Archive
Legal and academic papers and journal articles
Film Finance: The Hidden Wager (2002) 118 L.Q.R. 187
Considers whether there is an insurable interest in film finance insurance policies. Published in the Law Quarterly Review, England’s foremost academic legal journal.
Cited in Malcolm A. Clarke, Law of Insurance Contracts, 5 Rev Ed (2006) §4-5M
State aid and third parties: a logical paradox (2002) 27 E.L.Rev. 628
Addresses the nature of remedies in EC competition law cases in which government financial assistance to private sector companies has been held to be unlawful. Published in the European Law Review, the premier English language journal on EC law.
On the Private Investor Principle (2003) 28 E.L.Rev. 70
Critique of a central principle of EC competition law as conceptually incoherent. At the request of Philippe Herzog MEP, I gave expert evidence to the European Parliament on the subject matter of this article in June 2003 in connection with proposed law reforms. My presentation notes to the Parliament are available at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/20030611/econ/lowell.pdf
Why are developing world private finance contracts so difficult to get right?
Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, Vol. 5(2) April 2007
Discusses microeconomic obstacles to successful execution of project finance contracts for the private operation of infrastructure services in the developing world, and the high incidence of arbitration and renegotiation associated with them. Examines information and cooperation problems, and analyses failures to plan adequately for dispute resolution scenarios. Available at
http://www.ogel.org/about-author-a-z-profile.asp?key=1270
On Necessity J. World Inv’t & Trade 11(2): 1 (2010)
Critique of the public international law “emergency defences” in the context of the global economic crisis, as elucidated through ICJ and investment tribunal case law, and the ILC draft articles on state responsibility.
The Proper Law of an Arbitration Agreement
Arbitration, the Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 76(4): 661 (2010)
Argues that conventional doctrines of dépeçage in the law of international arbitration are confused. The “proper law of an arbitration agreement” by which an arbitration clause’s validity is judged should generally follow the lex fori, irrespective of the lex causae; but capacity to arbitrate should be assessed by the lex domicilii, even for public entities.
Awarding Moral Damages to Respondent States in Investment Arbitration
Berkeley Journal of International Law 29(1): 101 (2010)
Investigates the incidence of moral damages claims in investment treaty arbitration. Surveys cases where claimants have been awarded moral damages, and considers the criteria and quantum. Also suggests respondent states may be entitled to bring counterclaims for moral damages where claimants proceed vexatiously in bringing investment treaty claims. http://www.boalt.org/bjil/documents/Parish-Nelson-RosenbergArticle.pdf
Investment Treaty Law and International Law Am.Rev.Int’l.Arb. 23(1): 137 (2012)
Considers the occasions on which arbitration tribunal established under investment treaties have had cause to consider the content of other areas of law, and examines the different methods they have used for resolving areas of overlap and conflict. Considers in particular the relationship between investment treaty law and human rights law, EU law and international arbitration law.
Winner, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Best Short Article of 2012
Also published in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law (T. Weiler, ed., Juris 2014)
An Introduction to the Energy Charter Treaty Am.Rev.Int’l.Arb. 20: 191 (2010)
Provides an overview of the jurisdictional requirements for US investors to acquire Energy Charter Treaty protections when investing in the energy sector in Eastern Europe and the CIS.
The public international law of bank bail-outs
Transnational Dispute Management, Vol. 7(1) April 2010
Discusses the principles of international investment law applicable to the bank bail-outs that occurred globally in 2008/2009, and asks whether claims may be raised before investment tribunals by investors aggrieved by the terms of national bail-out programmes.
International Officials Austrian Rev.Int’l.Eur.L. Vol. 13: 79 (2008)
Discusses the powers in public international law of officials charged with UN-mandated and other international territorial administrations in post-conflict societies. Argues that those powers should be strictly delimited and subject to international legal review by an impartial international judicial body.
Available on SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1651519
An Essay on the Accountability of International Organizations Int’l.Org.L.Rev. 7(2): 277 (2010)
Argues for improved legal accountability of international organizations, abandonment of traditional doctrines of functional immunity from domestic suit, and application of human rights treaties to the acts of IOs. First presented as part of a conference panel on accountability of international organisations, of which the author was the Chair. International Law Association Conference: Challenges to Transnational Governance, Fordham Law School, NYC, 22-23 October 2009.
Also available on SSRN at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1651784
Discussed by the NGO UN Justice at http://www.unjustice.org/news49.htm
Reviewed by Opinio Juris
The Economic Logic of Formality in Property Law
European Law & Economics Association (ELEA) 2009 Annual Conference (September 2009)
Discusses the economic rationale of the common law rule that passage of title to personalty is a question of parties’ intention. Compares this principle unfavourably with a Roman-Germanic doctrine of traditio.
http://www.eale09.eu/ocs2/index.php/EALE/roma09/paper/viewFile/143/47
The Demise of the Dayton Protectorate Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, December 2007
Discusses the rise and fall of the international legal regime in post-war Bosnia, under which a UN official called the “High Representative” ran Bosnia as an internationally administered governorate for over ten years. Available at:
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/pdf/JISB%20BOS%203%20-%20Parish.pdf
See also the commentary in the Bosnian press:
OHR should leave as soon as possible, Glas Srpske, 12 June 2008
www.glassrpske.com/vijest/2/novosti/8419/lat/OHR-treba-sto-prije-zatvoriti.html
OHR should urgently close, Nezavisne Novine, 21 July 2008
www.nezavisne.com/vijesti.php?meni=2&vijest=26204
This piece has been discussed in domestic and international academic circles. See e.g. Sylvie Rammel, Status, Vol. 13(2008), 10; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Controversies of the EU Integration Process (Sarajevo 2008); Arvanitopoulous and Tzifakis, Eur. View (2008) 7:15.
Republika Srpska: After Independence
Argues that the fracture of post-war Bosnia into two or more mini-states is inevitable. The international community’s best course is not to make futile attempts to resist it, but rather delay the process. When the inevitable finally happens, the international community should accept the country’s partition and ameliorate the worst consequences.
Published in multiple venues:
Balkan Insight magazine 19 November 2009
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/republika-srpska-after-independence
Belgrade Insight (Serbian newspaper) 20 November 2009
Transconflict Journal 24 November 2009
http://www.transconflict.com/News/2009/November/Republika_Srpska_After_Independence.php
Buka magazine 27 July 2010 http://www.buka.ba/republika-srpska-nakon-osamostaljenja
Also published as: Conflict Resolution in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Laying Troubles for the Future
in Proceedings of the 2010 Geneva Security Forum
See also the extended interview I gave to Žurnal about this article, 28 and 29 August 2010:
The interview is also available in English on the Transconflict website:
www.transconflict.com/2010/09/the-future-of-bosnia-now-lies-with-bosnians-not-with-outsiders-079
See also the discussion in Depo (newspaper): http://www.depo.ba/front/da-ce-zapaliti-distrikt-brcko
Paradigms of State-Building: Comparing Bosnia and Kosovo
Journal of Eurasian Law 3(3) (2010)
First presented at Columbia University 28 October 2010
Available on SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1680226
Critiques the legal structure of international territorial administration in post-war Bosnia and Kosovo. Draws parallels between the legal structure of the state-building missions in each territory, yet observes that the challenges facing intervention missions in each territory were profoundly different, and seeks to draw lessons from the errors made by the international community in each jurisdiction.
Arbitration in the Western Balkans: The Emerging Commercial Landscape
Pravni Život (Serbian academic legal journal), December 2010
Also presented at the conference of the Kopaonik School of Natural Law, 14 December 2010
Available on SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1685217
The political logic of Balkanisation
Proceedings of the Geneva Security Forum (2011)
Considers the success and failures of secessionist movements around the world, the international law governing state secession, and the political conditions which make secession possible, in the context of state-building missions that seek to hold countries together in the aftermath of civil war.
International courts and the European Legal Order
European Journal of International Law, Vol. 23(1) (2012)
Considers the possibility for conflict between different areas of international law, in particular between EU law and other areas of international law, and reviews the opinion of the European Court of Justice declaring the European Community and Patents Court to be inconsistent with EU law.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1919679
International sanctions and how to evade them
Oil Gas & Energy Law 10th Edition Special Issue, March 2012
http://www.ogel.org/journal-browse-issues-toc.asp?key=48
Analyzes the legal effects of differing regimes of international sanctions, and the ease of evading those sanctions. Includes travel bans, banking bans and export embargoes, principally considered in the context of the 2012 Iran crisis.
Wrongful acts of international organizations: no remedy means no responsibility
International Law Association Committee Report, 18 December 2012
http://ila-americanbranch.org/reports/2012-12-18_ABILA_Parish_Rios.pdf
Considers the obligations under international law of international organizations, and the paucity of remedies available to those adversely affected by their decisions. The article also serves as an introduction to the committee’s work.
Deregulating legal fees
Legal Studies, September 2012 (forthcoming)
Argues that regulators’ schemes for controlling freedom of contract between lawyers and their clients for their fee structures are self-defeating. In particular the prohibition on contingency fees has no sound policy ground save restricting access to justice. Fee regulation is another sort of barrier to entry regulation and promotes cartel practices amongst legal professionals.
