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Andreas R. Ziegler is a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lausanne. His main areas of interest are legal aspects of international trade and investment policy, including dispute settlement among states as well as investment disputes between private parties and states. He also works in the area of European (EU, EFTA) and bilateral economic relations and the area of economic sanctions. He is on the rosters of dispute settlement experts of the WTO and ICSID. He is also an expert for sexual orientation and gender identity law (SOGI), being listed among others, on the respective roter of the Council of Europe. From 1998-2001 he was responsible for negotiations and meetings within the WTO, OECD, EFTA, Switzerland-EU, and UNCTAD on Trade and Competition, Trade and Investment (including the fight against corruption) and general issues relating to international and European Economic law. He holds degrees in Law and International Affairs from the University of St. Gallen (1992 and 1995) and the European University Institute in Florence (1993). He was a Chair of the Working Group on Preferential Trade Agreements and the Rapporteur of the Investment and Rule of Law Committee under the International Law Association (ILA). He is currently the President of the International Law Association's Swiss Branch and a Member of the Board of the European Community Studies Association of Switzerland (ECSA Suisse), the Swiss Society of International Law (SVIR/ASDI), and the German Society of International Law (DGIR). Specialisations: International trade law, international trade negotiations, foreign direct investment, trade & competition, EU affairs, EFTA, Swiss economic law, WTO, GATT, GATS, WTO DSU, fight against corruption, economic sanctions, public procurement, sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Swiss Society for International Law (SSDI/SVIR) was founded in 1914 at a founding meeting of 40 people with the aim of encouraging Switzerland to actively participate in the further education of international law. Today the SSDI/SVIR has more than 350 members who are engaged in the practice or theory of international law, private international law, European law as well as international criminal, tax, economic or administrative law. The association is the preferred meeting place for all lawyers in Switzerland who are interested in international and European law. At a time when specialisation is becoming the rule, an association of people from the most diverse fields of activity and specialization is a necessity. In order to take account of these developments, the Swiss Association for International Law offers a place for the exchange of ideas and for further training. It also aims to promote the qualitative implementation of international law and to convey the importance of international law to a broad public. Check pout our page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/38162611/admin/
Legal advice regarding all questions relating to public international law, European Community law and Swiss public law, in particular trade, investment, international criminal law
Member of the Forum on ISDS established by the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS) under the umbrella of the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies