Main Fields of Research:
International Investment Law, International Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, State Responsibility, EU Law, European Convention on Human Rights
Academic Career:
1996-2001: Studies in Law at the Universities of Augsburg, Germany and Universite Jean-Moulin Lyon III
1999: Diplome de l'Histoire des Idees et des Doctrines Politique, Universite Jean-Moulin Lyon III
2001: First Legal State Exam, Munich, Germany
2001-2003: Legal Clerkship at the Court of Appeals Munich (postings, inter alia, with Leonhardt, Dietl, Graf & von der Fecht, Buenos Aires, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Shearman & Sterling, Mannheim, German Embassy Dhaka)
2001-2002: LL.M. in International Economic Law, University of Augsburg, Germany
2003: Second Legal State Exam, Munich, Germany
2004-2006: Junior Civil Law Notary, Chamber of Notaries, Munich, Germany
2005-2006: LL.M. in International Legal Studies, New York University School of Law, Hauser Global Scholar, Scholar of the European Recovery Program (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Lovells Scholar
June 2007: Admission to the German Bar, Chamber of Lawyers, Frankfurt, Germany
2007-2008: Law Clerk to Judge Abdul G. Koroma, International Court of Justice, The Hague, and Research Scholar, New York University School of Law
April 2008: Admission to the New York Bar as Attorney-at-Law
2008: PhD at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt with a thesis on "The Multilateralization of International Investment Law" - awarded the Baker & McKenzie Prize of the University of Frankfurt and an Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society
2008-2009: International Arbitration Law Clerk of The Honorable Charles N. Brower, 20 Essex Street Chambers, London
since Sept. 2009: Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
March - April 2011: Visiting Professor, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Radzyner School of Law, Herzliya, Israel
since March 2013: ERC Starting Grant on "Transnational Private-Public Arbitration as Global Regulatory Governance: Charting and Codifying the Lex Mercatoria Publica"
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish
Recent publications
- Derecho internacional de inversiones y derecho público comparado: el papel de los principios generales del derecho en la emergencia de un nuevo derecho público global,. In: Estudos avançados de Direitos Humanos - Direitos humanos, democracia e integração jurídica: Emergência de um novo direito público, Armin von Bogdandy, Flávia Piovesan, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi (eds.), Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro 2013, 74-111.
- Deference in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Re-Conceptualizing the Standard of Review. In: Journal of International Dispute Settlement 3, 577-607 (2012). http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2095334
- General Principles of Law and International Investment Law. In: International Investment Law - The Sources of Rights and Obligations, Tarcisio Gazzini, Eric de Brabandere (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden 2012, 133-181. http://www.brill.com/international-investment-law
- Cross-Regime Harmonization through Proportionality Analysis: The Case of International Investment Law, the Law of State Immunity and Human Rights. In: ICSID Review 27, 87-119 (2012).
- Indirect Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment under Investment Treaties: Tecmed v. Mexico. In: The Global Administrative Law Casebook, Sabino Cassese, Bruno Carotti, Lorenzo Cassini, Eleonora Cavalieri, Euan MacDonald (eds.), IRPA/IILJ, Rome/New York 2012, 184-193. http://www.irpa.eu/gal-section/9799/global-administrative-law-the-casebook-2/
- Illegal Investments in Investment Treaty Arbitration. In: Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 11, 281-323 (2012). http://ssrn.com/abstract=1979734
- Investitionsschutzrecht als Entwicklungsvölkerrecht. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 72, 261-308 (2012).