Judicial Politics and the Balkan Wars
Foreign Legal Life, Volume 2(2013)
A critical assessment of the decision of the Appellate Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia to overturn the first instance decision convicting the Croatian General Ante Gotovina of war crimes in the course of Operation Storm, expelling Serbs from Krajina, in August 1995.
International law and Great Power Politics
In David Feldman, ed., Law in Politics, Politics in Law (Oxford: Hart), 2013
Considers the relationship between the way international law is developed and adjudicated by international courts, and the relative political strength of the sovereign litigants that international law concerns. Advances the author’s pessimistic constructivism theory of international law.
http://www.hartpub.co.uk/BookDetails.aspx?ISBN=9781849464734
International Law and International Organizations: the Legacy of the Twentieth Century
Право Журнал высшей школы экономики (2014), Vol. 2: 124
(Legal Journal of the Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Explores the rise of international organisations in the political history of the twentieth century, the consequent growth of international law, and the effects of this growth upon international relations, from a constructivist perspective.
Magazines, papers, book reviews
- Litigation in a fairy-tale land
Lovells Client Note June 2002. Discusses cultural, procedural and strategic issues when litigating in the EU courts.
- In Brief magazine
Five articles on the trends in the London legal market in areas as diverse as real estate and international insolvency, in the May–August 2001 editions of the UK professional journal.
- Regionalism and Trade
Conference paper on the political economy of regional trade agreements, presented at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City. Conference on regionalism and public policy, in association with the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 3-5, 2005.
- Une ville libre dans les Balkans
Revue Militaire Suisse, November 2010
Discussion for a military audience of international intervention in post-war Bosnia, and the country’s likely future direction following departure of the robust international presence occupying Bosnia since the end of its war in 1995.
- Book review: Davidson, Dundas and Bartos, The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010
Practitioners’ textbook on the new Scottish arbitration legislation.
Transnational Dispute Management, Vol. 7(2) (July 2010)
- Industry Life after Deepwater Horizon: The new Swiss Arbitration landscape
American Lawyer magazine, September 2010
- Moves towards protectionism: the impact on commodities
HFW Commodities Bulletin, January 2012
http://www.hfw.com/publications/bulletins/commodities-bulletin-january-2012
- Geneva: the new commodities capital?
Global Arbitration Review, 29 February 2012
http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/30208/geneva-new-commodities-capital
- New Horizons in Commodity Trade Finance: Perils or Promise?
HFW Commodities Bulletin, March 2012
http://www.hfw.com/publications/bulletins/commodities-bulletin-march-2012
- Drafting international arbitration clauses
HFW International Arbitration Quarterly, March 2012
http://www.hfw.com/publications/bulletins/international-arbitration-quarterly-march-2012
- Transparency in international arbitration: towards a contemporary paradigm
HFW International Arbitration Quarterly, December 2013
http://www.hfw.com/downloads/HFW-International-Arbitration-Quarterly-December-2013.pdf
Media interviews and editorials
- Glas Srpske (Bosnian daily newspaper), 16 October 2008
http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/2/novosti/12774/cir/Metju-Peris-OHR-treba-da-ide-sto-prije.html
- Glas Srpske, 18 October 2008
- The Bosnian state is collapsing and the West looks away
NRC Handelsblat (Dutch daily newspaper), 18 October 2008
- OHR should close, the sooner the better
Oslobodjenje (Bosnian daily newspaper), 25 October 2008
- Is OHR about to appoint a Brčko Mayor?
Nezavisne Novine (Bosnian daily newspaper), 14 December 2008
http://www.nezavisne.com/kolumne/vijesti/34153/Da-li-ce-OHR-imenovati-gradonacelnika-Brckog.html
- Lajčák resigns: what next for Bosnia?
Oslobodjenje, 31 January 2009
- While the village burns, OHR brushes its hair (on the economic crisis in Bosnia)
Oslobodjenje, 25 July 2009
- Bonus supertax sends the City’s super-rich to Switzerland
Interview, The Sunday Times (UK newspaper), 17 January 2010
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6986976.ece
- Genève, l’autre crise du logement
Interview, Le Temps (Swiss newspaper), 19 February 2010
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/27d3bcf2-1cd5-11df-8db9-e10f27342653/Genève_lautre_crise_du_logement
- Being close to the Balkans
Interview, World Radio Switzerland, 16 March 2010
http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/time_capsule/time-capsule-being-close-to-the-balkans.shtml?18336
- Gregorian’s Departure weakens US interest in Bosnia
Balkan Insight, 31 March 2010
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/gregorian-s-departure-weakens-us-interest-in-bosnia
- Diplomacy Trail: A New Era
Interview, World Radio Switzerland, 1 June 2010
- Kosovo ruling reveals World Court’s Darker Side
Balkan Insight, 28 July 2010
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-ruling-reveals-world-court-s-darker-side
Also published in Belgrade Insight, 30 July 2010
http://belgradeinsight.com/attachment/000001098.pdf
- New powers for EU Bosnia envoy questioned
Interview, Balkan Insight, 28 July 2010
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/new-powers-for-eu-bosnia-envoy-questioned
- Open letter to Ambassador Roderick Moore
Oslobodjenje, 11 September 2010
Discussed by Ivan Lovrenović, Dani, 17 September 2010
http://www.bhdani.com/default.asp?kat=kol&broj_id=692&tekst_rb=1
- US courts chip away at the crumbling edifice of legal immunity
UN Justice, 29 September 2010
http://www.unjustice.org/frontpage16.htm
- The unfortunate case of Dragomir Andan
Nezavisne Novine, 7 October 2010
http://www.nezavisne.com/komentari/kolumne/Nesretni-slucaj-Dragomira-Andana-69813.html
English translation also published:
http://www.transconflict.com/2010/10/bosnia-the-unfortunate-case-of-dragomir-andan-121/
- Tadić and Dodik: Friends in Torment
Balkan Insight, 23 November 2010
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/blog-tadic-and-dodik-friends-in-torment
- The status of Sarajevo – question of all questions in post-Dayton Bosnia
Interview by Dušan Babić, Dani, 25 November 2010
- Richard Holbrooke, Balkan Peacemaker
Obituary, Balkan Insight, 14 December 2010
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/holbrooke
- Dodik’s next move: squeezing Brčko dry
Oslobodjenje, 27 January 2011
http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/index.php?id=12947
Also published (in English) on Transconflict:
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/02/dodiks-next-move-squeezing-brcko-dry-032
And on Peacefare: http://www.peacefare.net/?page_id=1494
And in Bosnia Daily, 3 February 2011
- Floating in a Legal Vacuum
Interview, Staff Union of the European Patent Office, 15 February 2011
http://www.suepo.org/public/news/ex11012cp.pdf
- Croat crisis pushes Bosnia towards endgame
Balkan Insight, 22 March 2011
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/comment-croat-crisis-pushes-bosnia-towards-endgame
Also published on Transconflict:
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/03/croat-crisis-pushes-bosnia-towards-endgame-233
- Court and Prosecutor’s Office Await Inevitable Collapse
Interview, Glas Srpske, 13 April 2011
Also published on Transconflict (in English)
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/04/court-of-bosnia-herzegovina-faces-inevitable-collapse-144
- The elusive pursuit of employees’ rights, FICSA Newsletter, April 2011
Also published in conjunction with the Luxembourg Colloquium on the Evolution of Legal Protection of International and European Civil Servants, 1-2 April 2011
http://www.colloquiumcrp.com/page12.htm
- Alle Wege führen ins Nichts
Interview (status of international organizations), Financial Times Deutschland, p. 20, 5 April 2011
- Court and Prosecutor’s Office Face Inevitable Collapse
Interview, Glas Srpske, 13 April 2010 http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/2/novosti/56231/lat/Metju-Peris-Sud-i-Tuzilastvo-BiH-ceka-neizbjezna-propast.html Also available (in English) at
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/04/court-of-bosnia-herzegovina-faces-inevitable-collapse-144
- Gotovina Judgment and the Politics of International Justice
Balkan Insight, 19 April 2011 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/comment-the-gotovina-judgement-and-the-politics-of-international-justice
Also published on Transconflict:
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/04/ante-gotovina-and-the-politics-of-international-justice-194/
- Inzko’s imprecise threat of sanctions, interview, Glas Srpske, 2 May 2011
