Professor Lorand Bartels

Prof Lorand Bartels MBE is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches international law, including WTO law. He holds degrees in English literature and law from the University of New South Wales (1996) and a PhD in law from the European University Institute (2002). He was appointed MBE in the 2022 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to UK trade policy.

Prof Bartels is a general editor of the Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law Series (CUP), and an editorial board member of several journals, including the Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of World Trade and Legal Issues of Economic Integration. He also helped to establish the Society of International Economic Law.

Prof Bartels practises international and trade law as counsel at Freshfields, and has advised on WTO and FTA law, as well on general international law and EU law, for a number of countries, NGOs, international organizations, and the private sector.

Prof Bartels has been appointed to several public bodies. He is the Chair of the UK's Trade and Agricultural Commission advising the Government and Parliament on the impact of new FTAs on the maintenance of UK animal and plant health, environmental and animal welfare standards, which has since advised on the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand FTAs. He is also a member of the Steering Board of the UK's National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which is concerned with business and human rights. He also serves on the roster of arbitrators for disputes under the 2020 UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.