New Zealand Yearbook of International Law Volume 19, 2021

Dr. James Mehigan is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Canterbury and a barrister at Garden Court Chambers.

Christian Riffel, PhD (2014), Bern, is Associate Professor of International Economic Law at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand. He is editor of the WTO TRIPS Commentary (Brill) and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Public International Law. In addition, he is Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and a member of the International Law Association Committee on Rule of Law and International Investment Law. Chris is on the list of suitable arbitrators for EU trade agreements and also serves as the Honorary Consul of Germany in the South Island of New Zealand.