Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang, LL.M.
Professor of International Investment & Trade Law at Uppsala University · ICSID Arbitrator & Independent Legal Expert · Executive Director, CELIS Institute
Legal Expert Advisor & ICSID Arbitrator
Investment Arbitration · EU Law & Foreign Trade · 10+ Jurisdictions · Since 2011
Executive Director, CELIS Institute
Full Professor of International Investment & Trade Law
Director of the Master's Programme in Investment Treaty Arbitration at Uppsala University. Research and teaching in international investment and trade law, investor-State dispute settlement, EU trade and investment agreements, investment screening, and geoeconomics. Member of the Board of Directors, Swedish Institute of International Law.
Legal Expert Advisor & ICSID Arbitrator
Independent legal expert advisor in international investment arbitration, EU law, and foreign trade law. Advises states and institutions in contentious arbitration and enforcement proceedings before ICSID, SCC, PCA, and national courts across 10+ jurisdictions. Appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Federal Republic of Germany (2025–2031). Registered law expert at the Singapore International Commercial Court (since 2025).
Executive Director & Co-Founder, CELIS Institute
Co-founder and Executive Director of the CELIS Institute (Common European Law on Investment Screening), the leading international forum for research and policy dialogue on FDI screening and economic security. Research spans the Europeanization of FDI screening, administrative cooperation under the evolving EU FDI Screening Regulation, geopolitical dimensions of investment policy, and the interface between open markets, competitiveness, and security. CELIS fosters dialogue between policymakers, the investment community, and academia on investment screening and economic security.
Recent: Europeanization of FDI Screening Through Soft Law? Administrative Cooperation under the 2024 Commission Proposal for an Updated EU FDI Screening Regulation (with Jan Philipp Huth), Global Trade and Customs Journal, Vol. 20 (2025), No. 11 & 12
Combining Arbitration, EU Law
and Economic Security
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
- —Investment Treaty Arbitration (ISDS)Expert advisory and arbitrator appointments in ICSID, SCC, PCA, and UNCITRAL proceedings. Substantive protection standards, jurisdictional questions, intra-EU arbitration.
- —Investment Award EnforcementExpert witness in award enforcement and recognition proceedings before courts in the United States, Australia, Israel, and Singapore.
- —Annulment & Set-Aside ProceedingsExtensive experience with ICSID annulment proceedings and set-aside before national courts (including in Sweden and Germany), as well as challenges to arbitral awards.
- —Commercial ArbitrationExpert advisory on EU sanctions and trade law in commercial arbitration proceedings (SCC and other forums).
EU Law & Economic Security
- —Investment Screening & FDI SecurityEU and national FDI screening frameworks; German Foreign Trade Act; EU Screening Regulation. Advising investors and governments on notification, review, and compliance.
- —EU Sanctions & Export ControlAdvisory on EU sanctions regimes, dual-use export control, and the interplay with investment transactions and arbitration proceedings.
- —EU External Trade & Investment PolicyCommon Commercial Policy, comprehensive free trade agreements. Advisor to the European Parliament and European Commission on trade agreements and ISDS reform.
- —EU Law & CJEU JurisdictionJurisdictional conflicts between the CJEU and international tribunals, autonomy doctrine, free movement of capital, sovereign debt, State aid, and direct taxation.
Representative Matters
Expert advisory and arbitrator engagements in adversarial proceedings and advisory mandates before international tribunals and national courts.