http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/2/novosti/57139/lat/Incko-prijeti-nepreciznim-sankcijama.html
- Milorad Dodik and the Politics of Referendum, Transconflict, 16 May 2011
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/05/milorad-dodik-and-the-politics-of-referendum-165
Also published as: A Referendum was Never Dodik’s Real Aim, Balkan Insight, 16 May 2011
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/comment-a-referendum-was-never-dodik-s-real-aim
- The silent passing of Bosnian proconsulship, Balkan Insight, 14 June 2011
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/the-silent-passing-of-europe-s-proconsulship-in-bosnia
Also published on Transconflict:
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/06/the-silent-passing-of-bosnian-proconsulship-136/
Excerpts published, Nezavisne Novine 16 June 2011: http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/bih/Metju-Peris-Medjunarodna-zajednica-mijenja-politiku-prema-BiH-93882.html
Also in Glas Srpske, 15 June 2011: http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/2/novosti/59368/lat/Metju-Peris-Medjunarodna-zajednica-mijenja-politiku-prema-BiH.html
- Kosovo: The Politics of Partition
Transconflict, 8 August 2011
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/08/kosovo-the-politics-of-partition-088/
- Waiting for Godot in Dodik’s Bosnia
Transconflict, 21 September 2011
http://www.transconflict.com/2011/09/waiting-for-godot-in-dodiks-bosnia-219/
Also published in Balkan Insight, 20 September 2001, Serb Machiavelli has Bosnia’s Future in his Hands http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serb-machiavelli-has-bosnia-s-future-in-his-hands
- The Painful Legacy of Brcko’s Imperial Experiment
Balkan Insight, 20 January 2012
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/the-painful-legacy-of-brcko-s-imperial-experiment
- Radio Frontier, 13 October 2011
Geneva lawyer says World Health Organisation could be sunk by legal fees
- Le Matin (Swiss newspaper), 2 November 2011
L’avocat qui veut faire payer l’OMS
http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/l%E2%80%99avocat-qui-veut-faire-payer-l%E2%80%99-oms-2011-11-02
- GHI (Swiss newspaper), 2 November 2011
Nous réclamons 500’000 dollars par employé viré!
http://www.unjustice.org/news79.htm
- World Radio Switzerland, 4 November 2011
“They’re pretending the reason is the strong Swiss franc”
- Swissinfo (English language branch of Swiss national broadcaster), 4 November 2011
WHO faces multi-million franc lawsuits over jobs
- Le Temps (Swiss newspaper), 12 November 2011
À Genève, la doulousreuse réforme de l’OMS
- Radio Frontier, 14 November 2011
WHO job cuts http://www.radiofrontier.ch/features/who/
- La crise touché les négociants de matières premières
Interview, Bilan, 1 February 2012
http://www.bilan.ch/articles/finance/la-crise-touche-les-negociants-de-matieres-premieres
- The West’s Balkan Proconsulships are Doomed to Fail
Balkan Insight, 2 March 2012
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/the-west-s-balkan-proconsulships-are-doomed-to-fail
Also published as: War Crimes and Proconsulship in the Balkans, Transconflict, 8 March 2012
http://www.transconflict.com/2012/03/war-crimes-and-proconsulship-in-the-balkans-083
- Two decades on, Bosnia’s divisions are self-imposed
Balkan Insight, 9 April 2012
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/two-decades-on-bosnia-s-divisions-are-self-imposed
Also published on Transconflict, 10 April 2012, as Reflections on the Siege of Sarajevo
http://www.transconflict.com/2012/04/reflections-on-the-siege-of-sarajevo-104
- International Justice: Progress or Mirage?
Edward Elgar, 10 August 2012
- Depressed West Averts Gaze from Bosnia’s Demise
Balkan Insight, 15 August 2012
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/depressed-west-averts-gaze-from-bosnia-s-demise
Also published as: Bosnia’s ragged demise, Transconflict, 15 August 2012
http://www.transconflict.com/2012/08/bosnias-ragged-demise-158
- Eurozone collapse: the legal consequences
Holman Fenwick Willan client note, 22 October 2012
http://www.hfw.com/publications/client-briefings/eurozone-collapse-the-legal-consequences
- Assessing race and inequality in international development
The Guardian, 28 February 2013
- L’ONU dégraisse dès avril, GHI, 21 March 2013
http://ghi.ch/le-journal/geneve/lonu-degraisse-des-avril
- Bosnian Serb secession: could it ever happen?
University of Texas at Austin Working Paper, 1 April 2013
http://www.transconflict.com/2013/05/bosnian-serb-secession-could-it-ever-happen-075/
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/_files/PDF/Secession%20Paper%20Parrish.pdf
- Investment treaty law and conflicts of laws
Holman Fenwick Willan International Arbitration analysis, April 2013
- International criminal law: justice or mirage?
