Professor Freya Baetens is a Special Counsel at Fietta LLP focusing on state-state disputes as well as investor-State arbitration. Previously as an independent practitioner and Member of the Brussels Bar, she represented and advised international and regional organisations (including EU Commission and Parliament; multilateral development banks), state and local governments, and private clients (corporations, NGOs and individuals) in negotiations and before domestic, EU and international courts and tribunals.
She is also a Full Professor of Public International Law, Research Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub and GIC+ Project Director at the University of Oxford and holds the Chair in EU External Economic Law within the Europa Institute at the University of Leiden.
Her work has related to matters including but not limited to interaction between EU and international law, law of treaties, responsibility of states and international organisations, privileges and immunities, human rights, investment law, territorial and maritime boundaries, law of the sea, WTO law, natural resources law, sustainable development.
She is listed on the EU Roster of Arbitrators and Trade & Sustainable Development (TSD) experts, the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration), the Xi’An Arbitration Commission, and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).
She holds a Cand. Jur./ Lic.Jur. (LL.B./LL.M. equivalent) from the University of Ghent, an LL.M. from the University of Columbia, a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Cambridge, and an M.A. in Law (by Resolution) and a D.Phil. in Law (by Incorporation) from the University of Oxford.
Freya’s full curriculum vitae is available here.