The effect of investment treaty arbitration on WTO dispute settlement: Tobacco plain packaging disputes and beyond

Dr Anastasios Gourgourinis is Lecturer in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in international economic law. He currently serves as Special Legal Advisor for Strategic and Private Investments at the Hellenic Ministry of Development and Competitiveness, and is also a Research Fellow at the Academy of Athens. He is an advocate with the Athens Bar in Greece.

The Public International Law Discussion Group at the University of Oxford is a key focal point for PIL@Oxford. The PIL Discussion Group hosts a weekly speaker event and light lunch at All Souls College, Oxford. In Trinity Term Week ONE the event will be held in The Cube, Law Faculty. Topics involve contemporary and challenging issues in international law. Speakers include distinguished international law practitioners, academics, and legal advisers from around the world. The discussion group's meetings are part of the programme of the British Branch of the International Law Association and are supported by the Law Faculty and Oxford University Press. The group typically meets each Thursday during Oxford terms in The Old Library in All Souls College, with lunch commencing at 12:30. The speaker will commence at 12:45 and speak for about forty minutes, allowing about twenty five minutes for questions and discussion. The meeting should conclude before 2:00. Practitioners, academics and students from within and outside the University of Oxford are all welcome. No RSVP is necessary. Join the PIL Email List to receive information about the PIL Discussion Group meetings, as well as other PIL@Oxford news. Most of the seminars are available as podcasts.