Steffen Hindelang
Professor at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 20 58
- E-mail:
- steffen.hindelang@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
- Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-4927-5406
Short presentation
Steffen Hindelang is Professor of International Investment and Trade Law at Uppsala University. He teaches and researches in the areas of international economic law, esp. international investment law, EU law and German public law.
Biography
Steffen Hindelang is currently professor of international investment and trade law at Uppsala University in Sweden. He teaches and researches in the areas of international economic law, esp. international investment law, EU law and German public law. He is also faculty at the University of Southern Denmark and adjunct faculty at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technical University Berlin. He is senior fellow at the Walter Hallstein Institute of European Constitutional Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and academic advisor to the International Investment Law Centre Cologne (IILCC). Previously, he was guest professor at, among others, the University of Uppsala as a Riksbankens Jubileumsfond – Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Swedish Prize Laureate, at Nagoya University, Bocconi University Milan, the University of Lausanne, the Charles University Prague, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and the Turkish-German University Istanbul.
Furthermore, he has advised, inter alia, European governments on investment screening regulation as well as in international investment disputes and international organisations, such as UNCTAD, on matters of reform of the current international investment law regime. He was repeatedly invited by the European Parliament’s INTA Committee to prepare studies on the evolvement of the EU Common Commercial Policy in the area of investment. He was also involved in the Achmea proceedings, in particular in the German courts, and, lately, served as EU law expert in support of the Kingdom of Spain in US Court proceedings in Novenergia, Eiser, Antin, Masdar, and others. In the Swedish Supreme Court, he acts as expert in support of the Republic of Poland in PL Holdings.
He serves at the ICSID Panel of Conciliators designated by the Federal Republic of Germany for the term 2019-2025.
Steffen is series co-editor of the YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, Springer.
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Publications
Recent publications
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National Implementation of International Economic Law: Sweden
Part of Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026
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The Freedom to Invest in the EU's Internal Market from Third States
Part of The EU Law of Investment, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2025
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Advances in investment screening under EU law
Part of Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, p. 95-116, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
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Part of GLOBAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS JOURNAL, p. 759-776, 2025
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Part of Instrumentos de avaliação de investimentos externos no mundo e seus debates no Brasil, Ipea, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of GLOBAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS JOURNAL, p. 759-776, 2025
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Report on the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening
Part of European Company Law, p. 23-27, 2023
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Privatizing Investment Control: A Renaissance for Restricted Shares?
Part of European Company Law, p. 182-183, 2021
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Recent Changes in the German Investment Screening Mechanism in Light of the EU Screening Regulation
Part of Central European Journal of Comparative Law, p. 39-64, 2021
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Der schmale Grat zwischen Autonomie und Protektionismus
Part of Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, p. 321-322, 2021
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Part of Common market law review, p. 1427-1460, 2020
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Part of European Law Review, 2019
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Debate: A Common European Law on Investment Screening?
Part of VerfBlog, 2019
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Rüstungsbeschaffung zwischen Bestimmungsfreiheit des Auftraggebers und Sicherstellung von Wettbewerb
Part of Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, p. 149-154, 2019
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Part of Civis, p. 74-82, 2019
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The Limited Immediate Effects of CJEU’s Achmea Judgement
Part of Verfassungsblog.de, 2018
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Part of Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, p. 882-890, 2017
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Part of International and Comparative Law Quarterly, p. 272-274, 2016
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The Day after: Alternatives to intra-EU BITs
Part of Journal of World Investment & Trade, p. 984-1014, 2016
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Repellent Forces: The CJEU and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Part of Archiv des Völkerrechts, p. 68-89, 2015
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Der Einfluss der Grundfreiheiten auf direkte Steuern
Part of Juristische Schulung, p. 405-408, 2014
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Fortgeschrittenenklausur - Öffentliches Recht: Hier kommt die Maut!
Part of Juristische Schulung, p. 812-817, 2014
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Part of Juristische Schulung, p. 925-930, 2013
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Part of Internationales Steuerecht, p. 77-81, 2013
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Part of Legal Issues of Economic Integration, p. 179-206, 2012
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Part of Journal of International Arbitration, p. 701-728, 2010
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Part of Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, p. 407-413, 2010
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Gestufte Freiheitsverbürgung?: Art. 63 Abs. 1 AEUV (ex-Art. 56 Abs. 1 EG) im Drittstaatenkontext
Part of Internationales Steuerecht, p. 443-448, 2010
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Direktinvestitionen und die Europäische Kapitalverkehrsfreiheit im Drittstaatenverhältnis
Part of Juristenzeitung, p. 829-840, 2009
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Protection against Indirect Expropriation under National and International Legal Systems
Part of Göttingen Journal of International Law, p. 67-103, 2009
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Part of International Commercial Arbitration, p. 41-76, 2007
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Part of Stockholm International Arbitration Report, p. 97-116, 2006
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Part of The Journal of World Investment and Trade, p. 59-83, 2006
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Part of The Journal of World Investment and Trade, p. 883-897, 2006
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Part of The Journal of World Investment and Trade, p. 789-809, 2004
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Part of The Journal of Information, Law and Technology, 2002
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Issuing e-signature certificates: business without risk?
