Petros C. Mavroidis is Professor of European Union Law and World Trade Organization (WTO) Law at the University of Neuchâtel and at Columbia Law School, New York. Previously, he was Chair for Global and Regional Economic Law at European University Institute, Florence. He also served as a member of the Legal Affairs Division at the WTO. He is chief co-rapporteur at the American Law Institute (ALI) for the project "Principles Of International Trade Law: The WTO" and rapporteur for the ILA (International Trade Law Committee).

Personal

Birthplace : Thessaloniki, Greece

Date of birth : 19 October 1959

Education

• 1991: Ph.D in Law; University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• The EC "New Instrument of Commercial Policy and the US Section 301: their Compatibility with the GATT Rules and Public International Law" (in German).
• 1986: LL.M in Law; University of California at Berkeley.
• Title of LLM thesis: "The International Law Compensation For Expropriation Standard: Sources of law".
• 1984: LL.M in EC Law; Institut d'Etudes Europeénnes. (I.E.E), U.L.B, Brussels.
• 1982: LL.B in Law; University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law and Economic Science.

Work experience

• 2023 – present: Panelist in first ever CPTPP dispute Canada – Dairy Tariff Rate Quotas under CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership).
• 2020 – present: Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (AAA).
• 2009 - present: WTO, Legal Advisor for Developing Countries, WTO, under Article 27.2 DSU: advisor on dispute settlement cases with developing countries’ participation.
• 2011 – 2017: Professor of Law at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence (on leave from Columbia University).
• 2007-Present: Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
• 2003 - Present: Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign And Comparative Law, Colombia Law School, New York.
• 1996-Present : Professor of Law, University of Neuchâtel.
• 2009 (fall) : International Franqui Chair, Katalieke Universiteit van Leuven, Belgium.
• 2008-2019: Member, Commission on Financial Fair Play, UEFA.
• 2003 (fall semester): Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.
• 2003 Spring Semester: Visiting Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France.
• 1998-2002: Visiting Professor, Columbia University, School of Law, New York.
• 1999-2000: European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy. Chair for EC Competition Law (joint appointment at the Law Faculty and the Robert Schuman Centre).
• 1999 Spring Semester: Université de Fribourg, Visiting Professor for Int. Economic Law.
• 1999 - Present: Chargé de cours, Institut d'Etudes Européennes, ULB, Brussels, Belgium (I co.-teach with André Sapir a course on the Law and Economics of the WTO).
• 1996 Oct.- Present: Legal Advisor to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Technical Cooperation Division: my task is essentially to assist developing countries in WTO dispute settlement proceedings (4 days/month).
• July-August 1994: OECD/DAFFEE. Advisor on Trade and Competition.
• 1992-1996: WTO, Legal Affairs Division.
• 1991-1992: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Visiting Scholar.
• 1988-1990: Max-Planck-Institut für Völkerrecht, Verfassungsrecht und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, Heidelberg, Germany.
• 1987-1988: Ministry of Trade, Greece; Expert on EC and GATT law.
• 1986-1987: Damaskindis & Lefkaritis Law Firm, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1983-1984: EC Commission, Legal Service. Intern in the Department of External Relations.

Honours

Doctor Honoris Causa

Honorary Doctor of Laws: University of Antwerpen (Anvers), Belgium, 2013.

Honorary Doctor of Laws: Gothenburg University, Sweden, 2010.

Awards

American Society of International Law (ASIL) ‘Certificate of Merit for a Work in a Specialized Area of Law’ for the monograph ‘The Regulation of International Trade’, vols. 1 and 2, MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017.

American Society of International Law (ASIL) ‘Certificate of Merit for a Work in a Specialized Area of Law’ for the monograph ‘Trade in Goods’, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2013.

International Franqui Medal (and Chair): University of Leuven, Belgium, 2009.

American Society of International Law (ASIL) ‘Award of Highest Technical Craftsmanship’ for The WTO Law, Practice and Policy (co-authored with Mitsuo Matsushita, and Thomas J. Schonbaum), Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2005.

Ongoing research grant:

Chazen Institute for Global Business, Columbia University, New York City; APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation), Singapore; EUI (European University Institute), Global Governance Centre, Florence, Italy:

The Future of Multilateral Integration, with Bernard M. Hoekman, Douglas R. Nelson, and Michele Ruta, 2022-2024.

• Droit de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC)
• Droit des Relations Extérieures de l’Union Européenne

• Liste des publications