Peter J. Behrens

Visiting professor, European Legal Studies Department

Professor of Law emeritus, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Managing Director of the Institute for Integration Research of the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, Of Counsel at Brödermann & Jahn, Hamburg

EDUCATION:               

1960-1965: Legal studies at the Universities of Hamburg, Lausanne (Switzerland), Freiburg and Berlin

1965: First Law Degree: Referendar (Hamburg)

1966-1970: Practical Training (Court of Appeals of Hamburg)

1970: Second Law Degree: Assessor (Hamburg)

1970: Doctor iuris (University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law)

1970-1971: Postgraduate Legal Studies at New York University School of Law (New York), Degree: Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.)

1984: Ph.D. (Habilitation) in Law (University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORD

1971-1984: Senior member of the research staff of the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and Private International Law, Hamburg (Head of the French Law Department)

1984-2005: Professor of Law, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law

Visiting Professorships: University of Chicago Law School (1984); University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor/USA (academic year 1986/87), Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1995);

External Faculty Member: Legal Studies Department of the Central European University, Budapest (since 1992); Executive Master of Business Law Program at the University of St. Gallen (since 1995); LL.M. in International Business Law Program at the University of Zürich (since 1997); College of Europe, Bruges/Belgium (since 2001); Company Law Program at the University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz (since 2006).

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

- Research experience: mainly in the fields of Private and Public International Law, International Economic Law relating to trade and direct investment, European Community Law, International and Comparative Company Law, Antitrust Law and Financial Market Regulation, Legal Problems of Transition Economies in Central and Eastern Europe, Economic Theory of Law

- Teaching experience: in Germany, the U.S., Central Europe, and Israel (mainly in the fields of research indicated above)

- Experience as legal expert in court proceedings: mainly in the fields of Private and Public International Law, International Economic Law relating to trade and direct investment, European Community Law, French and US Company Law

- Experience as legal consultant for the German Government, in particular for the GTZ (German Development Agency), for the OECD, for the EAC (East African Community), and for private law firms, mainly in the fields of International Economic Law relating to trade and direct investment, European Community Law, Legal Modernization in Transformation Economies in Central Europe, Company Law and Competition Law

- Experience related to international investment arbitration: Counselor and arbitrator in international investment arbitration proceedings

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

American Society of International Law,  German Society of Public International Law, German Society of Comparative Law, German-American Lawyers Association, (International) Academic Society of Antitrust Law.

PUBLICATIONS

Numerous books and law review articles (mostly in German or English, some in French) in the fields of Private and Public International Law, International Economic Law relating to trade and direct investment, European Community Law, International and Comparative Company Law and Antitrust Law.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:   German, English, French

See for more details:

“Who’s Who in Public International Law”, Crestwall Ltd., Cambridge / UK, 2007.