Professor Andrew Lang

Professor Andrew Lang joined the Edinburgh School of Law in 2017 as the Chair in International Law and Global Governance. Prior to that, he was Professor of Law at the London School of Economics, where he taught from 2006 to 2017. From 2004-6, Professor Lang was a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He has a combined BA/LLB from the University of Sydney, where he was a double University Medallist, and his PhD is from the University of Cambridge. 

Professor Lang is an expert in Public International Law, with a specialty in International Economic Law and the Law of the World Trade Organization. His research explores the role of international law and international institutions in the construction of global markets, and the distribution of power and value in the global economy. His forthcoming book, Architectures of Credibility, due to be published with OUP in early 2027, examines these themes in the context of regulatory interoperability. 

Professor Andrew Lang is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Economic Law, and sits on the Editorial Committee of the Modern Law Review, and the Editorial Board of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. He has been selected for inclusion in a list of individuals suitable for appointment as Chairperson for arbitrations and Trade and Sustainable Development expert panel proceedings under EU bilateral free trade agreements, and has been included on the UK’s list of arbitrators for dispute settlement under the UK’s Free Trade Agreements. He has also been included in the WTO's approved roster of legal experts pursuant to article 27.2 of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding.

Professor Lang has taught on Harvard's Institute for Global Law and Policy, the University Melbourne LLM program, the World Trade Institute's Masters of International Law and Economics (MILE) program, the University of Barcelona's IELPO course, as well as the IIEM Academy of International Trade Law in Macau. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center, Visiting Faculty at the University of Michigan, and an International Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is a co-founder, with Colin Picker, of the Society of International Economic Law.