Education CV
Education
- PhD in Law – Gonville & Caius, University of Cambridge | since 10/2020
- Magister Juris (MJur) – Christ Church, University of Oxford | 09/2018 – 07/2019
- Law Studies (LL.B. and First State Examination) – Bucerius Law School, Hamburg | 09/2013 – 07/2018
- Exchange Trimester – Waseda Law School, Tokyo
Academic & Professional Experience
- Associate Editor – International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford University Press | since 02/2022
- Supervisor – International Law (since 2021) and Human Rights Law (Michaelmas 2021), University of Cambridge
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – LLM Paper 29 International Investment Law (since 2021); LLM Paper 34 International Law of Global Governance (2021-2022)
- Research Assistant to Professor Eyal Benvenisti | 04/2022 – 01/2023
- Editor – Völkerrechtsblog | 07/2019 - 02/2022
- Research Associate to Professor Freya Baetens – University of Oslo | 06 – 08/2021 and 09 – 11/2019
- Research Assistant to Sir Christopher Greenwood, GBE CMG KC | 2020 – 2021
- Research Fellow – Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg | 09/2019 – 08/2020
- Graduate Teaching Assistant for Constitutional Law – University of Heidelberg | 04/2020 – 09/2020
- Research Assistant to Professor Michael Waibel – University of Cambridge | 07/2018 – 09/2018
- Research Assistant – Latham & Watkins LLP (Litigation & Arbitration) | 07/2018 – 09/2018
- Research Assistant – Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Litigation & Arbitration) | 01/2018 – 03/2018
Scholarships & Awards
- Rosalyn Higgins Prize | 2022
- PhD Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) | since 2021
- W.M. Tapp Studentship | since 2020
- Scholarship of The Hague Academy for International Law | 2019
- Clifford Chance Prize (Proxime Accessit) for the Second Best Overall Performance in the MJur at the University of Oxford | 2019
- Volterra Fietta Prize for International Dispute Settlement Awarded by the University of Oxford | 2019
- German Academic Exchange Service LL.M. Scholarship | 2018-2019
- Latham & Watkins LL.M. Scholarship | 2018-2019
- Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court: National Champion (Ranked 13th Worldwide) and Latham & Watkins Award for the Best Oralist in the National Final | 2016
- German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship for Diplomatic Interns | 2015
- Linklaters Fellowship Awarded for Studies in Tokyo | 2015
- Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) | 2014-2015
Fields of research
Public International Law, International Dispute Settlement, International Investment Law, German Constitutional Law
Self-Judgment in International Law
Supervisors
Dr Fernando Lusa Bordin
Start Date
Oct 2020
Publications
Articles
"Give a Court an Inch and It Will Take a Yard? The Exercise of Jurisdiction over Incidental Issues" Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) 81 (2021), 235 – 264
Citation:
Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) 81 (2021), 235 – 264
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-235
Published: Apr 2022
"Die Grenzen der Zulässigkeit des "nationality planning" im Investitionsschutzrecht (International Investment Law’s Limits to ‘Nationality Planning’)" Archiv des Völkerrechts 58 (2020), 307 – 336.
Citation:
Archiv des Völkerrechts 58 (2020), 307 – 336.
Published: Nov 2020
"Die Rückkehr Argentiniens an die Kapitalmärkte: Völkerrechtliche und Finanzmarktrechtliche Implikationen (Argentina’s Return to the Capital Markets – Perspectives under Public International Law and Financial Law)" Bucerius Law Journal (2016) 10 – 18.
Citation:
Bucerius Law Journal (2016) 10 – 18.
Published: Aug 2016
Book Reviews
Gus van Harten, 'The Trouble with Foreign Investor Protection' European Journal of International Law 32 (2021) 1111-1118.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chab063
Published Aug 2021
Tommy Koh, ‘Building a New Legal Order for the Oceans’ Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) 80 (2020) 745 – 749.
Published Sep 2020
Case Notes
The Legal Effect of ICJ Advisory Opinions Redefined? The Mauritius/Maldives Delimitation Case - Judgment on Preliminary Objections Melbourne Journal of International Law, 22 (2021) 383-402.
Published: Dec 2021
Die Unionsgrundrechte vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht (EU Fundamental Rights Before the German Federal Constitutional Court) Juristische Schulung (2020) 502 – 506.
Published: Jun 2020
Blog Posts
Conference Papers
"Self-Judgment in International Law: Judicialization and Resistance" (Oxford International Law Workshop in honour of Judge Giorgio Gaja)
Conference:
Oxford International Law Workshop in honour of Judge Giorgio Gaja
Published: Jul 2022
"Self-Judgment in International Investment Law: Shifting Paradigms" (Society of International Economic Law - 11th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network)
Conference:
Society of International Economic Law - 11th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network
Published: Jun 2022
"The Unstable Equilibrium of Self-Judgment in International Law" (Humanities Forum for PhD Scholars of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
Conference:
Humanities Forum for PhD Scholars of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Published: Mar 2022
"Altruism in International Law " (Working Group on Altruism in Law, St Johann Academy of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
Conference:
Working Group on Altruism in Law, St Johann Academy of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Published: Aug 2021
"Nord Stream 2: Legal Dimensions of a Political Controversy" (Referentenbesprechung (Monday Meeting), Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg)
Conference:
Referentenbesprechung (Monday Meeting), Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Published: Sep 2019
Reports
Investment Treaties and Climate Change
Link to report
Published: Apr 2022