Veit Öhlberger is a partner with DORDA and heads the China Desk of the firm. He specializes in international arbitration, international commercial contracts as well as corporate and M&A. Veit joined DORDA in 2005. In 2008/09, he worked at the headquarters of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and at the Beijing office of a major German law firm. His arbitration experience includes working under the ICC, UNCITRAL, CIETAC and the Vienna Rules in a wide range of commercial disputes relating to sale, supply, agency and distribution contracts, corporate law, M&A and joint ventures. In addition to his work as party counsel, he also regularly sits as arbitrator. Veit graduated from the University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 2002, Dr.iur. 2004) and the University of Oxford (Lincoln College, M.Jur. 2004). He undertook additional legal studies at the London School of Economics and the Renmin University of China. Veit is Secretary of the International Arbitration Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) since 2013. He regularly speaks and publishes on international arbitration, international commercial contracts and doing business with China.