Dr Federico Ortino
Contact details
Email: federico.ortino@kcl.ac.uk
Room: SW3.11
Biography
Dr Federico Ortino is Reader in International Economic Law in the School of Law at King’s College London. He joined King’s in 2007. He is a member of the ILA Committee on International Trade Law and co-rapporteur to the ILA Committee on the Law of Foreign Investment; founding Committee Member of the Society of International Economic Law; consultative member of the Investment Treaty Forum; editorial board member of the Journal of International Economic Law; Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy, InvestmentClaims.com, Transnational Dispute Management.
Previously, Director, Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London (2005-2007); Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Florence and Trento (2002-2007); Emile Noël Fellow and Fulbright Scholar at the NYU Jean Monnet Center in New York (2004); Legal Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Division on Investment and Enterprises (2003). He is a qualified attorney in Italy and in the state of New York. He holds: LLB, University of Florence; LLM, Georgetown University Law Center; PhD, European University Institute.
Dr Ortino is also the School’s Innovation Fellow; the post focuses on fostering dialogue between the School’s academics and external organisations to create opportunities for the translation and application of the School’s research.
Research
Dr Ortino’s research centres on international economic law focusing in particular on WTO law, international investment law and arbitration and EU internal market law. In previous writing, he has addressed principles such as non-discrimination, reasonableness, and proportionality employed in various legal systems as instruments for international economic governance. He has recently focused on the regulation of trade in services within the WTO and in regional trade agreements. His current research is concerned with the legitimacy challenges faced by the emerging system of international investment law.
Publications
Monograph
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Basic Legal Instruments for the Liberalisation of Trade: a Comparative Analysis of EC and WTO Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2004)
Edited books
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Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law (eds.) (Oxford, OUP, 2008) (co-edited with P Muchlinski & C Schreuer)
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Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System (eds.) (Oxford, OUP, 2006) (co-edited with L Bartels)
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WTO Dispute Settlement System: 1995-2003 (eds.) (The Hague, Kluwer, 2004) (co-edited with EU Petersmann)
Articles
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"Legal Reasoning of International Investment Tribunals: A Typology of Egregious Failures" in Journal of International Dispute Settlement (2012 3: 25-46)
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“Treaty Interpretation and the WTO Appellate Body Report in US – Gambling: A Critique” in 9 Journal of International Economic Law (1, 2006)
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“The Social Dimension of International Investment Agreements: Drafting a New BIT/MIT Model?” in 7 International Law FORUM du droit international (4, 2005)
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“From Non-Discrimination to Reasonableness: A Paradigm Shift in International Economic Law?”, Jean Monnet Working Papers (1, 2005)
Contributions to edited collections
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“GATT”, in D Bethlehem, D McRae, R Neufeld & I Van Damme (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law (Oxford, OUP, 2009)
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“Legal Aspects of FTAs: Services” in S Lester & B Mercurio (eds.) A Comparative Analysis Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary, Analysis and Case Studies – Book 1 (Cambridge, CUP, 2009)
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“The Principle of Non-discrimination and its Exceptions in GATS: Selected Legal Issues” in M Andenas & K Alexander (eds.) The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services (Brill/Nijhof, 2008)
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“International Agreements Covering Foreign Investment in Services: Patterns and Linkages” in L Bartels & F Ortino (eds) Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System (Oxford, OUP, 2006) (co-author Audley Sheppard)
PhD students & topics
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"A comparative Study of Methods for the Valuation of Damages and Compensation in International Investment Arbitration" Grigore Octav Stan (MPhil)
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"Confidentiality in Arbitration: A Comparative Study" Mariam El-Awa
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"India's International Investment Agreements and Regulatory Discretion" Prabhash Ranjan
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"Sustainability and Biofuels: Reconciling social and environmental criteria with international trade law" Emily Lydgate
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"The Role of Arbitration in Redressing Power Imbalances in Foreign Investment Disputes" Shokouh Hossein Abadi
Teaching
Undergraduate
Principles of International Trade Law (EU & WTO)
World Trade Law (Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London)
Graduate
International Investment Law
World Trade Law