Philipp Stompfe

Dr. Philipp Stompfe is an attorney of Alexander & Partner. Within the team of Alexander & Partner, he is primarily involved in international litigation and arbitration. He is specialized in international investment and economic law and further advises on international contract, corporate and construction law and on the structuring and implementation of cross-border investment projects in the MENA-Region, especially in Libya and Qatar.
Dr. Stompfe is a visiting lecture in international investment law at the University of Cologne/Germany.
Philipp Stompfe studied law at the University of Marburg (Germany) and passed his first State Exam (J.D. equivalent) in 2010. He obtained his LL.M. (Master of Law) in International Business Law and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London. In 2016, he received his doctor‘s degree with summa cum laude from the University of Cologne (Germany) for his doctoral dissertation on “The Formation and Protection of International Investment Agreements in the Arab World and Example of Libya and Qatar“. He was awarded the Best Dissertation in International Law of 2016 by Osborne Clarke. Philipp Stompfe is licensed to practice law in Germany and qualified to hold the office of a judge in German state courts.
Philipp Stompfe is bilingual in German and English and has good knowledge in Modern Standard Arabic. Prior to his law studies he studied Arabic at the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) where he obtained a certified diploma in Arabic.