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August Reinisch

Address: 

University of Vienna
Department of European, International and Comparative Law
Schottenbastei 10-16
Vienna A-1010
Austria

Phone Number: 
+43-1-4277 35307
Fax Number: 
+43-1-4277 9353
Email: 
august.reinisch@univie.ac.at
Born: 
1965, Vienna
Languages: 
German English
Nationalities: 
Austrian
Education: 
Doctor juris (University of Vienna, 1991),
Magister philosophiae (University of Vienna, 1990),
LL.M. in International Legal Studies (NYU, 1989),
Magister juris (University of Vienna, 1988)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
New York and Connecticut (1990)
Present Position: 
Professor of International and European Law
Head of the Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna (since 2005)
Professional Experience: 

Adjunct Professor at the Bologna Center of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University in Bologna/Italy (1999-2011)

Professional Associations: 

Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS); American Bar Association (ABA); American Society of International Law (ASIL); European Communities Studies Association (ECSA); executive board member European Society of International Law (ESIL); President Austrian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators, designated by Austria

Arbitration Experience: 

US government-appointed arbitrator on the In Rem Restitution Panel according to the Austrian General Settlement Fund Law 2001, dealing with Holocaust-related property claims; arbitrator and expert in numerous investment disputes, inter alia, president in UNCITRAL arbitrations concerning investment law and disputes involving international organizations

Areas of Specialization: 
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Nationalization & Expropriation
Public International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
The Res Judicata Effect of Jurisdictional Decisions in International Investment Arbitration – Steering Between Procedural Efficiency and Access to Justice - Chapter 84 - Reflections on International Arbitration
PANEL 3: Looking Back – The Allocation of Costs in International Investment Arbitration - Journal of Damages in International Arbitration, Vol.5, No.2
Forminster Enterprises Limited (Cyprus) v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, Final Award (December 15, 2014)
Mytilineos Holdings SA v. The State Union of Serbia & Montenegro and Republic of Serbia, UNCITRAL (Greece/Yugoslavia BIT), Partial Award on Jurisdiction
Publications: 
  • Co-author with Ch. Schreuer, L. Malintoppi and A. Sinclair, The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2009)
  • editor: Standards of Investment Protection (Oxford, Oxford University Press 2008)
  • with Ch. Binder/U. Kriebaum and St. Wittich, International Investment Law in the 21st Century (Oxford, Oxford University Press 2009)
  • with Ch. Knahr, Ch. Koller and W. Rechberger, Investment and Commercial Arbitration – Similarities and Divergences (Utrecht, eleven international publishing, 2009)
  • with A. K. Bjorklund, International Investment Law and Soft Law (Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

...and author of numerous articles and book chapters in international investment law