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Dr. Christoph Priess
Dr. Christoph Priess, LL.M. (Cambridge)
Associate, International Trade, Public Procurement,
T +49 30 214 802 700
E christoph.priess@blomstein.com
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Christoph Priess advises German and international clients on international trade and public procurement law.

Languages: German, English

CV

Christoph Priess studied law with a focus on international and European law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (LL.B.) and the University of Cambridge (LL.M.). He holds a PhD from Bucerius Law School. His dissertation deals with the use of advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice to settle inter-state disputes. As a PhD student, he worked as a research assistant at Bucerius Law School and BLOMSTEIN and conducted a research stay at the PluriCourts Centre at the University of Oslo. He completed his legal traineeship (“Referendariat”) at the Higher Regional Court in Berlin with placements at the Foreign Federal Office, a major German law firm (trade department) and the Federal Ministry of Justice.

Publications

The Settlement of Inter-State Disputes through ICJ Advisory Opinions, Dissertation, Nomos 2026

Impact Assessment of International Investment Agreements for Sustainable Development, in: Cordonier Segger/Stephenson (eds.), Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, Edward Elgar 2025 (with Markus Gehring)

Parallel Advisory Proceedings: The Climate Change Advisory Proceedings Before the ICJ, the ITLOS and the IACtHR, 27 International Community Law Review 1-2, pp. 7-32

Waffenverbote als Verwirklichung des Binnenmarkts – die Rechtsangleichungskompetenz nach Art. 114 Abs. 1 S. 2 AEUV, JURA 2022(9), pp. 1109-1116 (with Parissa Rahimian)

A Straight Line Towards the Sea: A comment on the Judgment in the case of Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya), Völkerrechtsblog, 18 October 2021

Maritime Delimitation, Non-Appearance, and Acquiescence: A comment on the oral hearings in the Case of Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya), Völkerrechtsblog, 15 April 2021

Diplomatisches Asyl als Einmischung? Venezuelas Oppositionsführer Leopoldo López in der spanischen Botschaft, VerfBlog, 14 May 2019 (with Mehrdad Payandeh)

Presentations

Advisory Opinions: High Politics vor Internationalen Gerichten, Völkerrechtspodcast #33, 19 January 2024 (with Jan-Henrik Hinselmann and Isabel Lischewski)