My latest book chapter, titled 'Keep on trading in the Free World', has been published in the book “Contestation and Polarization in Global Governance: European Responses” edited by Michelle Egan, Kolja Raube, Jan Wouters and Julien Chaisse (Edward Elgar, 2023), pp. 283-301

Esta Quarta-feira estarei no Congresso “Os desafios da Arbitragem: Uma perspetiva multidisciplinar”, uma organização do Instituto Jurídico Portucalense, para falar da reforma da arbitragem de investimento e do mercado da arbitragem comercial. Mais info: upt.pt/noticias/os-de…

Next week I will have the honour of taking part in the ‘HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2023', to be hosted by HKU Faculty of Law. I thank the HCCH for the kind invitation.

Tomorrow I will join the Workshop “International Investment Law for the Green Transition: the Limits of Plurilateralism” @ the Faculty of Law of University of Copenhagen. I will present a paper titled “A Fair and Equitable Green Transition”.

This Saturday I will take part in the 3rd Durham Energy Disputes Conference, to be held at Durham Law School, in Durham, United Kingdom. I will be discussing the Spanish renewable energy 'saga': durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…. I thank the organizers for their kind invitation.

I am thrilled to return to the Pearl River Delta to join Peking University School of Transnational Law as Associate Professor. STL is proud to be China’s most innovative law school in China’s capital of innovation – Shenzhen.

This Thursday and Friday I will take part in the international conference ‘Distributive Justice in International Law’, hosted by LUISS University, in Rome, Italy. I will present a paper titled ‘Partial Solar Eclipse: Distributive Injustice in Renewable Energy Investments’.

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This Monday I took part in the ‘Seminar on Overseas Regulatory Risks and Responses for Chinese Enterprises and Individuals’, co-hosted by WISEHUB and the Education University of Hong Kong. I shared some insights on corruption allegations in international arbitration.

Last Wednesday I returned to the University of Macau for another edition of the UNCITRAL RCAP – UM JOINT CONFERENCE. I delivered a presentation titled ‘Is ISDS Sustainable?’

Today I am in snowy Lillehammer to join the workshop ‘International investment contracts: concept, features, contexts’, hosted by the University of Inland Norway. I will be making a presentation titled ‘The contract-treaty split: investments in water services as a case study’.

I am delighted to take part in the South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN)’s Fourth Biennial Conference “Local Approaches to International Economic Law”, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I will present a paper titled ‘Local investors’ role in the energy transition’.

On Saturday a delegation from STL delivered a training course for in-house lawyers of Mixue Ice Cream & Tea (the world’s largest fast-food chain by store locations, 40,000+!) in Zhengzhou (Henan province). I discussed key legal issues in international franchising agreements.

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of participating (albeit virtually) in this seminar on Chinese Investments in Latin America. I thank the organizers for their kind invitation and regret that I was not able to join them in Paris.

I spent two wonderful days at ASIL’s International Economic Law Interest Group biennial conference held at the University of Michigan Law School, in Ann Arbor. I presented my draft paper ‘Renewed Injustice: Domestic Investors and the Energy Transition’.

🆕 The Advanced Introduction to International Commercial Contracts is now available from Edward Elgar, timed for the start of the academic year. Hardback: e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/advan… Paperback: e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/advan… e-Book: via eBooks, Google Play, VitalSource, Kortext.

My latest article, titled ‘Commitments and Expectations: What Exactly has been Promised to Renewable Energy Investors?’, has just been published in the Journal of World Investment & Trade (advance access). You can access the article here: brill.com/view/journals/…

Today I presented a paper at the 10th Biennial conference of the Asian Society of International Law in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kudos to AsianSIL and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam on a flawless organisation.

On 27 November I took part in the 'Transnational Criminal Law Review Conference 2025', hosted by Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). I delivered a presentation on the increasing number of corruption allegations in investor-state arbitral proceedings

I shared some thoughts on my ongoing research on Peking University School of Transnational Law's faculty podcast - hosted by my good colleague Stephen Minas. You can follow the conversation on spotify and other usual platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/0bjg4Q…