Why not Germany? -- I. Introduction -- II – Some notes about the arbitration legal regime -- The German Arbitration Act -- Arbitrators -- Conduct of Proceedings -- Confidentiality -- Award -- III. Costs and arbitrators fees -- IV. Civil law/common law -- V. DIS -- VI. German arbitrators -- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel -- Kreindler, Richard Hamilton -- Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, LL.M. -- Prof. Dr. Klaus Sachs -- Prof. Dr. Siegfried H. Elsing, LL.M. -- Inka Hanefeld -- Dr. Mark C.Hilgard -- Dr. Dorothee Ruckteschler -- Dr. Jörg Risse -- Prof. Dr. Rolf Trittmann, LL.M -- Dr. Erik Schäfer -- Dr. Philipp K. Wagner, LL.M -- VII. Conclusion – Germany as a seat for arbitration