Recap of comments delivered to UN General Assembly, Transconflict, 2 May 2013
http://www.transconflict.com/2013/05/international-criminal-law-justice-or-mirage-025/
Also reported in Glas Srpske, 3 May 2013
http://www.glassrpske.com/novosti/vijesti_dana/Haski-sud-prkosi-zdravom-razumu/lat/117665.html
- Tales from Herzeg-Bosnia: The trial of the Prlić defendants
Transconflict, 31 May 2013
http://www.transconflict.com/2013/05/tales-from-herzeg-bosna-the-trial-of-the-prlic-defendants-315/
- Egypt’s Democratic Phantasm
Transconflict, 16 July 2013
http://www.transconflict.com/2013/07/egypts-democratic-phantasm-167/
- Syria Disfigured: Options for the West
Transconflict, 27 August 2013
http://www.transconflict.com/2013/08/syria-disfigured-options-west-278/
- Sanctions and the Middle East: the Swiss deviation
Journal of Export Controls and Sanctions, Issue 24 (September 2013)
www.worldecr.com/archives/sanctions-and-the-middle-east-the-swiss-deviation/
- Temperance in the Arab Spring: averting catastrophe through Great Power politics
Transconflict, 25 November 2013
- Internet privacy in the Global Age: Towards a Regime for Transnational Data Protection
2014 International Conference on Information Technology and Management Engineering
26-27 April 2014, Hong Kong
http://www.itme2014.org/pub.htm
- Winners and Losers in the Balkan Wars – lessons for Ukraine and the Levant
Transconflict, 12 May 2014
- Kosovo and Crimea: What’s the Difference?
Transconflict, 2 June 2014
http://www.transconflict.com/2014/06/kosovo-and-crimea-whats-the-difference-026/
- An Enquiry Concerning the Donetsk People’s Republic
Transconflict, 6 June 2014
http://www.transconflict.com/2014/06/enquiry-concerning-donetsk-peoples-republic-066/
- The Bonn Powers, radio documentary, interview, November 2013
http://lleomonica.com/MASTER_ST_RADIO_25_03.mp3
- The Spectre of Nationalism in the Modern Balkans
Transconflict, 3 December 2014
http://www.transconflict.com/2014/12/the-spectre-of-nationalism-in-the-modern-balkans-312/
- Living with the Islamic State
Transconflict, 31 December 2014
http://www.transconflict.com/2014/12/living-with-the-islamic-state-312/
- Fighting Cold War in Russia and Ukraine
Transconflict, 9 January 2015
http://www.transconflict.com/2015/01/fighting-cold-war-russia-ukraine-091/
- Towards Kurdistan Independence
Peacefare, 15 January 2015
http://www.peacefare.net/?p=22136
- Law and Genocide: Lessons from the Balkans
Transconflict, 9 February 2015
http://www.transconflict.com/2015/02/law-and-genocide-lessons-from-the-balkans-092/
- Arbitrators rejoice: the increasingly exorbitant cost of the English Commercial Court
Global Arbitration Review, 6 March 2015
- The new Swiss perspective on international arbitration
Legal Business, March 2015
http://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/flash/lb252_switzerland/#20
- Agreeing to end civil wars: reflections from the Balkans to Ukraine
Transconflict, 15 April 2015
Conference presentations and public speeches
European Parliament, 11 June 2003, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Services of General Interest: The Current Legal Framework and Proposals for Revision
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/20030611/econ/lowell.pdf
- University of Graz, European Academy, 21 February 2008
Federalism in Post-war Bosnia: Why it didn’t work and why it harmed Bosnia’s economy
- Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, 15 January 2009
Ensuring Bosnia’s Future
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1897
- Graduate Institute, Geneva, International Organisations seminar, 19 November 2009
The role of international organisations in peace building: the case of post-war Bosnia
- European Law & Economics Association (ELEA) 2009 Annual Conference, September 2009
Presentation on the economics of differing legal rules for transfer of personal property
- International Law Association Conference: Challenges to Transnational Governance
Fordham Law School, NYC, 22-23 October 2009
Panel Chair: Legal Accountability of International Organizations: Challenges and Reforms
http://ila-americanbranch.org/eventinfo/2009_ILW_Sm_Schedule_Final_spread_8.pdf
- East India Club, London, 10 December 2009, public lecture
Book promotion: A Free City in the Balkans
- Webster University Geneva, seminar on post-conflict peacekeeping, 13 April 2010
Territorial limitations of peacekeeping in post-war Bosnia
- Geneva Global Security Forum, Webster University Geneva, 16 April 2010
Panel speaker on international law and peace-building
http://www.officiersneuchatelois.ch/download/webster_security_forum.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9uknqdI5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrDOlfleuP0
- Friends of Bosnia and Herzegovina (diplomatic working party)
Two Speed Bosnia: Forwards and Back
Turkish Embassy, Washington DC, 30 April 2010
- Rutgers University, Newark NJ, 27 October 2010, public lecture
Catastrophes of State-Building: Learning from the Bosnian Prototype
- Frozen conflicts seminar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, NYC, 28 October 2010
One Size Fits All in International Territorial Administration: Learning from the Bosnia-Kosovo Paradigm
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/events/lecture_series.html?id=balkans
- Columbia University, NYC, 28 October 2010, public lecture
State-Building in Post-war Bosnia: The Legacy of Failure
http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?brand=sipa&id=44856&vt=detail&context=standalone
- European Patent Organisation, Munich, 19 January 2011 (Staff Union invitation)
Law, due process and international organisations
- Humanitarian Space, 16th International Humanitarian Conference
Is state-building a science?