- Reconciliando la Tormentosa Relación entre el Derecho Constitucional y el Derecho Europeo: el Respeto por la Identidad Nacional bajo el Tratado de Lisboa. In: Revista do Direito UNISC 36, 136-165 (2011). http://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/direito/article/viewFile/2485/1736
- Lex Mercatoria. In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Band VI, Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 823-830. zur Online-Version
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Band VII, Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 410-416. zur Online-Version
- Treaty Conflicts in Investment Arbitration by Ahmad Ali Ghouri – Review. In: Nordic Journal of Commercial Law 2 (2012). http://www.njcl.utu.fi/2_2012/schill.pdf
- The Public Law Challenge: Killing or Rethinking International Investment Law?, Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 58, 2012. http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/content/public-law-challenge-killing-or-rethinking-international-investment-law
- International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010, 920 p. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589104.do
- The Multilateralization of International Investment Law. Cambridge Series of International Trade and Economic Law. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009, 451 p., Diss. Frankfurt am Main, http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521762366
- W(h)ither Fragmentation? On the Literature and Sociology of International Investment Law. In: European Journal of International Law 22, 875-908 (2011). http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/22/3/2189.pdf
- Enhancing the Legitimacy of International Investment Law: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of a New Public Law Approach. In: Virginia Journal of International Law 52, 57-102 (2011).
- Rethinking the Substantive Standards of Protection under Investment Treaties – What Degree of Deference Should Investment Treaty Tribunals Pay to the Regulatory and Judicial Acts of the Host States?. In: Proceedings of the Mauritius International Arbitration Conference, Mauritius Government Printing Office, Port Louis, Mauritius 2011.
- Overcoming Absolute Primacy: Respect for National Identity under the Lisbon Treaty. In: Common Market Law Review 48, 1417-1453 (2011). (with Armin von Bogdandy).
- Sovereign Bonds in Economic Crisis: Is the Necessity Defense under International Law Applicable to Investor-State Relations? In: Yearbook of International Law and Policy 3, 485-512 (2011/2012). (with Yun-I Kim).
- Allocating Adjudicatory Authority: Most-Favored-Nation Clauses as a Basis of Jurisdiction: A Reply to Zachary Douglas. In: Journal of International Dispute Settlement 2, 353-371 (2011).
- Arbitration Procedure: The Role of the European Union and the Member States in Investor-State Arbitration. In: Le droit européen et l’arbitrage de l’investissement/European Law and Investment Arbitration, Catherine Kessedjian (ed.), Editions Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2011, 129-147.
- Public or Private Dispute Settlement? The Culture Clash in Investment Treaty Arbitration and its Impact on the Role of the Arbitrator. In: New Directions in International Economic Law, In Memoriam Thomas Wälde, Todd Weiler, Freya Baetens (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff, Niederlande 2011, 23-43.
- Artikel 4 EUV. In: Das Recht der Europäischen Union, Eberhard Grabitz, Meinhard Hilf, Martin Nettesheim (eds.), C.H. Beck, München 2010 (with Armin von Bogdandy).
- Internationales Investitionsschutzrecht und Vergleichendes Öffentliches Recht: Grundlagen und Methode eines öffentlich-rechtlichen Leitbildes für die Investitionsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 71, 247-289 (2011).
- System-Building in Investment Treaty Arbitration and Lawmaking. In: German Law Journal 12, 1083-1110 (2011). http://www.germanlawjournal.org/index.php?pageID=11&artID=1354
- Erodierung des Öffentlichen Rechts durch öffentlich-rechtliche Schiedsverfahren?. In: Risiko im Recht – Recht im Risiko, 50. Assistententagung Öffentliches Recht Greifswald 2010, Jörg Scharrer, Marcel Dalibor, Katja Rodi, Katja Fröhlich, Paul Schächterle (eds.), Nomos, Baden-Baden 2011, 265-283.
- International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law – An Introduction. In: International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law, Stephan Schill (ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, 3-37.
- Fair and Equitable Treatment, the Rule of Law and Comparative Public Law. In: International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, 151-183.
- Public Law Concepts to Balance Investors’ Rights with State Regulatory Actions in the Public Interest - The Concept of Proportionality. In: International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, 75-140 (with Benedict Kingsbury).
- Umbrella Clauses as Public Law Concepts in Comparative Perspective. In: International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, 317-344.
- Der Schutz von Auslandsinvestitionen in Deutschland im Mehrebenensystem: deutsches, europäisches und internationales Recht. In: Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 135, 498-540 (2010).
