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Daniel Müller

Docteur en droit

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Daniel Müller

Daniel is one of the founding partners of FAR Avocats. He has been working in international dispute settlement for twenty years, and has represented States as counsel and advocate on numerous occasions before international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as before arbitral tribunals constituted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and ad hoc arbitral tribunals. He has also represented investors in investor-State disputes before ICSID tribunals and before tribunals operating under the UNCITRAL Rules.


Previously, Daniel worked in the International Arbitration and Public International Law Group of a leading international law firm. He also assisted Professeur Alain Pellet. 


Daniel has published extensively in leading journals and edited collective books on numerous topics of public international law, European law and international dispute settlement. He teaches international law, investment law and arbitration, and European law in different Master programs at the Université d’Angers, the Université Paris Nanterre, the Université Toulouse I Capitole, and Science Po Paris.


Daniel holds a PhD in international law from the Université Paris Nanterre and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He has been a member of the Paris bar since 2016.

Experience

Examples of Daniel’s work in inter-State disputes before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ad hoc arbitral tribunals, and others include:

Representing a Latin-american State in contentious proceedings before the International Court of Justice agains a Central-european State concerning alleged breaches of certain international obligations

Assisting a State in the advisoriy proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

Representing a Central European State in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

Advising a European State in intervention proceedings in respect of a case concerning the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide before the International Court of Justice

Assisting an intergovernmental organization in advisory proceedings concerning international law and climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Representing a State in Equatorial Africa in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning titles relating to territorial and maritime delimitation and sovereignty over islands

Representing investors in the hotel industry in arbitration proceedings against a West African State on the basis of an investment law before ICSID

Representing a South-Eastern European State in an investment dispute before an arbitral tribunal (UNCITRAL) concerning nationalisations

Representing a company in the Aircraft industry against suppliers under several French law contracts for the delivery of material and components (ICC Arbitration)

Advising a French petroleum company in relation to potential claims against several north African States arising out of difficulties and restrictions on the transfer of investment proceeds

Assisting several human right defenders organisations in preparing a submission in infringement proceedings against a Central European State before the Court of Justice of the European Union (pro bono)

Representing a European State in annulment proceedings before an ICSID ad hoc Committee seeking the annulment of an award rendered under a intra-EU bilateral investment treaty

Representing two Asian construction companies in a dispute arising out of settlement arrangements governed by Algerian law and concerning an industrial plant in Algeria (ICC Arbitration)

Representing a Central European State in infringement proceedings under Article 259 TFEU before the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning violations of several obligation under European Union law

Representing an Algerian company in a dispute against Algerian and Turkish construction companies concerning the construction of a hotel and mall complex in Algeria (ICC Arbitration)

Representing an Asian State in proceedings concerning a request for revision of a previous judgment concerning sovereignty over islands in the Strait of Singapore rendered by the International Court of Justice

Representing a European State in proceedings before the District Court of Vienna (Austria) in proceedings concerning the distribution of assets of a former bank and State succession

Assisting with Redress and local counsel victims of the Habré régime in a case concerning widespread violations of Human rights by Chad and the failure of the State to provide appropriate redress before the African Commission and the African Court of Human Rights (pro bono)

Representing an Asian State in proceedings concerning a request for interpretation of a previous judgment concerning sovereignty over islands in the Strait of Singapore rendered by the International Court of Justice

Representing several European investors in the Spanish photovoltaic sector in ICSID arbitration proceedings concerning the breach by the State of the Energy Charter Treaty

Representing a Central European State in inter-State proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights concerning the rights of bank owned by State authorities

Representing a Greek investor in ICSID annulment proceedings seeking the annulment of an award rendered in a case concerning investments in port facilities in Albania

Advising a South American State in a case concerning an obligation to negotiate access to the sea before the International Court of Justice

Assisting a South European State in a provisional measures proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in respect of a maritime incident