Webster University, UNHCR, ICRC, Geneva International Conference Centre 27/28 January 2011
http://www.webster.edu/depts/artsci/i/pdf/HumConf2011.pdf
- Geneva In-Sight (annual Geneva commodities trading meeting), 15 March 2011
Risky business: legal aspects of commodities trading in emerging markets, and future regulatory challenges www.academyfinance.ch/v2/next_events/GIS-programme.pdf
- British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, annual legal & tax conference, Geneva, 24 March 2011
Moving your business across jurisdictions: challenges and opportunities, Conference co-chair
- Geneva Global Security Forum, Webster University Geneva, 8 April 2011
Air strikes from Bosnia to Kosovo to Libya
http://www.webster.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=784&Itemid=685
- Hart Legal Workshop, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 30 June 2011
Abrogating Westphalia: The Perils of International Territorial Administration
http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/9235
- Society of Legal Scholars annual conference, 6 September 2011
Plenary session: Lawyers and the political: politics, lawmaking and governance
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/cambridge/index.cfm
- American Branch, International Law Association, annual conference, NYC 21 October 2011
Panel chair: The Law of the International Civil Service and National Employment Law
http://ila-americanbranch.org/ILW2011_Schedule.pdf
- Financing Commodity-Based Development in Developing Countries
UNCTAD Global Commodities Forum, 23-24 January 2012
http://www.unctad.info/en/Global-Commodities-Forum-2012/?id=74189
- International Law and the Return of Great Power Politics
Keynote speaker, Conference, Law and the Global World Community
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, 27-28 January 2012
- Refugees in the Balkans: The Lingering Political Landscape
Humanitarian Space Conference, 1-2 March 2012
http://www.webster.ch/about-webster/humanitarian-conference-refugees-armed-conflict
- The role of international arbitration in a new transnational legal order
Keynote speaker, HFW Geneva seminar series / Graduate Institute CTEI Speaker Series, 15 March 2012
http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/ctei/home/events/events_2012/arbitration.html
- International sanctions against Iran and commodities trading
Presentation, Roundtable on UN sanctions against Iran, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 16 March 2012
- The Origins of the Second Great Depression
Opening presentation, British Swiss Chamber of Commerce Legal & Tax Seminar, 28 March 2012
“Capital Flows in an Age of Crisis: Switzerland’s Role in the Changing Global Economy”
http://www.bscc.co.uk/images/stories/Events/ForthcomingEvents/2012-03-28_lt_seminar__3a_.pdf
- Asymmetric investment contracts in the African resource sector
15th African Oil, Gas and Minerals, Trade and Finance Conference (OILGASMINE), 6 April 2012
http://www.ogtfafrica.com/conference.htm
- Security for claims
Holman Fenwick Willan Geneva seminar series, 8 May 2012
http://www.hfw.com/event/security-for-claims-vs-enforcement-of-judgments-and-awards
- Commercial and investment arbitration in Switzerland and beyond
Panel speaker, St Petersburg International Legal Forum, Russian Federation, 18 May 2012
- The politics of judicial reasoning in the English and American common laws
Keynote speaker, seminar, Differences in legal argumentation between English and continental lawyers
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, 19 May 2012
- Bosnia’s Disintegration: Could we Have Avoided It?
