Band 3
Band 3
About
Provided by Claudia Annacker
Practice Areas
Dr. Claudia Annacker specializes in international arbitration and litigation and public international law matters, in particular investor-State disputes, inter-State disputes, disputes involving international organizations and human rights cases. She has represented states and investors in more than 35 investment treaty arbitrations and also served as an arbitrator in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations.
Dr. Annacker is a member of several arbitrator panels, including the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators. She serves on the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the VIAC Board.
Dr. Annacker holds a venia docendi (habilitation) for public international law and is an adjunct professor at the University of Vienna, where she teaches advanced research seminars in public international law and supervises PhD theses. She has also been a visiting professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University. She has published widely in the fields of international arbitration and public international law.
Professional Memberships
Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre
Energy Charter Treaty Legal Advisory Task Force
Board of Trustees of the Foundation of International Arbitration Advocacy
American Society of International Law
European Society of International Law
German Society of International Law
International Law Association
Chambers Review
Europe
European states mandate sole practitioner Claudia Annacker for her strength in complex investor-state arbitrations under ICSID rules, often in relation to infrastructure, energy and financial disputes. She equally represents investors in cases.
Claudia Annacker mostly handles ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitrations. She is highly sought after by European and Middle Eastern sovereign states and state-owned companies. She launched her own independent practice in January 2024.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Claudia is a phenomenal lawyer. She is impressive, strong, academic, sharp, and devoted to the case. She is a leader and a fighter."
"Claudia is a phenomenal colleague. She is impressive, strong, academic, sharp, and devoted to the case. She is a leader and a fighter."
"Claudia is a phenomenal lawyer. She is impressive, strong, academic, sharp, and devoted to the case. She is a leader and a fighter."
"Claudia is a phenomenal colleague. She is impressive, strong, academic, sharp, and devoted to the case. She is a leader and a fighter."