Part of Electronic Business Law Journal, p. 10-12, 2002
Books
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Springer, 2020
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EU investment protection after the ECJ opinion on Singapore: Questions of competence and coherence
European Parliament: Policy Department, Directorate-General for External Policies, 2019
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Springer, 2019
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Oxford University Press, 2016
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European Parliament, 2015
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European Parliament, 2014
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International Investment Law and EU Law
Springer, 2011
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Internationaler Investitionsschutz und Europarecht
Nomos, 2010
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The Free Movement of Capital and Foreign Direct Investment: The Scope of Protection in EU Law
Oxford Scholarship Online, 2009
Chapters in book
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National Implementation of International Economic Law: Sweden
Part of Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026
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The Freedom to Invest in the EU's Internal Market from Third States
Part of The EU Law of Investment, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2025
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Advances in investment screening under EU law
Part of Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, p. 95-116, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
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Part of Instrumentos de avaliação de investimentos externos no mundo e seus debates no Brasil, Ipea, 2025
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Part of The Award in International Investment Arbitration, p. 411-428, Oxford University Press, 2024
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Part of Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law, p. 279-300, Oxford University Press, 2023
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YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2021: Triangulating Freedom of Speech - Introduction
Part of YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2021, p. 1-4, Springer International Publishing, 2022
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§§ 104, 117 GWB; §§ 144-147 GWB; §§ 5 – 6d VS; §§ 6, 7 VsVgV
Part of Münchener Kommentar zum Europäischen und Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht (Vergaberecht II, Einleitung Bauwerkvertragsrecht und VOB/A, VSVgV), Europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht, Bd. 4, C.H. Beck, 2022
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Art 107 AEUV - Verhältnis zu den WTO Regeln (Anti-Subventionsregeln)
Part of Münchener Kommentar zum Europäischen und Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht (Beihilfenrecht), Europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht, Bd. 5., p. 85-96, C.H. Beck, 2022
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Part of The EU and the Rule of Law in International Economic Relations, p. 127-153, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021
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Towards a “Common European Law on Investment Screening (CELIS)"
Part of YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2020, Springer, 2020
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Part of YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2020, Springer, 2020
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Part of Gerichte und ihre Äquivalente, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020
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Anwendung des Europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts im EWR
Part of Münchener Kommentar zum Europäischen und Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht (Kartellrecht), Europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2020
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Part of EU investment protection after the ECJ opinion on Singapore, p. 8-30, European Parliament: Policy Department, Directorate-General for External Policies, 2019
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Towards a More Comprehensive Approach in International Investment Law
Part of Shifting Paradigms in International Investment Law, p. 1-18, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Concluding Remarks: Whither International Investment Law?
Part of Shifting Paradigms in International Investment Law, p. 377-391, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Articles 63 to 66 and Article 75 TFEU: Free Movement of Capital and Payments
Part of Recht der Europäischen Union in 2 Bänden, Kohlhammer, 2016
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Articles 223 to 234 TFEU, including Article 14 TEU
Part of Recht der Europäischen Union in 2 Bänden, Kohlhammer, 2016
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Part of Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America, p. 25-45, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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§ 33 – Die mittelbare Unionsverwaltung durch die Mitgliedstaaten
Part of Enzyklopädie Europarecht, p. 1227-1267, Nomos, 2014
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Europarechtliche Determinanten des deutschen Steuerrechts
Part of Herausforderungen der Öffentlichen Rechtswissenschaft in Japan und Deutschland, p. 239-260, Nippon-Hyoron, 2013
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Part of Common Commercial Policy after Lisbon, Springer, 2013
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Part of Aktuelle Entwicklungen des Rechtsschutzes und der Streitbeilegung im Aussenwirtschaftsrecht, Tagungsband zum 17, p. 9-53, Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, 2012
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Part of Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011, p. 217-242, Oxford University Press, 2012
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Part of Die Gemeinsame Handelspolitik der Europäischen Union nach Lissabon, p. 157-184, Nomos, 2011
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The EU’s Common Investment Policy: Connecting the Dots: Origins, Trends, and Perspectives
Part of International Investment Law and EU Law, p. 1-27, Springer, 2011
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Restitution and Compensation: Reconstructing the Relationship in International Investment Law
Part of International Investment Law and General International Law, p. 161-199, Nomos, 2011
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Part of Internationaler Investitionsschutz und Europarecht, p. 11-80, Nomos, 2010
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Part of Aktuelle Probleme und Entwicklungen im Internationalen Investitionsrecht, p. 83-111, Boorberg, 2008
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Part of International Investment Law in Context, p. 43-72, Eleven International Publishing, 2007
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Part of Globale Wirtschaft – nationale Verantwortung: Wege aus dem Druckkessel, p. 94-95, Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung, 2005
Collections (editor)
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YSEC yearbook of socio-economic constitutions 2024: What are socio-economic constitutions?
Springer, 2025
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The Law and Geoeconomics of Investment Screening
Springer Nature, 2025
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YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2021: Triangulating Freedom of Speech
Springer Nature, 2022
Other
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Essentials of a Modern Investment Protection Regime - Objectives and Recommendations for Action
2015
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Re-Organizing Europe’s Judicial Power through the Backdoor?
2015
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Investor-state dispute settlement - Pulling the chain tighter
2014
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Law and Innovation in the Digital Field - a multidimensional Relationship
2013
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How "new" EU Member States should approach investment claims by EU investors
2013
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Challenges ahead: EU Investment Protection after the Entry into Force of the Treaty of Lisbon
2010
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2005