Professor of International Law, IHEID

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Biography

Joost Pauwelyn is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he is also the Head of the International Law Department and Co-Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration. He is the Founding President of TradeLab and Founding Co-Director of the Geneva Trade Platform. In 2020, he was appointed to the WTO’s pool of MPIA appeal arbitrators.

Joost was previously the Murase Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University (2014-2021), a tenured professor at Duke Law School, served as Senior Advisor with King & Spalding and as legal officer at the WTO. From 2015 to 2020, he was Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Economic Law.

He appears on the roster of WTO panelists, as arbitrator under FTAs and the Energy Charter Treaty and is a Member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators.

Joost received degrees from the Universities of Namur, Leuven, Oxford and Neuchâtel.

Nationality

Belgium

Working languages

Dutch
English
French

Other languages

German
Spanish

Location

Switzerland
Geneva

Phd

Yes

Areas of Expertise

International Economic Law
Arbitration
WTO
International Investment Agreements
Settlement of Disputes

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Professor of International Law, IHEID

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