Born, Vienna, Austria, 29 January 1965 (Austrian national)

Office Address:

Department of European, International and Comparative Law

Section of International Law and International Relations

University of Vienna

Schottenbastei 10-16, A-1010 Vienna/Austria

Tel: +43-1-4277/35307

Fax: +43-1-4277/9353

e-mail: [email protected]

www: http://intlaw.univie.ac.at/en/staff/academic-research-personnel/reinisch/#c29677

Education:

Doctor juris (University of Vienna, 1991)

Magister philosophiae (University of Vienna, 1990)

LL.M. in International Legal Studies (NYU, 1989)

Magister juris (University of Vienna, 1988)

Professional Qualifications:

Venia docendi in public international law and European law conferred by the University of Vienna (1998)

Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law in THE HAGUE/NETHERLANDS (1994)

Admission to the Bar of New York and Connecticut (1990)

Member of the Panels of Arbitrators maintained by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in WASHINGTON D.C./USA (since 2002)

Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague/Netherlands (since 2014)

Membre of the Institut de droit international/Institute of International Law (since 2015)

Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 2018)

Member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations for the quinquennium 2017-2022 (re-elected in 2021 for the quinquennium 2023-2027)

Current Positions and professional activities:

Head of the Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna (since 2005)

Deputy Head of the Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna (since 2005)

Director of the LL.M. Program in International Legal Studies at the University of Vienna VIENNA/AUSTRIA (since 2006)

Professor of International and European Law, University of Vienna VIENNA/AUSTRIA (since 1998)

Lecturer at the Danube-University KREMS/AUSTRIA (Courses in European Union Law since 1997)

Arbitrator and legal expert in various investment arbitrations

Professional Experience:

Arbitrator on the In Rem Restitution Panel according to the Austrian General Settlement Fund Law VIENNA/AUSTRIA (2001-2021)

Dean for International Relations of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (2004-2006 and 2010-2016)

Member of the Austrian Delegation the General Assembly of the United Nations, 6^th Committee (Legal) in New York/USA (2012-2016)

Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva (Specific Issues in International Investment Law, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna in Bologna/Italy (International Investment Law, April 2016) 

Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney in SYDNEY/AUSTRALIA (International Organizations, February 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) 

Visiting Professor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (2008)

Visiting Professor of International and European Law, Bocconi University in MILAN/ITALY (2003 and 2004)

Deputy Head of Department, International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna (2003-2004)

Adjunct Professor at the Bologna Center of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University in BOLOGNA/ITALY (Courses in European Union Law, International Organizations and International Economic Law, from 1999 to 2010)

Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at UNSW (University of New South Wales) in SYDNEY/AUSTRALIA (Courses in Public International Law, International Trade Law, International Investment Law and International Organizations, January/February 1999, February 2000, February 2002, February 2005, and March 2007)

Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University in WASHINGTON D.C./USA (European Community Law, 1996)

Member of the Austrian Delegation to the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva/SWITZERLAND (December 1995)

Lecturer at the Austrian Diplomatic Academy VIENNA/AUSTRIA (mainly courses on human rights law 1993-2004)

Legal Advisor’s Office at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1992/93)

Coach of the European Law Moot Court Team of the University of Vienna (1992-1995)

Lecturer at the University of Vienna (Courses in Public International Law and European Community Law, since 1991)

Assistant to the Director of the International Studies Program of the University of Vienna (1991-1995)

Clerkships at Federal Courts in Vienna (1990/91)

University Assistant at the Institute of International Law and International Relations of the University of Vienna (1990-1998)

Research Grants:

Erwin-Schrödinger-Scholarship of the Austrian Science Fund J1132 „Die Gerichtsimmunität internationaler Organisationen“ (1995-1996)

Emil-Boral Scholarship of the University of Vienna (1995-1996)

Austrian Science Fund – Research Grant P17836 “International Investment Law in international Arbitration Practice” (2004-2007)

Austrian Science Fund – Research Grant P20331 “International Investment Law in international Arbitration Practice II” (2007-2010), accessible at http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=D&PROJ=P20331

Austrian Science Fund – Research Grant P19369 “International Law in Domestic Courts” (2007-2009), accessible at http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=D&PROJ=P19369

Vice Chair of the Management Committee der COST (Cooperation européenne en matière scientifique et technique, European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) Action IS0602 (ILDC), International Law in Domestic Courts

Austrian Science Fund – Research Grant P22451 “International Law in Domestic Courts II”, accessible at http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=E&PROJ=P22451

European Science Foundation Research Grant 10-ECRP-028 “International Law through the National Prism: The Impact of Judicial Dialogue”

Research and Education:

ACUNS/ASIL Summer Workshop "Globalization and Global Governance: Changing Roles for State and Non-State Actors" at Yale University NEW HAVEN/USA (July/August 1998)

Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, Schloss Leopoldskron: Session 349 "Recent Developments in American Law and Legal Institutions" in Salzburg/Austria (August 1997)

Centre of Research and Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law in THE HAGUE/NETHERLANDS (August/Sept. 1992)

Academy of European Law of the European University Institute in FLORENCE/ITALY (June 1992)

Séminaire de droit europeèn in URBINO/ITALY (August 1991)

Cambridge University Summer Programme on English Legal Methods at CAMBRIDGE/UNITED KINGDOM (July 1991)

European Forum Alpbach congress on European Integration in ALPBACH/AUSTRIA (August 1989)

Columbia Law School in LEIDEN/THE NETHERLANDS (July 1988) Leyden-Amsterdam-Columbia Program in American Law

Diploma of the University of Vienna, Summer School in STROBL/AUSTRIA (International Law & International Relations) (July 1986)

Languages: 

English and German (spoken, written and reading: fluent),

French (spoken and written: basic, reading skills: working knowledge),

Italian (basic)

• Member, Arbitration Panel for in rem restitution pursuant to the General Settlement Fund Law 2001-2021
• Member of the Council (2005-2022) and board member (2013-2019) of the German Society of International Law - President (2017-2019)
• Member, Academic Council on the United Nations System
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Society of International Law
• Member, European Community Studies Association
• Member, Executive Board, European Society of International Law
• Member, International Law Association (Study Group on International Investment Law); President of the Austrian Branch
• Member, Austrian Society for European Law
• Member, Österreichischer Völkerrechtstag (Austrian International Lawyers’ Association)
• Member, Freunde der rechts- und staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien
• Member, Salzburg Seminar Alumni
• Member, Connecticut Bar
• Member, New York Bar
• Member, Vienna Law Society
• Member, Society of Legal History

• Investment Law (indirect expropriation, fair and equitable treatment and other standards of investment protection)
• International Economic Law (Extraterritoriality, economic sanctions, WTO dispute settlement)
• The Law of International Organizations (Responsibility of International Organizations)
• State Responsibility (State of Necessity)
• Arbitration (Investment Arbitration)
• European Law (External Trade, EC and WTO)
• International Law and Domestic Law
• State Immunity

• Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Vienna (2016-2019)
• Dean for International Relations of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (2010-2016)
• Head of the Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna (since 2005)
• Deputy Head of the Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna (since 2005)
• Director, LL.M.-Program “International Legal Studies“ (since 2006)

Member of the Editorial Board of International Organizations Law Review (Brill since 2004).

Corresponding Editor of International Legal Materials.

Member of the Editorial Board of The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence.

Member of the Editorial Board of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

Member of the Editorial Board (and since 2014 co-editor in chief) of Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.

Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of World Investment and Trade (Brill since 2014).

Member of the Editorial Board of The Yearbook of International Investment Law and Policy (OUP since 2014).

“Standards of Investment Protection”, at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – September 2007)

Vienna Arbitration Forum “Investment and Commercial Arbitration – Similarities and Divergences”, at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – November 2008)

“Challenging Acts of International Organizations before National Courts”, at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – November 2008)

"Transnational Judicial Dialogue of Domestic Courts on International Organizations" at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – April 2012)

“EU and Investment Agreements – Open Questions and Remaining Challenges”, at the University of Vienna in cooperation with the University Siegen and the University Halle-Wittenberg (Vienna, Austria – June 2012)

“The Anatomy of the (Invisible) EU Model BIT” at the University of Vienna in cooperation with the University Siegen (Vienna, Austria – November 2013)

39^th Österreichischer Völkerrechtstag 2014 at Stift Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg, Austria – May 2014)

“International Law and … – Boundaries of International Law and Bridges to other Fields and Disciplines.” 10^th Anniversary Conference of the European Society of International Law (Vienna, Austria – 4-6 September 2014)

“Intra-EU BITs and Intra-EU Disputes” at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – 7 March 2016)

“The Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate” at the University of Vienna in cooperation with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna, Austria – 3 June 2016)

“The 2^nd Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate” at the University of Vienna in cooperation with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna, Austria – 9 June 2017)

“The 3^rd Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate - Investment arbitration at a crossroads – what’s next?” at the University of Vienna in cooperation with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna, Austria – 22 June 2018) 

“36^th Biennial Conference of the German Society of International Law” at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – 20-22 March 2019)

44^th Österreichischer Völkerrechtstag 2019 at Rust (Burgenland, Austria – 13-15 June 2019)

“The 4^th Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate” at the University of Vienna in cooperation with Clifford Chance (Vienna, Austria – 11 October 2019)

“50 Years Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties”, together with Christina Binder, at the University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria – 18 November 2019)