Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang, LL.M.
Full Professor of International Investment & Trade Law · Uppsala University
Executive Director, CELIS Institute · ICSID Arbitrator
Executive Director, CELIS Institute · ICSID Arbitrator
Current Positions
Since 2020
Full Professor of International Investment & Trade Law
Uppsala University, Faculty of Law · Sweden
Director, Master's Programme in Investment Treaty Arbitration · Member, Board of Directors, Swedish Institute of International Law
Since 2020
Executive Director & Co-Founder
CELIS Institute · Berlin, Germany
2025–2031
ICSID Panel of Arbitrators
Designated by the Federal Republic of Germany
Since 2025
Registered Law Expert
Singapore International Commercial Court
Since 2010
Member, Advisory Council (pro bono)
International Investment Law Centre Cologne · Germany
Since 2011
Senior Fellow (pro bono)
Walter Hallstein Institute of European Constitutional Law · Berlin, Germany
Legal Practice
Since 2011
Independent Legal Expert & ICSID Arbitrator
Independent Practice
Expert advisory in investment arbitration and enforcement proceedings (ICSID, SCC, PCA, UNCITRAL) and before national courts in the United States, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Israel, and Singapore. Advisory to governments, EU institutions, and businesses on investment law, EU law, investment screening, and sanctions. ICSID arbitrator appointed by Denmark.
Former Academic Appointments
2017–2022
Professor of EU and International Law (with special responsibilities)
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet) · Denmark
Full-time 2017–2020; part-time 2020–2022
2017–2025
Adjunct Faculty (Energy Investment & Trade Law)
Technische Universität Berlin · Germany
2011–2020
Adjunct Faculty
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Law School · Germany
2011–2017
Juniorprofessor of Public Law in an International Context
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law · Germany
Deputy Managing Director, Institute of Public Law (2015–2017)
2010–2011
Senior Research Associate & Senior Lecturer
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Law School · Germany
Guest Professorships
Guest Professor
Bucharest University of Economic Studies / Romania (2024) · Ca' Foscari University of Venice / Italy (2021) · Nagoya University / Japan (2018) · Uppsala University / Sweden (2017) · University of Mannheim / Germany (2017) · Turkish-German University, Istanbul / Turkey (2017, 2018) · MGIMO University / Russia (2014–2015) · Université de Lausanne / Switzerland (2014) · Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan / Italy (2012)
Education & Qualifications
2019
Habilitation "by monograph" — Venia Legendi
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · Public International Law, EU Law, Constitutional & Administrative Law
2014
Habilitation equivalent "by tenure track evaluation"
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law · Germany
2008
Dr. iur. (Ph.D. in Law)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen · Germany
2007–2009
Rechtsassessor (Zweite Juristische Staatsprüfung)
German State of Baden-Württemberg
Stages: Federal Ministry of Economics (Div. Foreign Investments, Debt Rescheduling, World Bank) · Gleiss Lutz (Litigation & Arbitration) · CMS Hasche Sigle · Landgericht & Prosecutor's Office Tübingen
2003
Erste Juristische Staatsprüfung (J.D. equivalent)
Philipps-Universität Marburg · Germany
2001
LL.M. in International, European & Commercial Law
University of Sheffield, Law School · United Kingdom
Honours, Prizes & Scholarships
- 2025–2031ICSID Panel of Arbitrators — designated by the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2025Registered Law Expert — Singapore International Commercial Court
- 2019–2025ICSID Panel of Conciliators — designated by the Federal Republic of Germany
- OngoingEU List of Candidates Eligible for Appointment as Arbitrators and TSD Experts
- 2018–2023List of Experts, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
- 201626th Swedish Prize for Excellence in International Economic and EU Law Research — Riksbankens Jubileumsfond / Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
- 2009Doctoral Thesis Prize — Reinhold und Maria Teufel Stiftung
- 2005–2008Merit Doctoral Scholarship — Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Foundation of German Business)
- 2005DAAD Merit Scholarship — Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence
- 1998–2003Merit Student Scholarship — Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Professional Memberships & Appointments (Selection)
