Sebastian Wuschka

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Contact Details
First Name
Sebastian
Firm
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Position
Of Counsel
Area of Specialisation / Arbitration Experience
Commercial Arbitration, Investment Dispute, Power / Energy
Address
Gänsemarkt 45
20354 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail
sebastian.wuschka@luther-lawfirm.com
Phone
+49(0)401806712944
Website
https://www.luther-lawfirm.com/team/team/sebastian-wuschka-llm-geneva-mids
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianwuschka
Languages
English, German, French, Dutch
Nationality
Germany
Membership Status
YAAP
Professional Details
Education

Sebastian Wuschka studied law in Bochum (Dipl. Jur., 2012) and Geneva (MIDS LL.M., 2014) and holds certificates in both private and public international law from The Hague Academy of International Law (2014 and 2017). During his bar qualification period with the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, he inter alia worked on international law and EU law matters at Germany’s Hamburg-based Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, on human rights law questions relating to mineral supply chains at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Bonn and with the international arbitration practice of a renowned US law firm in Washington, D.C.

 

Publications

Most recently: 

▪ EU Law and Investment Arbitration: Of Cooperation, Conflict and the EU Legal Order’s Autonomy (co-authored with Dr Richard Happ), in: A.K. Bjorklund, F. Ferrari & St. Kröll, CAMBRIDGE COMPENDIUM OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION (in press, forthcoming 2022)

▪ Investment Protection in Post-Brexit EU-UK Relations, (co-authored with Laura Peters), ICSID REVIEW – FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW JOURNAL (2022 – published as advance article)

▪ International Investment Agreements and the International Tax System: The Potential of Complementarity and Harmonious Interpretation (co-authored with Professor Robert Danon), in: BULLETIN FOR INTERNATIONAL TAXATION (IBFD BULLETIN) 75 (2021), 687-703

▪ INVESTMENTS IN CONFLICT ZONES – THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW IN ARMED CONFLICTS, DISPUTED TERRITORIES, AND ‘FROZEN’ CONFLICTS (2020), 491 pages (edited jointly with Tobias Ackermann)

A full list of publications will be emailed upon request. 

Professional Associations
  • ▪ Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung (DAJV)
  • ▪ International Law Association (ILA) & Deutsche Vereinigung für internationales Recht (DVIR)
  • ▪ American Society of International Law (ASIL)
  • ▪ ASA & ASA below 40
  • ▪ DIS & DIS40
  • ▪ ICC YAF
  • ▪ Young ICCA 
  • ▪ Young ICSID
  • ▪ LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
  • ▪ Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot Practitioner Review Board
Other Qualifications

An associated member of Ruhr-University Bochum’s Institute for the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Sebastian Wuschka has served as a visiting lecturer for international dispute settlement at Ruhr-University Bochum, for public international law and human rights law at the University of Hamburg, for international investment law at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg  as well as for international arbitration at Saarland University. As a research fellow at the University of Lausanne, Sebastian also helped establish and coordinate the activities of a research platform on tax disputes in international arbitration.