The focus of his research is in international law, international economic law, and international dispute settlement. 

EMPLOYMENT

Universität Wien, Professor of International Law
(2019-)

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK:University Senior Lecturer in International Law
(2012-2019)

 University of St. Gallen, Switzerland: Schmidheiny Visiting Professor in Law and Economics
(2010-2011)

University of Cambridge, UK: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
(2008-2011)

Clifford Chance LLP, London, UK, Capital Markets: Intern
(July 2007)

World Bank, Washington D.C.: Economist
(2005-2006)

International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.: Fund Intern
(Summer 2005)

European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany: Trainee
(Summer 2004)

Vogel & Vogel, Paris, France: Intern
(August 2003)

Military Service, Vienna, Austgria
(1999-2000)

EDUCATION

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK: M.A. (St. B.II.2)
(2017)

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA: LL.M.
(2007-2008)

Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria: Dr. iur. (with distinction)
(2004-2008)

London School of Economics, London, UK: MSc in Global Market Economics (with distinction)
(2003-2005)

Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria: Mag. iur.
(2000-2003)

Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, Paris, France: Erasmus exchange student
(2002-2003)

TEACHING

2008- 2019, Faculty of Law, Cambridge

European Union Law (BA) (2012-2016); International Law (BA) (2012-2016; 2018-); Select Issues in International Law (BA) (2015-2016); International Investment Law (LLM) (2015-2016; 2018-); Settlement of International Disputes (LLM) (2012-2015); The Law of the World Trade Organization (LLM) (2008-2014); Foundations of International Law (LLM) (2013-2015); Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition (LLM) (2013-2014).

Supervisions in International (2008-2009; 2012-2016; 2018-); European Union Law (2008-2010; 2014-2016; 2018-); Contract Law (2012-2015).

2010-2011, St. Gallen

Legal Methods; International Economic Law; Regime Theories in International Relations; Workshop in Law and Economics; Workshop in Law and Finance

2007-2008 Harvard College, Economics Department

Globalization and History, Teaching Assistant to Professor Jeffrey Williamson; Junior Seminar on Sovereign Debt Crises

2004-2005; 2005-2006, London School of Economics, Economics Department

Economic Analysis of the European Union, Teaching Assistant to Professor Francesco Caselli

PRIZES AND AWARDS

2018-2019 
Turing Fellowship, Turing Institute, London, UK

2014-2018
Leverhulme Prize (£100,000) (recognizing “the achievement of early career researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising”)

2014
British Academy Rising Star Award (to mentor early-career researchers in empirical research)

2012
Biannual Book Prize of the European Society of International Law

2009
Diploma in Public International Law, Hague Academy of International Law

2008-2011
Postdoctoral Fellowship, British Academy, ‘Sovereign Insolvency in International Law’ (£289,000)

2008
Bok Award for Teaching Excellence, Harvard University, Department of Economics

2008
Fancis Déak Prize, American Society of International Law

2006-2007
DOC Scholarship, Austrian Academy of Sciences (£20,000)

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

Winter and Spring 2019
Harvard Law School, Nomura Visiting Professor of International Financial Systems: European Union Law and Policy; International Investment Law and Arbitration

April-July 2017
WilmerHale, London, Litigation and Controversies Department, Scholar-in-Residence

October 2016
University of Vienna, Austria, Visiting Professor: Sovereign Debt Crises         

March 2013
Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Visiting Professor: WTO Law

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2019

American Law and Economics Association, Area Organizer for “International Law (public and private); International Trade”,

2018 
Programme Committee, American Society of International Law Annual Conference

2017
Symposium, ‘Eli Lauterpacht – A Celebration of his Life and Work’, Lauterpacht Centre

2017
Workshop, ‘Authority in International Dispute Settlement’, Lauterpacht Centre

2015
Workshop, ‘Empirical International Law’, Lauterpacht Centre

2014
Conference, ‘The crisis of the euro and of the banking sector at the European periphery’, Cyprus

2012
Workshop, ‘The Political Economy of International Investment Law’, LSE

2008
Conference, ‘The Backlash against Investment Arbitration’, Harvard Law School


INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Cambridge Faculty of Law: LLM Deputy Director (2012-2014); Academic Committee (2012-2016); Harvard Link Coordinator (2012-2016; 2018-2019); Faculty Advisor, Jessup Moot Court Competition (2012-2016; 2018-2019); Board Member, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2011-2016).

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law: Co-Deputy Director (2014-2019); Academic Programme Director, Executive Education Course in International Investment Law and Arbitration (2018-2019); Organizer of Research Seminar (2009-2014); Member of the Committee of Management (2012-2019).