ICSID Case No. ARB/13/36 (ICSID Convention) — Reports on the "clean hands" doctrine in public international law
SCC Case No. V.2016/135 (SCC Arbitration Rules) — Reports on investment law and EU law
ICSID Case No. ARB/17/15 (ICSID Convention) — Reports on investment law and EU law
ICSID Case No. ARB/18/45 (ICSID Convention) — Reports on investment law and EU law, including rebuttal reports
ICSID Case No. ARB/20/30 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/21/39 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/22/12 (ICSID Convention)
Expert witness in a major investment arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration
ICSID Case No. ARB/14/34 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/15/15 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/16/18 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/16/27 (ICSID Convention)
ICSID Case No. ARB/19/4 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:18-cv-1148 (DDC) | SCC Case No. 2015/063 (SCC Arbitration Rules)
Case No. 1:18-cv-1686-CKK | ICSID Case No. ARB/13/36 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:18-cv-1753-EGS | ICSID Case No. ARB/13/31 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:18-cv-02254-JEB | ICSID Case No. ARB/14/1 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:19-cv-3171 | SCC Case No. 2015/150 (SCC Arbitration Rules)
Case No. 1:19-cv-01618-TSC | ICSID Case No. ARB/14/11 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 19-cv-1871-TSC | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/15 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:19-cv-03783-CJN | ICSID Case No. ARB/13/30 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:20-cv-00817-JDB | ICSID Case No. ARB/14/12 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 20-cv-01081-TFH | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/4 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:20-cv-01708-EGS | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/20 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:21-cv-2463-RJL | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/42 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:21-cv-03232-JMC | ICSID Case No. ARB/14/34 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:21-cv-03249-RJL | PCA Case No. 2012-14 (UNCITRAL Rules)
Case No. 1:22-cv-02403 | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/16 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:23-cv-00218 (RDM) | ICSID Case No. ARB/13/32 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:23-cv-00512 (DDC) | PCA Case No. 2012-14 (UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010)
Case No. 1:23-cv-01756-RDM (DDC)
Case No. 1:23-cv-01842-RDM (DDC) | ICSID Case No. ARB/16/4 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:23-cv-03572 (TNM) | SCC Case No. 2019/126 (SCC Arbitration Rules)
Case No. 1:25-cv-01787 (DDC) | ICSID Case No. ARB/16/5 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. 1:25-cv-01842 (DDC) | ICSID Case No. ARB/16/4 (ICSID Convention)
Case Nos. 26 SchH 11/10 and 26 Sch 3/13 | PCA Case No. 2008-13 (UNCITRAL Rules)
Federal Court of Australia | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/15 (ICSID Convention)
Case No. T 4658-18 | SCC Case No. 2015/063 (SCC Arbitration Rules)
NSD2169/2019 | ICSID Case No. ARB/13/30 (ICSID Convention)
Högsta Domstolen, Case No. T 1569-19 | SCC Case No. V 2014/163 (SCC Arbitration Rules)
Case No. 26 SchH 2/20 | PCA Case No. 2020-15 (UNCITRAL Rules)
NSD449/2020 | ICSID Case No. ARB/15/4 (ICSID Convention)
NSD415/2023 | ICSID Case No. ARB/14/11 (ICSID Convention)
CivC 11552-02-23 | ICSID Case No. ARB/16/17 (ICSID Convention)
SIC/OA 2/2025 | PCA Case No. 2021-06 (UNCITRAL Rules)
Multiple SCC proceedings (SCC Arbitration Rules) — Reports on EU sanctions regime
Repeatedly advised on the Foreign Trade Act, export control, dual-use goods, EU sanctions, and investment law matters
Advised on the Common Commercial Policy and comprehensive free trade agreements (Canada/CETA, Singapore, Vietnam)
Advised on (1) SME access to investor-State dispute settlement and (2) investment protection options compatible with EU law in an intra-EU context
Repeatedly advised on trade and investment policy, including hearings before parliamentary committees
Advised on comprehensive free trade agreements and investment law reform; co-rapporteur at UNCTAD's High-level IIAs Conference 2017
Training and capacity building on EU and foreign trade law
Advised on investment screening under the German Foreign Trade Act (one of the largest acquisitions in the German energy sector)
Advised on the interplay of investment screening and EU sanctions under the German Foreign Trade Act
Advised on the EU sanctions regime towards the Russian Federation
Advised in Court of Justice of the European Union proceedings on data protection and regulation issues
Advised several institutions on sovereign debt-related EU and domestic law issues
Policy project co-leader together with the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
Publications
Selected publications. Full list available on the publications page.
