AREAS OF EXPERTISE

DISPUTE RESOLUTION MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS / JOINT VENTURES PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Dr. Kilian Bälz is a partner focusing on project development and finance. He divides his time between AMERELLER’s Berlin, Cairo, and Tripoli offices.

Kilian has broad experience in advising clients on debt and equity investments in the energy, transportation, telecom, and financial sectors across the Middle East and North Africa. He further represents clients in arbitration proceedings under all major arbitration rules and advises on trade sanctions as well as business and human rights.

Kilian furthermore is the head of AMERELLER’s Libya practice and has many years of experience in advising international companies on all aspects of doing business in Libya.

Before joining AMERELLER as partner in 2010, Kilian was a partner at Gleiss Lutz and the acting director of the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, a regional policy platform supporting renewable energies based in Cairo. He publishes widely on Middle Eastern business law and is a regular speaker at conferences. In 2008, he was a fellow at Harvard Law School.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Advising a top European oil and gas producer on setting up a joint venture with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC)
Acting for an Emirati full-service energy company on a USD 500 million power station in the Benghazi area in Libya
Advising a Geneva-based international shipping line that operates in all major ports of the world on its ongoing corporate and regulatory affairs in Libya
Advised a global leader in rail technology on its participation in the supply, construction, and operation of the monorail lines in Egypt, connecting downtown Cairo with Sixth of October City and the New Administrative Capital. The deal value was EUR 3.72 billion
Representing a German construction company in a EUR 20 million arbitration under the ADCCAC Rules against two engineers relating to the collapse of a park deck
Representing of a German manufacturer of medical products in a EUR 2 million DIS arbitration against its former Egyptian dealer
Representing of a German manufacturer of sanitary products in securing an anti-suit injunction in DIS arbitral proceedings against a Jordanian distributor
Advised a Chinese contractor on an EPC+F transaction for the expansion of a power plant in the Basra area
Represented a Middle Eastern country in proceedings challenging the enforcement into the property of the country’s former embassy in Bonn by two German companies who had obtained an ICC award against the country over a project there
Represented an Austrian contractor in a CRCICA arbitration against an Egyptian main contractor relating to a project in Egypt
Represented a Yemeni customer in ICC proceedings against a German manufacturer relating to the failed supply transaction for machinery
Advising a Fortune 500 technology and specialty materials company with the restructuring of a joint venture with a Saudi multinational chemical manufacturing company

DR. KILIAN BÄLZ

PARTNER

Cairo

Berlin

Tripoli

Rabat Francophone North Africa Languages

Arabic English French German

Details

Publications

Country Report: Business Law in Egypt Article
Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen in Libya – the Legal Framework Legal Guide
Libya – Decree 944/2022 on the Regulation of the Activities of Foreign Enterprises in Libya Client Alert
EGYPT: NGOs Must Bring Their Affairs in Line with the New NGO Law by 12 October 2022 Client Alert

Dr. Kilian Bälz is a partner focusing on project development and finance. He divides his time between AMERELLER’s Berlin, Cairo, and Tripoli offices.

Kilian furthermore is the head of AMERELLER’s Libya practice and has many years of experience in advising international companies on all aspects of doing business in Libya.

Admissions
Germany, 1999

Education

University of Freiburg, Germany, 1988-1990
Arab Language Institute, Damascus, 1991-1992 (Arabic language)
American University in Cairo, 1994 (Middle East Studies)
University of London – SOAS, 1995 (LL.M.)
Free University Berlin, 1997 (Dr. iur.)

Testimonials
“AMERELLER is my go-to firm for legal work in the Middle East. Kilian Bälz has been doing an excellent job in assisting our client’s recognition and enforcement efforts of an investment arbitration award. I am tempted to say that without the firm’s expertise we would simply have been unable to deal with the specific Libyan domestic procedural law issues.”

“Kilian Bälz, supported by a very efficient team, shows a high level of responsiveness paired with excellent quality.”

“Kilian Bälz is a very thorough lawyer. It is always a great pleasure to work with him.”

Recognition

	*Chambers Global* Recommended Lawyer for General Business Law in Libya – 2024
	*Legal 500* Recommended Lawyer in Libya – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration in Egypt – 2023
	*Handelsblatt* The Best Lawyers in Germany Project Finance and Development – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Arbitration and Mediation – 2022, 2023, 2024
	*Lexology* Legal Influencer 2019 – 2023