Stephan Kessen represents his national and international clients in proceedings before national courts and courts of arbitration, in particular in the fields of trade, liability and plant engineering. Commercial and antitrust law, including representation of anti-trust administrative proceedings, is another specialty of his.

Stephan Kessen studied law in Bayreuth, Bonn and Freiburg. After passing his first state law exam in 2006, he completed an internship in Düsseldorf with a practical stage in Dublin, Ireland. After passing his second state law exam in 2008, Stephan Kessen did his doctorate at the University of Bayreuth in the field of commercial law in 2010. Also in 2010, he received an LL.M. degree from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He was admitted to the bar in 2011.
 
Stephan Kessen speaks fluent English.

He is a member of the German Arbitration Institute (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.) (DIS).