- OngoingSociety of International Economic Law
- OngoingInternational Law Association (ILA) — German and Swedish branches; Alternate Member, ILA Committee on the Rule of Law and International Investment Law
- OngoingWissenschaftliche Vereinigung für das gesamte Regulierungsrecht
- OngoingVereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer (Association of German Professors in Constitutional, Administrative, EU, and Public International Law)
- OngoingDIS40 – Deutsche Initiative junger Schiedsrechtler
- OngoingProfessorial Tutor for Sweden, Denmark, and Norway — Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Since 2024Editorial Board — Journal of World Investment & Trade
Selected Publications
Monographs
Freiheit und Kommunikation – Zur verfassungsrechtlichen Sicherung kommunikativer Selbstbestimmung in einer vernetzten Gesellschaft
Springer, March 2019, 446 pp. (Habilitation thesis) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-57687-8
The Free Movement of Capital and Foreign Direct Investment
Oxford University Press, July 2009, 464 pp. (Doctoral thesis)
Edited Volumes (Selection)
The Law and Geoeconomics of Investment Screening (with J. Hillebrand Pohl, J. Wiesenthal, T. Papadopoulos)
Springer, 2025, 268 pp.
A Common European Law on Investment Screening (with A. Moberg)
YSEC Yearbook, Springer, 2021, 853 pp.
Shifting Paradigms in International Investment Law (with M. Krajewski)
Oxford University Press, 2016, 496 pp.
Journal Articles (Selection)
Europeanization of FDI Screening Through Soft Law? (with J.P. Huth)
Global Trade and Customs Journal, vol. 20, No. 11&12 (forthcoming)
Recent Changes in the German Investment Screening Mechanism in Light of the EU Screening Regulation (with T.M. Hagemeyer-Witzleb)
Central European Journal of Comparative Law 2021, vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 39–64
The Art of Casting Political Dissent in Law: The EU's Framework for the Screening of FDI (with A. Moberg)
Common Market Law Review 2020, vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 1427–1460
Conceptualisation and Application of the Principle of Autonomy of EU Law — The CJEU's Judgment in Achmea Put in Perspective
European Law Review 2019, vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 383–400
The Day after: Alternatives to Intra-EU BITs (with T.T. Andersen)
Journal of World Investment & Trade 2016, vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 984–1014
Repellent Forces: The CJEU and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Archiv des Völkerrechts 2015, vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 68–89
Circumventing Primacy of EU Law and the CJEU's Judicial Monopoly by Resorting to Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Provided for in Inter-se Treaties?
Legal Issues of Economic Integration 2012, vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 179–206
Book Chapters (Selection)
Advances in Investment Screening under EU Law (with A. Moberg)
In: Cordonier Segger et al. (eds.), Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, Edward Elgar, 2025, pp. 95–116
Annulment and Set-Aside (with J. Nassl)
In: Fach Gómez & Titi (eds.), The Award in International Investment Arbitration, Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. 279–300
Risking the Rule of Law? Investment Protection Standards, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development (with P.S. Stöbener de Mora & N. Lachmann)
In: Reinisch & Schill (eds.), Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law, Oxford University Press, 2023, pp. 279–300
The Price for a Seat at the ISDS Reform Table
In: Biondi & Sangiuolo (eds.), Edward Elgar, 2021, pp. 127–153
Full publication list: ORCID 0000-0002-4927-5406
Policy Reports & Studies (Selection)
EU Investment Protection after the ECJ Opinion on Singapore — Stocktaking of Investment Protection Provisions (with J. Baur)
Study for the European Parliament, March 2019 · DOI: 10.2861/179760
In Pursuit of an International Investment Court (with T.M. Hagemeyer)
Study for the European Parliament, July 2017, 217 pp.
The Investment Chapters of the EU's International Trade and Investment Agreements in a Comparative Perspective (with C.-P. Sassenrath)
Study for the European Parliament, September 2015, 175 pp.
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and Alternatives of Dispute Resolution in International Investment Law
Study for the European Parliament, September 2014, pp. 39–131