Freiheit und Kommunikation – Zur verfassungsrechtlichen Sicherung kommunikativer Selbstbestimmung in einer vernetzten Gesellschaft
MonographThe Free Movement of Capital and Foreign Direct Investment
MonographThe Law and Geoeconomics of Investment Screening
Edited VolumeWhat are Socio-Economic Constitutions?
Edited VolumeTriangulating Freedom of Speech: Business, Social Rights, and the Freedom of Speech in a Digital Age
Edited VolumeA Common European Law on Investment Screening
Edited VolumeShifting Paradigms in International Investment Law – More Balanced, Less Isolated, Increasingly Diversified
Edited VolumeEuropeanization of FDI Screening Through Soft Law? Administrative Cooperation under the 2024 Commission Proposal for an Updated EU FDI Screening Regulation
Journal ArticleRecent Changes in the German Investment Screening Mechanism in Light of the EU Screening Regulation
Journal ArticleThe Art of Casting Political Dissent in Law: The EU's Framework for the Screening of Foreign Direct Investment
Journal ArticleConceptualisation and Application of the Principle of Autonomy of EU Law — The CJEU's Judgment in Achmea Put in Perspective
Journal ArticleEnemy at the Gates? Die aktuellen Änderungen der Investitionsprüfvorschriften in der Außenwirtschaftsverordnung im Lichte des Unionsrechts
Journal ArticleThe Day after: Alternatives to Intra-EU BITs
Journal ArticleRepellent Forces: The CJEU and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Journal ArticleCircumventing Primacy of EU Law and the CJEU's Judicial Monopoly by Resorting to Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Provided for in Inter-se Treaties? The Case of Intra-EU Investment Arbitration
Journal ArticleThe Freedom to Invest in the EU's Internal Market from Third States
Book ChapterAdvances in Investment Screening under EU Law
Book ChapterAnnulment and Set-Aside
Book ChapterRisking the Rule of Law? Investment Protection Standards, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development
Book ChapterA Complex Setting of Cooperation and (Potential) Conflict: Regulation (EU) 2019/452 in a Doctrinal Perspective
Book ChapterParallel Administration of Justice and the Court of Justice of the European Union
Book ChapterTowards a Centralisation of FDI Screening in the EU? On the Functioning and Effects of the Cooperation Mechanism
Policy BlogAchmea Goes to Washington – How a US District Court Enforces EU Law
Policy BlogEU Investment Protection after the ECJ Opinion on Singapore & Stocktaking of Investment Protection Provisions
Policy ReportDebate: A Common European Law on Investment Screening?
Policy BlogThe Limited Immediate Effects of the CJEU's Achmea Judgment
Policy BlogIn Pursuit of an International Investment Court — Recently Negotiated Investment Chapters in EU Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements in Comparative Perspective
Policy ReportCurriculum Vitae
Honours & Appointments
ICSID Panel of Arbitrators
Designated by the Federal Republic of Germany
Registered Law Expert
Singapore International Commercial Court
ICSID Panel of Conciliators
Designated by the Federal Republic of Germany
List of Experts
Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
EU List of Arbitrators & TSD Experts
European Union List of Candidates Eligible for Appointment
26th Swedish Prize for Excellence in International Economic & EU Law Research
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond / Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
Doctoral Thesis Prize
Reinhold und Maria Teufel Stiftung
Merit Doctoral Scholarship
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Foundation of German Business)
Editorial Board
Journal of World Investment & Trade (since 2024)
Get in Touch
For enquiries regarding expert mandates in investment arbitration and enforcement proceedings, advisory on investment screening and EU law, policy consultation, academic collaboration, and media requests.
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