Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, LLB (Athens) LLM (London) PhD (London)
Senior Lecturer in International Dispute Resolution
Location: Lincoln's Inn Fields
email: s.brekoulakis@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7882 8215
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 8101
Stavros Brekoulakis lectures at Queen Mary, University London on the LLM course of International Comparative and Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Construction, International Commercial Litigation and Conflict of Laws. He is also the Director of Research at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (since 2010) and academic director of the Diploma Course (taught by distance learning) in International Arbitration.
He is a member of the Athens Bar having practiced shipping law and dispute resolution.
His academic research focuses on international commercial arbitration, conflict of laws, multiparty and complex dispute resolution, issues on jurisdiction of tribunals and national courts, enforcement of awards and national judgments, public policy, transnational law, investment law and human rights.
Publications:
Dr Stavros Brekoulakis' CV [PDF 206kb]
Selected Publications
Books / Edited Collections
- “International Arbitration and Third Parties” (OUP 2010) - Monograph
- “Arbitrability: International and Comparative Perspectives”, (Kluwer 2009), co-author and co-editor with L.Mistelis
Articles in referred journals/Chapters in edited collections
- Author, “Conflict of Jurisdictions in Arbitration: the (diminishing) relevance of the Lex Loci Arbitri”, in F. Ferrari and S. Kroell (eds), Conflict of Laws and Arbitration, (Sellier 2010)
- “The Relevance Of The Interests Of the Third Parties In Arbitration: Taking A Closer Look At The Elephant In The Room”, 113 Penn. St. L. Rev, (Summer 2009) pp. 1165-1187.
- “The Negative Effect of Compétence-Compétence: The Verdict has to be Negative”, Austrian Arbitration Yearbook (2009), pp. 237-258 SSRN
- “On Arbitrability: Persisting Misconceptions and New Areas of Concern” essay in edited collection, Arbitrability: International and Comparative Perspectives, (Kluwer 2009) pp.19-45. SSRN
- “Law Applicable to Arbitrability: Revisiting the Revisited lex fori”, essay in edited collection, Arbitrability: International and Comparative Perspectives, (Kluwer 2009) pp.101-121. SSRN
- “Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Observations on the Efficiency of the Current System and the Gradual Development of Alternative Means of Enforcement”, 19 (3-4) American Review of International Arbitration (Columbia University) (2008), pp. 415-446.
- “The Notion of Superiority of Arbitration Agreements over Jurisdiction Agreements: Time to Abandon It” (2007) 24(4) J. Int’l Arb. (pp341–363)
- “The Effect of an Arbitral Award and Third Parties in International Arbitration: Res Judicata Revisited”, (2005) 16(1), Amer. Rev. Int’l. Arb. (pp177-209)
Supervision:
Current PhD students
- R Lanctot: Law Applicable to Tribunal Jurisdiction in International Arbitration (2nd supervisor)
- A Gomez-Acebo: The Party-Appointed Arbitrator (2nd supervisor)
- Ms Margaret Devaney: Investment Arbitration and Human Rights (acting as 1st Supervisor).