Representing investors in the Kyrgyz rare earth mining industry in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings under the Kyrgyz Investment Law

Representing a South-European State in arbitration proceedings under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning a maritime incident and jurisdiction over this incident

Advising and representing the Independent Objector, Professor Alain Pellet, during ICANN’s New generic Top Level Domain Program and its objection and dispute resolution mechanism, including expert determination before dispute resolution service providers

Assisting and representing an Central European State in arbitration proceedings concerning the delimitation of its land and maritime boundary conducted before an ad hoc Arbitral Tribunal

Assisting and representing an Asian State in proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal

Representing a Central European State in a case concerning the obligation to prosecute or to extradite under the United Nations Convention against Torture before the International Court of Justice

Representing a South-Eastern European State in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice on the legality of a declaration of independence

Representing a Central American State in a dispute before the International Court of Justice concerning navigational and related rights in the San Juan river

Representing a South-American State in proceedings concerning the construction of pulp mills on the river Uruguay before the International Court of Justice

Representing a Central Asian State in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings brought by a British investor concerning the alleged expropriation of licences for the exploitation of a gold deposit

Representing an African State in a dispute concerning the diplomatic protection of one of its nationals, his treatment and the expropriation of his assets before the International Court of Justice

Representing an African State in a dispute concerning the definitive delimitation of all of its territorial boundary with a neighboring State before the International Court of Justice

Representing a Eastern European State in proceedings concerning the maritime delimitation in the Black Sea before the International Court of Justice

Representing an Asian State in proceedings concerning the sovereignty over several maritime features in the Strait of Singapore before the International Court of Justice

Assistant to Professor James Crawford, Counsel for the government of a Middle-Eastern State, in a case concerning the interpretation and application of the Algiers Declarations and the Claims Settlement Declaration before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Advising the government of an Asian State in arbitration proceedings instituted by a European investor before an ICSID tribunal under a bilateral investment treaty and concerning an investment in a hydroelectric infrastructure project

Representing a Central European State in a case concerning certain properties before the International Court of Justice

Assisting a Middle-Eastern State in proceedings before the United Nations Compensation Commission in respect of claims for interest

Providing advice to counsel of an Eastern European State in respect of several arbitration proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules brought by investors in the extractive industry under the Energy Charter Treaty

Advising Israeli investors in the renewable energy sector on potential claims against an Eastern European State in respect of measures and restrictions imposed in the renewable energy sector and green certificates

Providing assistance and advice to counsel and expert of an East-Asian State in respect of ICSID Annulment proceedings in a case brought by a European investor in the transport and service sector

Providing assistance and advice to counsel of a Latin-American State in respect of jurisdictional issues raised in ICSID arbitration proceedings instituted by a European investor in the telecommunication sector

Examples of Daniel’s work in investment disputes before arbitral tribunals constituted under the ICSID Convention and tribunals operating under the UNCITRAL Rules include:

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Daniel has also acted in commercial disputes and commercial arbitration proceedings. These include:

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Further examples of Daniel’s work related to issues of international law include:

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Publications

“Article 38” (with A. Pellet). in The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary, edited by A. Zimmermann et al. 3rd edn. 819-962. Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

La protection de l’actionnaire en droit international : L’héritage de la Barcelona Traction. Publication de la Revue Générale de Droit International Public – Nouvelle Série 59. Paris: Pedone, 2015. IX-517 p.

“The Question Question” (Chapter 7). in The Law and Politics of the Kosovo Advisory Opinion. Edited by Sir Michael Wood and M. Milanovic. 118-33. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

“Le prix de la vie humaine en droit international : La réparation des dommages en cas de pertes de vies humaines dans la responsabilité internationale”. Annuaire français de Droit international 60 (2014): 429-465

“Le dialogue réservataire”. in Actualités des réserves aux traités, S.F.D.I., Journée d’études de Nanterre. 103-18. Paris: Pedone, 2014.

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