Güneş Ünüvar

About/Bio

Güneş Ünüvar is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Exeter Law School and Of Counsel at Özgür Ünüvar Bakiler Attorney Partnership in Ankara. He also serves as the Managing Editor of the Journal of World Investment & Trade and as Legal Advisor to the Moon Village Association. He is an Individual Member of the International Institute for Space Law and an Associate Fellow at the Academy of International Affairs Nordrhein-Westfalen. He also holds visiting professor positions at Saarland University, Riga Graduate School of Law, University of Torino, and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, China. He obtained his LL.M. in international and European law from the Institute for European Studies (now the Brussels School of Governance) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and his Ph.D. in international investment law from the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), University of Copenhagen. His research interests include international economic law, international investment law and dispute resolution, as well as international space law and the role of private capital in outer space activities.

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Investment Arbitration as Ransom? The EU Sanctions Regime and ‘Administrative Chill’

Introduction and Factual Background: Fridman v Luxembourg In February 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union placed Mikhail Fridman on its sanctions list. The designation subjected the Russian-Israeli businessman’s funds and economic resources to an asset freeze, affecting interests held through Luxembourg - including his 37.9% ownership of the investment group…

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Nuclear Liability Beyond Earth: Who Pays for an Incident on the Lunar Surface?

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UNCOPUOS and the Quiet Transformation of Space Resources Law

Space resources have long occupied a gray zone in international space law. They are central to the future of exploration and sustained presence beyond Earth, yet they remain legally ambiguous in a regime originally designed for use and exploration with an emphasis on scientific inquiry. That ambiguity, a legacy of the mid-20th century, has long been scrutinized for…

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