Jan Paulsson Explained

Jan Paulsson
Alma Mater:	Harvard University Yale Law School University of Paris
Employer:	University of Miami School of Law & International Monetary Fund
Occupation:	Lawyer

Jan Paulsson is a Swedish scholar and practitioner in the area of international arbitration.

Early life

Paulsson received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1971, his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1975, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and a Diplôme d’etudes supérieurs spécialisées from the University of Paris in 1977.

Career

Paulsson was co-head of the international arbitration and public international law groups of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and helped found Three Crowns LLP, a boutique international arbitration firm.^[1] In December 2020, Three Crowns announced his retirement from the firm.^[2]

Paulsson is the Chair of the International Arbitration LL.M. program at the University of Miami School of Law and a holder of the Michael Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair.^[3]

Since 2011, he also has served as a judge of the International Monetary Fund's Administrative Tribunal.^[4]

External links

• A State’s Power to Make Meaningful Promises to Foreigners in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Jan Paulsson, President . International Council for Commercial Arbitration . 2013-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019043649/http://www.arbitration-icca.org/about/governing-board/President/Jan_Paulsson.html . 2013-10-19 .
2. News: Jones . Tom . Paulsson leaves Three Crowns . 8 June 2021 . Global Arbitration Review . 22 December 2020 . en.
3. Web site: University of Miami | School of Law . 2015-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621233923/http://www.law.miami.edu/faculty-administration/jan-paulsson.php . 2015-06-21 . dead .
4. Web site: Members of the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal. International Monetary Fund. January 5, 2018.