Greg Lourie

Academic EDUCATION

04/2016 – 12/2015 Goethe University, Frankfurt – Ph.D. candidate

Research areas: Public International Law, Interpretation of Investment

Agreements; Investor-State Arbitration, State-to-state Arbitration

Ph.D. supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann

09/2011 – 09/2013 Goethe University, Frankfurt – Specialization Studies

Majors: Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Antitrust Law

Thesis topic “The Rights of Action of Investors and States under Bilateral

Investment Treaties”, top 5% of class

09/2005 – 08/2011 Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

Major: Law

Graduated with distinction, top 8% of class

WORK EXPERIENCE

07/2015 – 07/2017 Higher Regional Court, Frankfurt – Law Clerk

Mandatory Clerkship for German Bar Admission,

Stages in Frankfurt am Main and Washington D.C.

08/2013 – present Goethe University Frankfurt am Main – Teaching Assistant

Teaching of Investment Arbitration and Public International Law,

Organization of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court.

05/2012 – present WilmerHale LLP, Frankfurt / London – Research Associate

Comprehensive work on commercial and investment arbitration

Disputes for the International Arbitration Group, drafting

submissions, witness and expert preparation, participation in the oral

hearings.

03/2008 – 03/2012 Deutsche Bank Group, Frankfurt – Presentation Services Agent

Providing research and support for the for the investment banking

division of Deutsche Bank Group, creation and supervision of

presentations for ECM & GIB divisions

07/2010 – 09/2010 Kallenberg, Knaupe, Karthein & Tews, Mainz – Legal Intern

Research assistance for tenancy law; sale of goods law

08/2007 – 10/2007 Büsing, Müffelmann & Theye, Frankfurt – Legal Intern

Research assistance for tenancy law; tax law

08/2006 – 09/2006 District Court of Stuttgart – Legal Intern

ACHIEVEMENTS

03/2013 Werner Melis Award for best Respondent Memorandum

(Honorable Mention)

03/2009 Best European Team Award; Quarter-Finalist

Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court

LANGUAGES

German Native speaker

Russian Native speaker

English Fluent, written and spoken

French Basic knowledge

Spanish Basic Knowledge

PUBLICATIONS

• Diplomatic Protection Under the State-to-State Arbitration Clauses of Investment Treaties, in:

AUSTRIAN YEARBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (Klausegger et al., eds., 2015)

• Investitionsschutzverträge in Zeiten der Abkehr vom völkervertragsrechtlichen Investitionsschutz, in:

VERSICHERUNGSMECHANISMEN IM RECHT (Behme/Fries/Stark, eds., 2016)

• Interpretation of Investment Agreements: A new Concept for the Interpretation of Investment

Agreements through Amicable Means and State-to-State Arbitration (Ph.D. thesis, forthcoming 2016)

• The Role of International Agreements for Commercial Law (Conference Proceedings for the 17th

Postgraduate Conference in International Law, Editor, forthcoming 2017)

• Setting-Aside an Arbitral Award in Civil Law Jurisdictions – An Austrian and German Perspective, in: CZECH & CENTRAL EUROPE YEARBOOK OF ARBITRATION 2018 (with Dr. Michael Nueber, forthcoming 2018)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

01/2016 – today Member of the Academic Council

Belarusian International Law & Arbitration Association (BILA)

08/2013 – 03/2015 Moot Court Coaching

Coaching of the University of Frankfurt Team for the Frankfurt

Investment Arbitration Moot Court

06/2012 – 06/2013 Vice President – Frankfurt Moot Alumni Association (FMAA e.V.)

Responsible for coaching and administrative supervision of the Team of

the University of Frankfurt for the Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2012/2013

June 1, 2016 Frankfurt, Germany