HHL | The Negotiation Club

Founded in 2018, The Negotiation Club at HHL is a training ground for developing negotiation skills to achieve the best outcomes while meeting your counterpart halfway. Members learn to create value in complex situations and build sustainable relationships with negoatiating partners.

What we are offering

Learn

We equip members with essential negotiation frameworks and techniques, helping them build a strong foundation for tackling complex scenarios effectively.

Practice

Through simulations and competitions, members apply their knowledge in hands-on exercises, sharpening their ability to create value and reach sustainable agreements.

Connect

Members engage with industry professionals, alumni, and peers to gain valuable insights, expand their network, and learn from real-world negotiation experiences.

Overview of The Negotiation Club

Purpose

Empowering students with essential negotiation skills to succeed personally and professionally through confidence-building and im-pactful agreements.

Vision

Shaping future leaders to excel in negotiations, foster sustainable relations, and navigate complex challenges in global contexts.

Mission

Connecting academic learning with real-world practice through simulations, expert workshops, and participation in global challenges.

The challenge is not to eliminate conflict but to transform it. It is to change the way we deal with our differences – from destructive, adversarial battling to hard-headed, side-by-side problem-solving.

Fisher et al., 2012.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in.

Meet our Team

Adrian Seng | HHL Student
Adrian Seng
Co-Head of Initiative
Josephine Fischer | HHL Student
Josephine Fischer
Co-Head of Initiative
Kevin Schuierer | HHL Student
Kevin Schuierer
Head of Marketing
Benedikt Mack | HHL Student
Benedikt Mack
Head of Finance
Tamino Mindermann | HHL Student
Tamino Mindermann
Head of Operations
Dr. Raphael Schön | HHL Alumnus

Learn from industry professionals

Dr. Raphael Schön acts as a coach for The Negotiation Club. As a Negotiation Executive Trainer and Consultant, he helps multinational companies to prepare and conduct negotiations, mainly in procurement negotiations, but also sales, leadership, HR and international negotiations. Before launching his own business, he worked for 16 years in International Management and completed his part-time MBA at HHL Graduate School of Management, graduating in 2015. Later, as a Doctoral student at the Chair of International Management, he focused his doctoral degree on International Negotiations.

If you want to gain practical insights into real-world negotiation scenarios, download his recent case study or check out the interview with him.

Further information

The Negotiation Challenge | 2025

What?

The Negotiation Challenge 2025 is a global event where student teams compete to demonstrate their negotiation abilities across various scenarios.

How?

Teams of three will participate in online qualification rounds. The top teams will then be invited to the finals, held at the Graduate School of Business in Cape Town, South Africa

When?

  • Registration Deadline: February 1, 2025
  • Online Qualification Rounds:
    February 2025
  • Final Event: April 2025