Professor Peter Cameron joins the Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Professor Peter Cameron joined Queen Mary University of London's Centre for Commercial Law Studies and Energy and Climate Change Law Institute as Professor in Energy and Climate Law.
A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Professor Cameron is one of the world’s leading authorities on energy investment law. He is a barrister (England & Wales), and acts as an arbitrator in international cases.
Professor Cameron is author of a dozen books, including ‘International Energy Investment Law: the Pursuit of Stability’ (2nd edn, 2021, Oxford University Press), more than 100 articles, and is currently working on ‘International Arbitration and the Energy Transition’ for Hart. He has held research grants from DfID/FCDO and the European Commission.
He has been a Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and Professor and Director at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (Dundee, UK). Professor Cameron has held visiting or part-time posts at the Universities of Oxford, Stanford, Singapore and Madrid (Autónoma). He is an honorary professorial fellow at Edinburgh University and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Professor Cameron has worked extensively with the World Bank and was seconded to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, travelling extensively in the region. As an arbitrator, he has sat at various international dispute settlement bodies, including ICSID and ICC. He has also testified as an expert witness before SIAC, ICC, LCIA and SCC and in several national courts. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
On his new appointment, Professor Cameron said: "I am delighted to be joining such a dynamic unit as the Energy & Climate Change Law Institute at a time when energy issues have become center stage in public policy, raising unprecedented challenges at home and on the international stage."
Professor James Dallas, Executive Director of the Energy Law and Climate Change Law Institute, said: "Peter is one of the world’s leading authorities on energy investment law and distinguished academic. Peter joins us at an exciting time for the Institute as we continue the development of the Institute, delivering excellent student experience and outcomes."