Thomas Krümmel is a Partner in the Berlin office of the law firm MEYER-KÖRING.Prior to his appointment as IAC Chairman, he was a member of the IAC Panel of Arbitrators. He was admitted to the German Bar in 1992. His clients include corporate developers, large bank and investors’ consortiums, construction enterprises, high net-worth individuals, family offices and other private clients from all major jurisdictions of the world. In commercial arbitration, he has acted in cases including real estate development, franchising, car retail and plant engineering under the ICC and the DIS as well as ad-hoc rules. He is a long-standing advisor to various United Nations agencies, international organisations, NGOs, foreign states, HQ British Forces Germany, the UK Ministry of Defence, the British and French Embassies in Germany and other diplomatic missions. He was made a Chevalier dans l'Ordre national du mérite by the President of the French Republic in 2013.