Helmut Rüssmann is professor emeritus of German and international private law and civil procedure law at Saarland University and honorary professor at ELTE. In addition to his professorships, he was a judge at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court and the Saarland Higher Regional Court for 20 years. He is still active today as an arbitrator in national and international arbitration proceedings. For 18 years, he has supervised the Saarland University team at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.