Knowledge Transfer

Engagement in Arbitration and Enforcement Proceedings

Expert Declaration in Proceedings before the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt in the case of Slovak Republic v. Achmea B.V. (formally EUREKO B.V.), Case No. 26 Sch 3/13

9REN Holdings S.À.R.L. v. Spanien, Legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the Investor-State Dispute Resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

Expert Declaration in Enforcement Proceedings before a US Federal Court in the case of Eiser Infrastructure Limited et al. v. Spain

RREEF Infrastructure G.P. (Limited) et al. v. Spain, legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the Investor-State Dispute Resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

Expert Declaration on EU Law and Public International Law

Republic of Poland v PL Holdings S.Á.R.L, legal opinion for submission to the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen)

Nextera Energy Global Holdings B.V. and Nextera Energy Spain Holding B.V. v. Spain, preparation of a legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the investor-state dispute resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

Two Expert Declarations before US Federal Court

Foresight Luxembourg Solar 1 S.À.R.L., Foresight Luxembourg Solar 2 S.À.R.L., Greentech Energy Systems a/s, (Now known as Athena Investments a/s), GWM Renewable Energy I s.p.a., GWM Renewable Energy II s.p.a. v. Spain, preparation of a legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the investor-state dispute resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

Expert Declaration on Issues of Investor-State Arbitration, the Energy Charter Treaty and EU Law

Consultancy for States and Public Institutions and Public Hearings

Expert-level Roundtable with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on New Generation IIAs: Triangulating Regulatory Freedom, Investor Protection, and Investor Accountability

Expert-level Roundtable at the Department for Promotion of Industry and Trade (DPIIT) of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Foreign Direct Investment Screening Mechanism in a Comparative Perspective

Expert Witness for the Hearing in the German Parliament on “Ratification of the Free Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA)”

Special Session at the Centre for Trade and Investment Law India on Pro’s and Con’s of Merging Trade and Investment – Experience from Recent EU Negotiations with Canada, Vietnam, Singapore

Arbitrator in Donatas Aleksandravicius v. the Kingdom of Denmark, ICSID Case No. ARB/20/30

Study for the European Parliament on Stocktaking of Investment Protection Provisions in EU Agreements and Member States’ Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Impact on the Coherence of EU Policy (in collaboration with Jurgita Baur)

Study for the European Parliament on Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam submitted to the European Parliament (in collaboration with Theoman M. Hagemeyer and Simon Richtmann)

Study for the European Parliament on In Pursuit of an International Investment Court. Recently Negotiated Investment Chapters in EU Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements in Comparative Perspective (in collaboration with Teoman M. Hagemeyer)

Study for the European Parliament on The Investment Chapters of the EU’s International Trade and Investment Agreements in a Comparative Perspective (in collaboration with Carl-Philipp Sassenrath)

Expert Opinion for the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, Hearing on the planned European-Canadian Free Trade Agreement CETA

CETA Hearing at the German Bundestag

Providing an Expert Opinion on the Question of Provisional Application of a Treaty Jointly with a German Public International Law Scholar

Study for the European Parliament on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (‘ISDS’) and Alternatives of Dispute Resolution in International Investment Law

Expert Opinion for the European Parliament, Committee on International Trade, to „Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the EU’s International Investment Agreements“

Providing a Strategy Study for an EU Member State Government Relating to the Current Status of Investment Treaties among EU Member States and Possible Alternatives Jointly with an International Law Firm and German EU law scholar

Legal Expert Report for an EU Member State on the Question of Compatibility of Intra-EU and Third Country Bilateral Investment Treaties with EU Law Jointly with a German EU law scholar

Providing an Expert Opinion for an EU Member State Government in the Course of Legal Proceedings in a German Court Relating to the Challenge of an Investment Tribunal’s Award on Jurisdiction jointly with a German EU Law Scholar

High-Level Panel Discussions and Conferences

Further Engagement and Consultancy