Andreas, Ziegler, (Professor at the University of Lausanne, PhD – St. Gallen, LLM - EUI, MA – St. Gallen, LLB – St. Gallen, Diploma of the Academy of International Law – The Hague, Diploma of the Academy of European Law – Florence, Diploma of International Humanitarian Law - CICR)

Andreas R. Ziegler has studied international economics, international relations and law at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), the Institut d'Etudes Polititques de Paris (France), the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and the University of London (UK). After undertaking post-doctoral research at Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA) and the Max-Planck-Institute in Heidelberg (Germany) he taught European, international trade Law and environmental law at the Chicago Kent College of Law (USA), the University of Pittsburgh (USA) and the University of St. Gallen. For several years he was a worked in the Swiss administration (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs), the European Commission (DG Internal Market) and in the Secretariat of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on international trade and investment issues. He was also a delegate to WTO, UNCTAD and OECD. He is currently a professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and off counsel with the law firm of von Blum und Partners (Zurich, Switzerland). He is also a panellist at the WTO for the Principality of Liechtenstein. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) since 1997 and the Università commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Milan, Italy) since 2005.