Professor Rudolf Dolzer

Main areas of expertise:

  • Energy Matters
  • Commercial International Arbitration
  • International Investment Law
  • Oil and Gas

Academic Background:

Doctor of Law, University of Heidelberg, 1971

Doctor of Law at Harvard Law School, 1975 -1977

Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law (emphasis on international economic and environmental law), 1977 – 1989

Appointed as Professor of Law, University of Heidelberg, 1986

Yale Law School, Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Fall Term 2004

Memberships:

Member of Directorate, German Society for Foreign Policy – Since July 1996

Member, Argentinean Academy for Social Sciences and Law – Since 2004

Member, Advisory Board, Foundation for International Cultural Diplomacy – Since March 2007

Member, Educational Board, Association of Independent Petroleum Negotiators – Since 2011

Additional Information:

Director General, Office of the Federal Chancellor, Bonn, March 1992 – March 1996

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Cross of Merit), September 2010