- Die Achtung der nationalen Identität unter dem reformierten Unionsvertrag: Zur unionsrechtlichen Rolle nationalen Verfassungsrechts und zur Überwindung des absoluten Vorrangs. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 70, 701-734 (2010). (with Armin von Bogdandy).
- The Multilateralization of International Investment Law: Emergence of a Multilateral System of Investment Protection on Bilateral Grounds. In: Trade, Law and Development 2, 59-86 (2010). http://www.tradelawdevelopment.com
- Multilateralizing Investment Treaties through Most-Favored-Nation Clauses. In: Berkeley J. Int’l L. 27, 496-569 (2009). http://www.boalt.org/bjil/docs/BJIL27.2_Schill.pdf
- “If the State Considers”: Self-Judging Clauses in International Dispute Settlement. In: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 13, 61-140 (2009). (with Robyn Briese).
- Investor-State Arbitration as Governance: Fair and Equitable Treatment, Proportionality, and the Emerging Global Administrative Law. In: 50 Years of the New York Convention, Albert Jan van den Berg (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2010, 5-68. In: ICCA Congress Series 14, 5-68 (2010) (with Benedict Kingsbury). http://www.iilj.org/publications/documents/2009-6.KingsburySchill.pdf
- Private Enforcement of International Investment Law – Why We Need Investor Standing in BIT Dispute Settlement. In: The Backlash Against Investment Arbitration - Perceptions and Reality, Michael Waibel, Asha Kaushal, Kyo-Hwa Chung, Claire Balchin (eds.), Kluwer, Amsterdam 2010, 29-50.
- Contracting with Foreigners: International Investment Law Implications. In: Droit comparé des Contrats Publics - Comparative Law on Public Contracts, Rozen Noguellou, Ulrich Stelkens (eds.), Bruylant, Brüssel 2010, 63-79.
- Regulating Counsel Conduct Before International Arbitral Tribunals. In: Making Transnational Law Work in the Global Economy: Liber Amicorum for Detlev Vagts, Pieter Bekker, Rudolf Dolzer, Michael Waibel (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010, 488-509 (with Charles N. Brower). http://www.cup.es/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521192521
- The Power and Effectiveness of Pre-Arbitral Provisional Relief: The Proposed SCC Emergency Arbitrator in Investor-State Disputes. In: Between East and West - Essays in Honour of Ulf Franke, Kaj Hobér, Annette Magnusson, Marie Öhrström (eds.), Juris Publishing, Huntington, NY, USA 2010, 61-75 (with Charles N. Brower, Ariel Meyerstein).
- Crafting the International Economic Order: The Public Function of Investment Treaty Arbitration and its Significance for the Role of the Arbitrator. In: Leiden J. Int’l L. 23, 401-430 (2010).
Presentations
17 Oct. 2012
Is A New Global Balance Needed In Investment Arbitration?
