Jan Paulsson
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Jan Paulsson is a Swedish scholar and practitioner in the area of international arbitration.
Yale Law School (JD)
University of Paris
Jan Paulsson | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Yale Law School (JD) University of Paris |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Employer(s) | University of Miami School of Law & International Monetary Fund |
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]
Between 2011 and 2019, he also served as a judge of the International Monetary Fund's Administrative Tribunal.[4]
He has been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague since 2008. He was re-elected in 2023.[5]