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Email markus.burgstaller@hoganlovells.com
Phone +44 20 7296 2000
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LanguagesEnglish, German
"Has very good commercial acumen, is very attentive to detail and never neglects the importance of tactical steps"
Legal 500, 2019 (Public International Law)
Markus Burgstaller combines experience in public international law and EU law at the highest level of government with many years of experience in private practice. He acts for States, international organisations, businesses, and individuals in international disputes, mainly arbitrations under ICSID and UNCITRAL rules, and in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). He is nominated to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Austrian Government.
Markus was lead counsel for the Slovak Republic in the Achmea case before the CJEU in which the CJEU ruled that EU law precludes a provision in an international agreement concluded between EU Member States that provides for investor-State arbitration. For his work Markus received the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers award for innovation in legal expertise – dispute resolution, the award for "Most Important Decision" by Global Arbitration Review and was named "Lawyer of the Week" by The Times.
Recognized as a leading individual in public international law in the UK and globally, Markus guest lectures at universities such as the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Humboldt University in Berlin. Markus is frequently interviewed and published in international media such as the Financial Times, The Economist, The Times, the BBC, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Arbitration
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Chambers UK
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Public International Law
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Education
PhD in Public International Law, Dr.iur., University of Vienna, 2001
Master of Philosophy, Mag. phil., University of Vienna, 2001
Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University, 2001
Master of Laws, Mag.iur., University of Vienna, 1998
Memberships
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
International Law Association
European Society of International Law
Bar admissions and qualifications
New York
Court admissions
Senior Courts of England and Wales
Acting for the Slovak Republic in proceedings to set aside an award under a Bilateral Investment Treaty before the German courts and the European Court of Justice.
Acting for a Belgian investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Turkey under a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Acting for a Turkish investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Azerbaijan under a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Acting for a Dutch investor in an ICSID arbitration against North Macedonia under a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Acting for an investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the Kyrgyz Republic under the Kyrgyz Foreign Investment Law.
Acting for the Republic of India in an UNCITRAL arbitration under a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Acting for the Republic of Vietnam in two separate UNCITRAL arbitrations under a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Acting for the Republic of Vietnam in an UNCITRAL arbitration under the investment chapter of a Bilateral Trade Agreement.
Acting for Mongolia in an UNCITRAL arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty and the Mongolian Foreign Investment Law.
Acting for Austrian investors in a proceeding to set aside an investment arbitration award before the Dutch courts.
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