V. Annual Seminar on International Arbitration, Procuradoria General del Estado de Ecuador, Quito, 17-18 October 2012
Where / When:
Quito, 17-18 October 2012
10 Sep. 2012
Transnational Legal Approaches to Administrative Law: Conceptualizing Public Contracts in Globalization
Workshop „Toward a Multipolar Administrative Law – A Theoretical Perspective”, New York University School of Law, 9-10 September 2012
Where / When:
New York, 9-10 Sept. 2012
13 Jul. 2012
Bridging Epistemic Communities: Comparative Public Law and the Trade/Investment-Divide
Society of International Economic Law, SIEL 2012 Conference, Singapur, 12-14 July 2012
Where / When:
Singapur, 12-14 July 2012
18 Jun. 2012
Limits on Investor-State Dispute Settlement under Future EU Investment AgreementsKonferenz
Conference on „EU Investment Agreements: Open Questions and Remaining Challenges”, Universität Halle, Universität Siegen und Universität Wien, Vienna, 18 June 2012
Where / When:
Vienna, 18 June 2012
05 Jun. 2012
Review of National Regulatory Measures by International Courts and Tribunals: Conceptualizing Standards of Review
Workshop „The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions”, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv, 5-6 June 2012
Where / When:
Tel Aviv, 5-6 June 2012
25 May. 2012
Deference and Transparency in Investment Treaty Arbitration
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Frankurt am Main, 25 May 2012
Where / When:
Frankurt am Main, 25 May 2012
11 May. 2012
The Jurisprudence of Investment Treaty Tribunals: Between Public Good and Common Concern
Conference on „Foreign Investment and Common Concerns: An International Law Perspective”, University of Cagliari, 11-12 May 2012
Where / When:
Cagliari, Italy, 11-12 May 2012
30 Mar. 2012
The Emerging Systems of International Arbitration: The Role of Arbitrators
106. Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law „Confronting Complexity“, Washington DC, 28-31 March 2012
Where / When:
Washington DC, 28-31 March 2012
16 Mar. 2012
Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements: A New Ordering Paradigm for International Investment Relations? Introductory Remarks
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 4th Frankfurt Investment Law Conference, 16-17 March 2012
Where / When:
Frankfurt am Main, 16-17 March 2012
03 Feb. 2012
The Relationship between Law and Politics in the Legal Theory of Niklas Luhmann
Seminar on „Systems Theory and International Law“, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg, 3. Februar 2012
Where / When:
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg, 3. Februar 2012
21 Jan. 2012
Scholarhip on International Investment Law: Quo vadis?
4th Meeting of the Krickenbeck Circle on International Investment Law, International Investment Law Centre Cologne
Where / When:
Schloss Krickenbeck, Niederrhein, 20-21 Jan. 2012
05 Nov. 2012
Most-Favored-Nation Clauses
UNCTAD Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Investment for Development, United Nations, Geneva, 5-6 Dec. 2011
Where / When:
Geneva, 5-6 Dec. 2011
22 Sep. 2011
Investitionen und Entwicklung
Conference on "Law and Development", Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Castle Rauischholzhausen, 21-23 Sept. 2011
Where / When:
Rauischholzhausen, Germany
16 Jun. 2011
General Principles of Law
Conference "The Sources of Rights and Obligations in International Investment Law”, Universiteit Leiden, 15-16 June 2011
Where / When:
Leiden, The Netherlands
31 May. 2011
Self-Judging Clauses in International Dispute Settlement: Overview and Context
2nd Singapore Conference in International Investment Arbitration, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Where / When:
Capella Sentosa, Singapore
26 May. 2011
Interaction between International Investment Law and Other Fields of Public International Law: Three Dimensions of Fragmentation
International Economic Law Interest Group Meeting, "Trade, Finance and Investment Governance", 4th European Society of International Law, Tallinn
Where / When:
Tallinn, Estonia
19 May. 2011
Language Laws, Language Diversity: Political Risk or Economic Asset for Foreign Investors?
Conference "Law as Means of Conflict Prevention: European Language Charter as a Basis for a Dialogue", V. Vernadsky Taurida National University , 19-20 May 2011
Where / When:
Simferopol, Ukraine
06 May. 2011
From Sources to Discourse: Investment Treaty Jurisprudence as the New Custom?
16th Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference "Is There an Evolving Customary International Law on Investment?“, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Where / When:
London
11 Apr. 2011
International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law: Ways out of the Legitimacy Crisis?
Investment Law Forum, New York University
Where / When:
New York
29 Mar. 2011
Investment Treaty Arbitration: Towards a New Global Public Law?
International Law Forum, Hebrew University
Where / When:
Jerusalem
14 Dec. 2010
Rethinking the Substantive Standards of Protection under Investment Treaties – What Degree of Deference Should Investment Treaty Tribunals Pay to the Regulatory or Judicial Acts of a Host State?