Jesus College: Director of Studies in Law (2012-2016; 2018-2019); Finance Committee (2014-2016; 2018-2019); Board Member, China Centre (2016-2019); Development and Junior Research Fellowship Committees (2013-2016).

Examining

Contemporary Issues in EU Law (2011-2012); Law of the World Trade Organization (2008-2014); Settlement of International Disputes (2011-2015); Foundations of International Law (2013-2014); Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2013-2014); Select Issues in International Law (2015-2016); International Investment Law (2015-2016; 2018-2019); International Law Tripos (2015-2016; 2018-2019); Corporate Tax Law (2018-2019).

PhD Examinations

2012-2019
Internal Examiner for 10 PhD theses, University Cambridge

2012-
External Examiner for five PhD theses at King’s College London, Queen Mary London (2x), University of Sydney and Graduate Institute, Geneva

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

Supervised 14 PhD students (10 graduated, 4 current), and more than 40 LLM theses

1. Jean Ho, ‘State Responsibility for Breaches of Investment Contracts’, October 2011-December 2014. First appointment: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore.
2. Eirik Bjorge, ‘Evolutionary Interpretation in International Law, 2011-2014, Secondary Supervisor at the University of Oslo. First appointment: Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Current: Professor, University of Bristol.
3. Dan Peat, ‘Comparative Law as an Interpretive Aid in International Law’, October 2012-January 2016. First appointment: Clerk, ICJ; Current: Assistant Professor, University of Leiden.
4. Ravinder Singh, ‘Taxation and International Investment Law’, October 2012-May 2017.
5. Hayk Kupeliants, ‘Sovereign Defaults before English Courts, October 2012-June 2016, (co-supervision with Richard Fentiman). First appointment: Lecturer, Cambridge; Current: Associate, Cleary Gottlieb, London, UK.
6. Gabriel Bottini, ‘Admissibility in Investment Arbitration: Standing, Causes of Action, and Damages’, January 2013-March 2017. Current: Partner, Uría Menendez, Madrid, Spain.
7. David Pusztai, ‘Causation in the Law of State Responsibility’, October 2013-January 2017. Current: Associate, Quinn Emmanuel, London, UK.
8. Sondre Torp Helmersen, ‘Sources of International Law: The Use of Scholarship by International Courts and Tribunals’, October 2014-February 2018, Secondary Supervisor, University of Oslo: First appointment: Lecturer, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway.
9. Emilija Leinarte, ‘The European Union as a New Player in Investment Dispute Settlement: Questions of International Responsibility’, October 2014-February 2019. First appointment: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Cambridge.
10. Ridhi Kabra, ‘Multiparty Investment Arbitration’, October 2015-, First appointment: Lecturer, University of Bristol.
11. Astrid Iversen, ‘Burden Sharing in Sovereign Debt Restructurings’, October 2015-, Secondary Supervisor, University of Oslo.
12. Damien Charlotin, ‘Text-as-Data Applied to International Courts and Tribunals’, October 2016-
13. Bruno Gelinas-Faucher, ‘The Content and Implementation of State Responsibility Towards Non-State Actors’, October 2017-
14. Catherine Drummond, ‘The Notion of Breach of International Law’, October 2018-
     

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

General Editor, ICSID Reports (Cambridge University Press, with Prof. Jorge Vinuales) (2019-)

Editorial Board Member: Cambridge Journal for International and Comparative Law (2012-), Journal for International Dispute Settlement (2013-2015), ICSID Review (2015-); ESIL Book Series (2017-)

Reviewer: Austrian Academy of Sciences, British Academy, UK Economic and Social Research Council, Junior Research Fellowships for various Cambridge and Oxford colleges

Peer review: CUP, OUP, Hart, Polity, Routledge, American Journal of International Law; Asian Journal of International Law, British Yearbook of International Law, European Journal of International Law, European Law Review, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Journal of International Economic Law, Leiden Journal of International Law, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of World Investment & Trade, Public Budgeting & Finance; European Law Review.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

International Law Association, Study Group on Sovereign Insolvency,
Co-Rapporteur (2008-2016);
Chair (2017-)

Director of Studies, Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for Studies and Research
(2013)

External Examiner:
University of Glasgow, Faculty of Law
(2013-2018);
University College London, Faculty of Law
(2016-2019)

Summer courses:

Austrian Arbitration Academy
(2017; 2018);
Munich Advanced Course in International Law
(2015);
Helsinki Summer Seminar
(2014)

Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition,
Judge 2007-;
Board Member (2018-),
International Law Students Association

Assistant to four arbitral tribunals, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes and Permanent Court of Arbitration
(2010-)

Consultant:
World Bank (2006-2012);
UNCTAD (2011-2013);
United Nations (2016);
UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills,
(2013);
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2017-2018).