Hampshire Residences

MARKUS A. PETSCHE Hampshire Residences Tower B Unit 09-05 2 Persiaran Hampshire 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel.: +6017-301-0873 Email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Sorbonne Assas International Law School Asia, Singapore Adjunct Professor of Law, January 2012 to present Taught International Arbitration and International Contracts on the LL.M. in International Business Law program.

Singapore Management University, School of Law, Singapore Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, January 2012 to present Taught Comparative Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Disputes on the LL.M. in Dispute Resolution program.

University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom & Taylor’s University, Law School, Subang Jaya, Malaysia Senior Lecturer, October 2009 to present Taught public international law and international human rights to 2nd year law students on the University of Reading’s external LL.B. program in Malaysia. Acted as tutor to selected students. Supervised the editing and publication of the student-run biannual “Lexicon”. Designed course contents and materials for new LL.M. program in International Business and Trade Law.

University of Paris X Nanterre, Law Faculty, Paris, France Lecturer (part-time), October 2001 to June 2002, February 2003 to June 2003 Conducted weekly seminars with several groups of 2nd year students in the fields of contract and tort law. Graded final exams.

LEGAL EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, New York, New York Master of Laws (LL.M.) in General Studies, May 2005

European University Institute (EUI), Law Department, Florence, Italy Ph.D., October 2004 Thesis title: The Growing Autonomy of International Commercial Arbitration. Honors: Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Science Scholarship (September 2000 to August 2002); European Union Scholarship (September 2002 to August 2003)

Paris Bar School (Ecole de Formation du Barreau), Paris, France Bar Exam (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat or CAPA), December 2002

1 University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Law Faculty, Paris, France Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (graduate law degree) in Private International Law and International Business Law, with honors, June 2000 Maîtrise en Droit (four year law degree), with honors, June 1999

PUBLICATIONS

A Critique of the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens (work in progress)

What’s Wrong with Forum Shopping? An Attempt to Identify and Assess the Real Issues of a Controversial Practice (forthcoming in The International Lawyer)

Jus Cogens as a Vision of the International Legal Order, 29 PENN ST. INT’L L. REV. 233 (2010)

International Commercial Arbitration and the Transformation of the Conflict of Laws Theory, 18 MICH. ST. J. INT’L L. 453 (2010)

L’autonomie de l’arbitrage commercial international et le contrôle de conformité des sentences arbitrales à l’ordre public, 3 CAHIERS DE L’ARBITRAGE 11 (2006)

The language of the Arbitration: Reflections on the Selection of Arbitrators and Procedural Efficiency, ICC BULLETIN, Vol. 17, No. 1, at 33 (2006) (co-author)

THE GROWING AUTONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, 2005

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Gide Loyrette Nouel, International Arbitration Department, Paris, France Associate, October 2005 to October 2008 Represented governments and corporate clients in international investment and commercial arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (ICC, ICSID). Drafted submissions, handled day-to-day case management and conducted oral hearings. Acted as administrative Secretary in several international arbitration cases.

International Chamber of Commerce, Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France Assistant Counsel, April 2003 to August 2004 Supervised approximately two hundred international arbitration cases. Advised arbitrators and party-counsel with regard to the application of the ICC Rules of Arbitration. Drafted decisions of the Court on a variety of procedural aspects. Scrutinized arbitration awards submitted to the Secretariat. Participated in the Court’s weekly sessions.

LANGUAGES German (native speaker), English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (fluent)

BAR ADMISSIONS Paris, December 2002 (CAPA)