Conference "Flaws and Presumptions: Rethinking Arbitration Law and Practice in a New Arbitral Seat“, 13-14 Dec. 2010
Where / When:
Balaclava, Mauritius
08 Dec. 2010
Arbitration Procedure: The Role of the European Union and Member States in Investor-State Arbitration
Conference on “European Law and Investment Arbitration“
Where / When:
Université Panthéon-Assas, Institut de Droit Comparè, Paris
19 Nov. 2010
Derecho internacional de inversiones y derecho publico comparado: Fundamento conceptual y implicaciones prácticas
Presentation at the Workshop “Tratados Internacionales de Protección a la Inversión y Regulación de Servicios Publicos", Economic Commission for Latin America and Universidad de Palermo
Where / When:
Buenos Aires
20 Oct. 2010
Most-Favored-Nation Clauses and their Application to Substantive Rights Granted in International Investment Treaties
Conference of the Association for International Arbitration on "Contemporary Topics in Investment Arbitration"
Where / When:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels
08 Oct. 2010
El Respeto por la Identidad Nacional bajo el Tratado de Lisboa: ¿Reconciliando la Tormentosa Relación entre el Derecho Constitucional y el Derecho Supranacional?
Seminar “Los Derechos Fundamentales en el Constitucionalismo Contemporáneo”, Centro de Estudios de la Universidad de Talca (CECOCH), Heidelberg Center for Latin America und Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Where / When:
Santiago de Chile
07 May. 2010
International Investment Law and Diversity - How Much Regulatory Space Do Investment Treaties Leave Host States to Act in the Public Interest?
Seminar Series “International Regimes and Diversity”
Where / When:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
04 May. 2010
Ways to React to Investment Law’s Legitimacy Crisis: International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law, Max Planck Lecture Series
Max Planck Lecture Series
Where / When:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
15 Apr. 2010
System Building in Investment Treaty Arbitration as an Exercise of Public Authority
Workshop II "International Judicial Institutions as Law-Makers"
Where / When:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
13 Mar. 2010
International Investment Law and the Law of State Immunity
Investment Law Conference, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main and University of Glasgow School of Law
Where / When:
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, 12-13 March 2010
26 Feb. 2010
Erodierung des öffentlichen Rechts durch öffentlich-rechtliche Schiedsverfahren?
50. Assistententagung Öffentliches Recht
Where / When:
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 23-26 February 2010
03 Dec. 2009
The EU and Model BITs – what should we expect?
Participation in Roundtable organized by Global Arbitration Review at the occasion of the conference on “50 Years of BITs”
Where / When:
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
19 Nov. 2009
Zurück in die Zukunft? Ideengeschichte der Investor-Staats-Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
5. Jahrestreffen, Gesprächskreis Investitionsrecht und –schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Where / When:
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
16 Oct. 2009
Investment Treaty Arbitration as International Judicial Review
Panel Participation, Professor Thomas Wälde Memorial Symposium, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee
Where / When:
St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
06 Oct. 2009
System Building in Investment Arbitration
Workshop I "International Judicial Institutions as Law-Makers"
Where / When:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
18 Jun. 2009
Überstaatliche Streitbeilegung in einer globalisierten Welt: Funktion und Arbeitsweise internationaler Gerichte und Schiedsgerichte
Düsseldorfer Institut für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (DIAS)
Where / When:
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Lectures
WS 2012/2013
WS 2012/2013
SS 2012
WS 2011/2012
WS 2011/2012
The Protection of Foreign Investments under International Law: Introduction to Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investment Treaty Arbitration
Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Universität Heidelberg/Universidad de Chile), Santiago de Chile, Course in the LL.M. program in International Law, Investments, Trade and Arbitration
Where / When:
Santiago de Chile, 4 – 6 Oct. 2011
SS 2011
Internationales Investitionsschutzrecht: Funktionierende Ordnung oder Illegitimes Recht für Starke? ("International Investment Law: Functioning Legal Order or Illegitimate Law for the Powerful?")
