Our Faculty

IIEL's reputation in trade, financial regulation, arbitration, tax, and transnational business stems directly from the scholarly contributions of our faculty.

Our faculty members are leading scholars and thought leaders who routinely participate in the highest-level policy discussions in each of the core fields of international economic law. Faculty at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) include prestigious appointees and advisors to a diverse array of global stakeholders, including U.S. and foreign governments, multilateral organizations, central banks, parliaments, embassies, and the private sector.

Their contributions to and close involvement with the day-to-day work of the Institute distinguish us from other centers and institutes in the international economic law field. IIEL faculty scholarship appears consistently in law reviews, think tank policy pieces, op-eds and Congressional testimony. Through their contributions, our faculty help shape national and international economic policy-making from the nation’s capital.

Learn more about distinguished IIEL Faculty below.

CHRIS BRUMMER

AGNES N. WILLIAMS RESEARCH PROFESSOR, PROFESSOR OF LAW

Professor Brummer is the Institute’s Faculty Director, Founder of Fintech Week, and Co-Editor of the Journal of International Economic Law

LILIAN FAULHABER

PROFESSOR OF LAW

Professor Faulhaber is an expert in international law and taxation at Georgetown Law

ANNA GELPERN

AGNES N. WILLIAMS RESEARCH PROFESSOR; PROFESSOR OF LAW

Professor Gelpern is founding director of the Sovereign Debt Forum and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

ITAI GRINBERG

PROFESSOR OF LAW

An expert in international taxation, Professor Grinberg formerly represented the U.S at the Office of International Tax Counsel of the Department of the Treasury

SEAN HAGAN

VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW

Professor Hagan was the IMF’s General Counsel for fourteen years (2004-2018). Professor Hagan has published extensively on both the law of the IMF and a broad range of issues relating to the prevention and resolution of financial crisis.

JENNIFER HILLMAN

PROFESSOR FROM PRACTICE; FORMER MEMBER, WTO APPELLATE BODY

Professor Hillman is a Fellow at the Institute and Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy at the Council on Foreign Relations

LINDA JENG

VISITING SCHOLAR ON FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW

Linda Jeng is the General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer at the Crypto Council for Innovation. 

ALVARO SANTOS

PROFESSOR OF LAW

ROBERT B. THOMPSON

PETER P. WEIDENBRUCH, JR. PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS LAW

Professor Thompson teaches courses in the corporate and securities area, including mergers and limited liability.

ANNE MARIE WHITESELL

PROFESSOR, LLM PROGRAM AND FACULTY DIRECTOR, PROGRAM ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW

Professor Whitesell has practised with law firms in both the United States and in France, and has acted as arbitrator and counsel in numerous international arbitration cases.

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