Oesch Matthias

Matthias Oesch is Assistant Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Berne. Furthermore, he is a Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he worked as legal counsel in the WTO Division of the Federal Department of Economics, Switzerland, having inter alia represented Switzerland before the Appellate Body in the US – Steel case and in the DSU Review (2003-2005). He also worked, as attorney-at-law, in a law firm in Zurich (2008-2010). He is a member of the Berne Bar (1999), received his LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2000) and his Dr. as well as his PD from the University of Berne (2003 and 2008, respectively). He has written on WTO and EU trade matters and on Swiss law, including three books: Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution (2003), International Trade Regulation: Law and Policy in the WTO, the European Union and Switzerland (2005, co-authored with Thomas Cottier), and Differenzierung und Typisierung: Zur Dogmatik der Rechtsgleichheit in der Rechtsetzung (2008).