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Dr. Loukas Mistelis

Loukas Mistelis is the Clive Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration and the Director of the School of International Arbitration at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. He teaches on the University of London LLM program the courses in International Trade & Investment Dispute Settlement, International Commercial Law, International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration and International Commercial Litigation. He is also the Secretary of the CISG-AC (Advisory Council of the UN Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods www.cisg-ac.org) and the coordinator of the Queen Mary Case Translation Program for the award winning Database: www.cisg.law.pace.edu. He has been listed as one of the “leading lights in international arbitration”, 45 under 45, amongst the top 15 highlighted members of the list, and one of the 25 academics (the only in England and the youngest overall) listed in the International Who’s Who in Commercial Arbitration (2007). His publications (in English, German, Greek and Russian) include the books Charakterisierungen und Qualifikation im IPR. Zur Lehre einer parteispezifischen Qualifikation im Kollisionsrecht der privaten Wirtschaft (1999); Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law (2001); Comparative International Commercial Arbitration (2003); Commercial Law: Perspectives and Practice (2006); Pervasive Issues in International Arbitration (2006); Arbitration Insights (2006). He is also member of the Editorial Board of Arbitration International and of Global Arbitration Review. LL.B. (Hons) (University of Athens, Greece, 1991); Certificate in International & Comparative Human Rights (IIHR, Strasbourg, 1990); M.L.E. (magna cum laude, 1992), Dr. iuris (summa cum laude) (Law School, Hanover, Germany, 1998); Certificate in Japanese International Trade Law (Law School, Keio University, Tokyo, 1998); 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.