- Studied law at the Ruhr University in Bochum, 1994 to 1999
- Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Bochum, 1999 to 2001
- Research assistant in a Düsseldorf law firm, focusing on civil law and the law of civil procedure, 1999 to 2002
- Lawyer in a medium-sized law firm in Düsseldorf, focusing on private construction law and insurance law, 2002 to 2010
- PhD on the law of civil procedure, 2008 to 2012
- Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2010
Publications
Miscellaneous
Hannes, Die zivilprozessuale Erstattungsfähigkeit von Privatgutachtenkosten – Unter besonderer Beachtung des Bauprozesses, 2012
