Loukas Mistelis, LLB (Athens), MLE (magna cum laude), Dr Iuris (summa cum laude) (Hanover), MCIArb, Advocate (Athens Bar)

Loukas Mistelis is the Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies where he is Director of Studies of the School of International Arbitration. He is also Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University, School of Law. He teaches at the University of London LLM programme and is the co-ordinator of the courses in International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration, International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement, and International Trade Law. He also teaches International Commercial Litigation. Loukas Mistelis also directs our Diploma in International Arbitration by Distance Learning and the Diploma in International Arbitration, which is offered by CCLS in association with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Loukas is Secretary of the CISG-AC (Advisory Council of the Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods ) and co-ordinator of the Queen Mary Case Translation Programme, part of the CISG Database (IALL Website Award 2002). He studied law at Athens (LLB) Strasbourg (Certificate in International & Comparative Human Rights); Hanover (Magister Legum Europae and Dr. iuris) and Keio (Certificate in Japanese International Trade Law). He is a Member of the Athens Bar (since 1993). Besides English he is fluent in German and Greek, has good knowledge of French, and basic knowledge of Polish, Spanish and Russian. He maintains a selective arbitration and consulting practice in respect of international commercial and investment disputes, secured transactions and complex contractual matters, including e-commerce and technology matters. He has also participated in a number of experts groups, including for the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the International Chamber of Commerce, UNCITRAL and UNCTAD.

Research Interests

Loukas Mistelis' research focuses on international arbitration (in particular, the internationalisation of commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and harmonisation of arbitration procedure), international commercial transactions (in particular, long-term contracts, international sales and trade finance), secured transactions, comparative law (in particular, legal transplants and the role of the judiciary), unification of private aw, Central and Eastern European Law, and ADR.

Publications Since 2001

Pervasive Problems in International Arbitration (Co-Editor with J. Lew), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2006, 391, ISBN: 9041124500 [URL]

Commercial Law: Perspectives and Practice (Co-editor with J. Lowry), London: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006, 298, ISBN: 1405710071 [URL]

Workshop on Research, Teaching and Training in International Arbitration: An Introduction [2006] 22 Arbitration International 243-247, ISSN: 0957-0411 [URL]

Confidentiality and Third Party Participation in Investment Arbitration [2005] 21(2) Arbitration International 205-225, ISSN: 09570411 and in T. Weiler (Editor) International Investment Law and Arbitration: Leading Cases from the ICSID, NAFTA, Bilateral Treaties and Customary International Law, London: Cameron May: London, 2005, 169-199, ISBN: 1905017073 [URL]

International Arbitration: Corporate Attitudes and Practices [2004] 15 American Review of International Arbitration 525-593, ISSN: 1050-4109 [URL]

Comparative International Commercial Arbitration (Co-author with D.M. Lew and S. Kroll), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003, 952, ISBN: 9041115684 [URL]

UNIDROIT Principles Applied as "Most Appropriate Rules of Law" in a Swedish Arbitral Award [2003] 8(3) Uniform Law Review 631-640, ISSN: 1124-3694 [URL]

ADR in England and Wales: A Successful Case of Public Private Partnership, in N. Alexander (Editor), Global Trends in Mediation, Cologne: Centrale für Mediation, 2003, 137-178, ISBN: 3935098111 [URL]

CISG-AC Publishes First Opinion [2003] 15 Pace International Law Review 453-456, ISSN: 0902-7351 [URL]

Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law (Co-editor with I. Fletcher and M. Cremona), London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001, 567, ISBN: 0421741007 [URL]

Is Harmonisation a Necessary Evil? Use and Abuse of Comparative Law and the Future of Harmonisation, in I. Fletecher, L. Mistellis and M. Cremona (Editors), Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001, 1-27, ISBN: 0421741007 [URL]

ADR in England and Wales [2001] 12 American Review of International Arbitration 167-221, ISSN: 1050-4109 [URL]

Taming the Dragons of Uniform Law: Sharing the reasoning of courts and arbitral awards (Co-author with A.H. Kritzer) [2001] 5(2) Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration 282-309, ISSN: 1439-9741 [URL]

Other Selected Publications

Charakterisierungen und Qualifikation im internationalen Privatrecht: Zur Lehre einer parteispezifischen Qualifikation im Kollisionsrecht der privaten Wirtschaft, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999, 309, ISBN: 3161471229 [URL]

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