CONTACT DETAILS
CEPMLP
The University of Dundee
Carnegie Building
Dundee DD1 4HN
Room G.04
Telephone: +44 (0)1382 385620
Fax: +44 (0)1382 385854
Contact Email: s.v.vinogradov@dundee.ac.uk
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Appointed as members of the global faculty at CEPMLP in May 2004.
Present Position:
Professor for Domestic and International Civil and Commercial Law, Comparative and Private International Law; Director, Institute for Banking Law and Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL), University of Cologne, Germany
Education:
Universities of Cologne , Bielefeld and Virginia
Practice:
ICC-, Zurich Chamber of Commerce-, Vienna Chamber of Foreign Trade- and Ad Hoc- arbitrations as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and chairman; Member, Arbitration Law Reform Commission at the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) 1992-1996; panel of arbitrators: "China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission" (CIETAC, Beijing, China); International Centre for Dispute Resolution (international division, American Arbitration Association, AAA); International Arbitral Tribunal, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna
PUBLICATIONS
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Private Dispute Resolution in International Business, 2006 (two books/DVD-ROM)
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Arbitration Interactive, 2002; Handbook "Internationale Wirtschaftsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit", Berlin/New York 1992
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Handbook "International Economic Arbitration", Kluwer Law International 1993
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"Recht und Praxis des Schiedsverfahrens", 3rd. ed. Cologne 1999 (together with Raeschke-Kessler)
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Vertragsstrafen im internationalen Wirtschaftsvertragsrecht (Penalty clauses in international contract law), Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 1999, at 401-411; editor "The New German Arbitration Law", 1998
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more than eighty articles on domestic and international arbitration, contract law, trade law, banking and finance
Memberships etc.
Vice-President, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Corresponding Member, ICC Institute for World Business
Co-Editor "Arbitration International", edited under the auspices of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Regular Contributor and Country Correspondent, "Mealy's International Arbitration Report", USA
Research
His current research interests are in the areas of environmental regulation of offshore petroleum activities, transboundary water resources, legal status and regime of the Caspian Sea and shared petroleum resources.
Areas of Academic Interest and Ongoing Research
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Water Security and International Law of Water Resources
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Research project "Water Security in the XXI Century: International Legal Response" (with P. Wouters)
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Research project "Managing Europe’s Transboundary Watercourses: Legal Frameworks" (with A. Rieu-Clarke)
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International Environmental Law
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"International Environmental Law" – a special section (stand-alone publication) of the 'Environmental Law' book, Scottish Universities Law Institute (SULI)
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Paper "Thinking the Unsinkable: Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise and Maritime Boundaries"
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Ocean Governance
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Paper "After the 'Perfect Storm' in the Sea of Azov: Polluted Waters and a Murky Legal Regime"
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Paper "Structuring Regimes to Address the Land-Based Marine Pollution" (with E. Kirk)
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Research project: "Offshore Mineral Resources and Outer Continental Shelf Claims: Russian and Nigerian Approaches" (with F. Abba)
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Energy Security and Transnational Energy Infrastructures
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"Energy Security and International Law: The EU and Russian Perspectives" (with S. Seliverstov, MGIMO/University, Moscow)
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"Cross-border Pipelines in Central Asia: Legal Problems"
Teaching
Environmental Law and Policy for Natural Resources and Energy (On-Campus)
The course deals with selected issues central to understanding international and national environmental policy and law related to production and consumption of natural resources and power generation. It addresses, in particular, environmental problems arising in connection with production and transportation of petroleum (both on-land and offshore), mining activities, use of nuclear energy, including production of uranium and disposal of radioactive wastes, and use of fossil fuels, including transboundary air pollution and global climate effects. A special emphasis is placed on the solutions for environmental problems provided by various national regulatory systems, in particular British and North American.
Environmental Law and Policy for Natural Resources and Energy (Distance Learning)
The course deals with selected issues central to understanding international and national environmental policy and law related to production and consumption of natural resources and power generation. It addresses, in particular, environmental problems arising in connection with production and transportation of petroleum (both on-land and offshore), mining activities, use of nuclear energy, including production of uranium and disposal of radioactive wastes, and use of fossil fuels, including transboundary air pollution and global climate effects. A special emphasis is placed on the solutions for environmental problems provided by various national regulatory systems, in particular British and North American.
International Law of Natural Resources and Energy (On-Campus)
The main objective of the course is to provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and specific legal and jurisdictional issues in the field of international and transboundary natural resources. The emphasis is on ensuring a proper understanding of the existing legal mechanisms and international regimes applicable to various types of natural resources located beyond States’ jurisdiction or control.