Webster University Geneva Human Rights Lecture Series, 30 August 2012
- Conflict borders: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Brčko
European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany, 10 September 2012
http://www.ecmi.de/trainings/summer-school / http://www.nmbr.de
- Legal risks in up-stream commodities and trading in the African continent
Seizing Africa’s Business Opportunities, Conference, Geneva, 19-21 September 2012
http://www.febp.ch/febp/event/registration/seizing-africa-business-opportunities
- Litigation and dispute resolution: methods of attacking offshore structures, and tactics for defence
Bosco conference: International Tax Effective Structures, Riga, 28 September 2012 (Conference co-chair)
- Dealing with defaulting counterparties, security and insurance
Conference: Innovation in International Trade, Hotel Beau Rivage Palace, 3 October 2012
- Defaulting counterparties and how to deal with them
Legal Aspects of grain trade in the Middle East countries, VII International Grain Trading Conference of the Russian Grain Union, 18 October 2012, Sharm-El-Sheikh
http://www.grun.ru/en/events/detail.php?SECTION_ID=235&ID=2460&type=PROGRAMM
- The Eurozone Crisis and the Impact of State Bankruptcy
Fédération des Entreprises Romandes, Geneva, 22 October 2012
http://www.hfw.com/event/the-eurozone-crisis-and-the-impact-of-state-bankruptcy-seminar
- Arbitrator neutrality: A legal fiction, but is it an efficient one?
Brunel University Law School visiting lecture series, 7 November 2012
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/law/research/events/cipl-seminar-series/ne_238619
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/law/news-and-events/news/CIPL/ne_252094
- UK anti-corruption legislation: the new framework
HFW seminar in conjunction with Janković Popović & Mitić law firm, Belgrade, 8 November 2012
http://www.jpm.rs/page.php?id=337
- Partition of Bosnia – When, How and What Response?
Secession Redux: Lessons for the EU, University of Texas at Austin, 1 March 2013
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/features/_features/Secession.php
- Defaulting counterparties: How do deal with them? What do you do if you are one?
Lugano Commodity Forum, 5-6 March 2013
http://luganocommodityforum.ch/en/?page_id=30
- The role of international criminal justice in reconciliation
Moderator and speaker, debate before the UN General Assembly, 10 April 2013
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/ga11355.doc.htm
http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/67/issues/icj/icj_index.shtml
- Anti-realism and international law
Keynote speaker, Philosophy and Contemporary International Law, St Petersburg State University, 13 May 2013
http://ns.philosophy.spbu.ru/eng.html
- How to freeze a Swiss bank account
HFW seminar series, Geneva 23 May 2013
http://www.hfw.com/HFW-Seminar-How-to-Freeze-a-Swiss-Bank-Account-May-2013
- Arbitrator Independence and Impartiality
Panel Chair, CIArb European Branch Annual Dispute Resolution Conference, Istanbul 19 October 2013
http://www.ciarb.org/young-members/events/2013-annual-conference—istanbul/
- The impact of EU and US export controls and sanctions legislation on (1) EU businesses and (2) non-EU businesses
Chair of two discussion panels, WorldECR Export Controls and Sanctions Forum, 14-15 November 2013
http://www.worldecr.com/conference/
- Cross-border commerce in the global electronic age: the new regulatory landscape
eCom21 Riga International Forum, 21-22 November 2013
http://ecom.dev-point.org/about/
- Obtaining Security for Claims
Commodities Traders Alumni Conference, 28 November 2013
- Towards a legal regime for transparency in energy commodity prices: can it and should it be done?
Fall Conference of the International Relations Program of Webster University, Geneva
National Energy Policies and International Cooperation, 29 November 2013
http://www.webster.ch/international-relations/14th-fall-ir-conference
- International arbitration between Russian businesses
- Asset-tracing and piercing the corporate veil
- How to choose your law firm
“Russian Banks in Europe – Specifics of Conducting Business”
Three speeches at a conference hosted by l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, Nice, France, 21-24 January 2014
- Shifting moods in the Boardroom: reflections from the bowels of the legal profession
Accenture conference with the British Film Institute, London, 13 February 2014
- Lessons learned from the Dayton Peace Accords
19th International Humanitarian Conference: Conflict Resolution, Webster University Geneva, 13 February 2014
http://www.webster.ch/sites/www.webster.ch/files/19HC%20Program%202014-01-29.pdf
- OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Plan: How it is Affecting Tax Planning Strategies
The Upcoming Corporate Tax Reform in Switzerland: Analysis of Changes
INTAX Info Russia, 23-23 September 2014, Moscow, Russia
http://intax-group.com/en/conferences/intax-expo-russia/schedule.html
- Maximising benefits of investments: policy dialogues
OilGasMine Special Event Africa, UNCTAD World Investment Forum, Geneva 13-16 October 2014
- Russia: death of a market?
10th Annual Structured Commodity Finance Conference 2015, London, 10-12 March 2015
- Corporate tax reform in Switzerland
Intax Expo Middle East, Dubai, 16-17 March 2015
http://intax-group.com/en/conferences/intax-expo-middle-east/speakers.html