Jan Paulsson

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]

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