Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2019
Head of the German International Construction Law Committee of the German Construction Law Association (ARGE Baurecht) at the German Lawyers’ Association (DAV) since 2015
Lecturer in international construction law and private international law at the Philipps University of Marburg since 2015
Lawyer in a boutique law firm specialised in arbitration from 2018 to 2019
Lawyer in law firms specialised in construction in Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Berlin and in-house counsel at an engineering company from 2010 to 2018
Former lecturer at UWE Bristol, the University of Reading, the University of Vienna, the MCI Innsbruck and the BBW University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Adviser of the European Society of Construction Law from 2009 to 2017
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (2009)
Admitted to practise law in Germany (2007)
Doctorate from the University of Cologne
Studies at the University of Cologne and the University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Memberships

ARGE building and real estate law in the DAV
Working Group International Construction Law of ARGE Bau- und Immobilienrecht
DIS (German Arbitration Institution)
The Law Society (UK)

Awards

Recommended and recognised as “Top Lawyer 2022” in the field of “Private Building Law” (WirtschaftsWoche 2022)

Publications

Stute, Gottfried / Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Koos, Oliver: Streiterledigung im internationalen Bau/Anlagenbau – Mechanismen und Möglichkeiten zur Effizienzsteigerung in: Zeitschrift für das Baurecht BauR 2022, S. 1594.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram et al.: Construction Law (Germany), in: Legal 500 Comparative Guide , Mai 2022.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Grenzüberschreitende Bau- und Planerverträge in: Messerschmidt/Voit, Privates Baurecht, 4. Auflage 2021.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Beuthan, Tino: Integrierte Projektabwicklung (IPA) mit Mehrparteienverträgen – Wie weit voraus ist uns die internationale Vertragspraxis? in: Zeitschrift für das Baurecht BauR 2020, S. 1110.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Wunderwald, Romy: Zur Vollstreckbarkeit von Urteilen und Schiedssprüchen im Ausland in: Zeitschrift für das Baurecht BauR 2020, S. 210.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Expertentipp: Die neuen FIDIC-Verträge – eine Übersicht. Online-Publikation auf der Webseite der ARGE Baurecht, 25.04.2018.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: German Construction Law. In: Studies in European Construction Law, Publikation der European Society of Construction Law (ESCL), herausgegeben von dem holländischen Institut für Baurecht (Instituut voor Bouwrecht), 2015.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Discussion of ‘FIDIC’s Red Book 1999 edition: A Study Review’. Author’s reply to contribution of Peter M. Elliott. In: Procurement, Management and Law, 2011, 209.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Die Mängelhaftung des Bauunternehmers im deutschen und englischen Recht. Dissertation. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, 2010.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Huhn, Martin: Construction Mediation in Germany. In: Mediation in the Construction Industry: An International Review. London: Tayler & Francis, 2010.
Hughes, Will / Kwawu, Wisdom / Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Contracts and Incentives in the Construction Sector. In: Procuring Complex Performance. Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management. Herausgegeben von Nigel Caldwell und Mickey Howard. Oxford: Routledge, 2010.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Huhn, Martin: The Impact of the EU Mediation Directive on the German Construction Sector. In: ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution, 2010, 162.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Dan-Asabe, Dauda / Donyavi, Sohrab / Dursun, Onur / Thampuratty, Anjana: FIDIC’s Red Book 1999 edition: A Study Review. In: Procurement, Management and Law, 2010, 129.
Raj, Shekar / Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Hughes, WIll: Responsiveness to Change by Standard-Form Contract Drafters – A Case Study of the FIDIC White Book. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 2009, Jahrgang 1(3), 205.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Hughes, Will: Ownership Rights in Performance-Based Contracting: A Case Study of English Law. COBRA RICS Conference, Dublin, September 2008.
Hoezen, Mieke / Hillig, Jan-Bertram: The Competitive Dialogue Procedure: Advantages, Disadvantages, and its Implementation into English and Dutch Law. COBRA RICS Conference, Dublin, September 2008.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram / Hughes, WIll: The Future of Procurement. A look back to 2007. In: RICS Construction Journal, 2007, Heft 6, 22.
Hillig, Jan-Bertram: The Contractor’s Quality Obligations: Different Concepts under English and German Contract Law. CIB World Construction Congress, Cape Town, Mai 2007.
Hughes, Will / Yohannes, Iyassu / Hillig, Jan-Bertram: Incentives in Construction Contracts. CIB World Construction Congress, Cape Town, Mai 2007.

Media review

13 May 2022

Construction Law in Germany

GSK Stockmann has published a chapter on construction law in the German market in the Legal 500 Comparative Guide 2022. The Country Comparative Guides are prepared in cooperation w...