Social Science College, Working Group 1, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Where / When:
Ellwangen, 25-30 Sept. 2011
SS 2011
International Investment Law
The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Radzyner School of Law, Herzliya, Israel
Where / When:
Herzliya, 14 March - 7 April 2011
WS 2010/2011
International Investment Arbitration
Universiteit Leiden
Guest Lecture in the Course on "International Dispute Settlement", Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
Where / When:
Den Haag, 20 Oct. 2010
WS 2010/2011
The Protection of Foreign Investments under International Law: Introduction to Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investment Treaty Arbitration
Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Universität Heidelberg/Universidad de Chile), Santiago de Chile, Course in the LL.M. program in International Law, Investments, Trade and Arbitration
Where / When:
Santiago de Chile, 4 – 7 Oct. 2010
WS 2009/2010
New Issues in International Investment Law
Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Universität Heidelberg/Universidad de Chile), Workshop in the LL.M. program in International Law, Investments, Trade and Arbitration
Where / When:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, 16 March 2010
WS 2009
International Investment Arbitration
Universiteit Leiden
Guest Lecture in the Course on "International Dispute Settlement", Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
Where / When:
Den Haag, 23 Nov. 2009
WS 2009
Investments and Trade
Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Universität Heidelberg/Universidad de Chile)
Course in the LL.M. program in International Law, Investments, Trade and Arbitration
Where / When:
Santiago de Chile, 27 - 29 Oct. 2009
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, 5-6 June 2012
International Courts and the Quest for Legitimacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 3-4 June 2012
UNCTAD, International Investment Division, Expert Group Meeting, Geneva, Schwitzerland, 5-8 Dec. 2011
UNCTAD, ad hoc-Expert Meeting, "Consolidation of International Investment Agreements: Disentangling the Spaghetti Bowl?", Bern, Schwitzerland, 8-9 Sept. 2011
Conference in Honor of Joseph H.H. Weiler on the occasion of his 60th anniversary, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, 1 Sept. 2011
UNCTAD-Facilitated Conversations on Improvements to the International Investor-State Dispute Settlement System, Teilnahme Roundtable, Capella Sentosa, Singapore, 31 May 2011
3rd Conference of Young Investment Lawyers, International Investment Law Centre Cologne, Schloss Krickenbeck, Niederrhein, 21 - 22 Jan. 2011
Workshop "Paradigms, Methods and Analogies in Investment Treaty Law“,
International Law 1989-2010: A Performance Appraisal, 4th Biennial Conference, European Society of International Law, Cambridge, 2 - 4 Sept. 2010
Second Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law, Barcelona, 8.-10. Juli 2010
International Law in a Time of Change, American Society of International Law, 104th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 24 - 27 March 2010
Public Contracts and International Arbitration, Workshop of the Public Contracts in Legal Globalization Network, Paris, 18.12.2009
50 Years of BITs Conference 2009,
La justicia constitucional – Prolegómeno de un Ius Constitutionale Commune in America Latina, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law,
Honours
Otto Hahn Medal 2008, Max Planck Society
Baker & McKenzie Prize, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, School of Law, 2008
European Research Council Starting Grant 2012
Memberships
American Society of International Law
European Society of International Law
Society of International Economic Law
International Law Association German Branch
Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung (German-American Lawyers Association)
Member Research Network "Public Contracts in Legal Globalization", Université, Sciences Po, Paris
European Society of International Law
Society of International Economic Law
International Law Association German Branch
Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung (German-American Lawyers Association)
Member Research Network "Public Contracts in Legal Globalization", Université, Sciences Po, Paris
Miscellaneous
Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Member of the Editorial Board
Transnational Dispute Management, Associate Editor
Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law, Internal Advisor
International Investment Agreements Expert, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
International Investment Law Center Cologne (IILCC), Scientific Advisor
Book Series "La Ricerca del Diritto nella Comunità Internazionale" (herausgegeben von Maurizio Arcari und Attila Tanzi bei Editoriale Scientifica, Neapel), Scientific Advisory Board
Peer Reviewer (Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Rutledge, Martinus Nijhoff, Yearbook of International Investment Law and Policy, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, World Trade Review, Asian Journal of International Law, Göttingen Journal of International Law)