Academic address:
Director, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Vienna since 1993-2017
Biography
Employment and teaching
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Secretary, UNCITRAL and Chief, UN International Trade Law Branch 1985-1991
- Senior Legal Officer, 1975-1985
- New York, 1975-1979
- Vienna, 1979-1991
- Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law since 1992, Emeritus since 1999
- Professor of Law, University of Iowa, 1961-1974
- Visiting Professor of Law, Northwestern University, 1964-1965
- Fordham University, 1991-1992
- Consultant, UNCTAD, International Dispute Resolution Project, 2003
Education
- B.S. Northwestern University 1953
- J.D. University of Michigan 1956
- M.A. Georgetown University 1960
- M.Comp.L. University of Chicago 1961
- D.Comp.L. University of Chicago 1972
Member
- Austrian Arbitration Association
- CISG – Advisory Council
- International Arbitration Institute
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Panel of Arbitrators
Awards
- American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, Special Commendation
- New York State Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, Special Award for Distinction in International Law and Affairs
- Vienna, Silbernes Ehrenzeichen des Landes Wien
Publications
- General Editor, International Commercial Arbitration (Oceana Publications, Inc., Dobbs Ferry)
- Community Law in the French Courts: The Law of Treaties in Modern Attire (Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague)
- Numerous articles in various legal publications