Nicolas Zambrana-Tevar earned an LLM in International Business from the London School of Economics and a PhD in International Investment Law from the University of Navarra, where he also served as Executive Director for International Programs, Assistant Professor and Moot Court team trainer. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Zambrana-Tevar practiced law in Madrid with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Garrigues Abogados, mainly in commercial litigation and international arbitration. Nicolas has been a visiting lecturer and researcher at academic institutions in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Some recent publications include:
– International Conflict and Security Law, a Research Handbook, eds. Sergey Sayapin et al., Springer-Asser Press, 2022, pp. 1443-1472, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7_63.
– Milieudefensie v. Shell: el efecto horizontal de los derechos humanos y las obligaciones medioambientales de las empresas, in La lucha en clave judicial frente al cambio climático, Francisco Zamora Cabot et al., Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, ISBN: 788413458700, 2022, pp. 249-264.
– The International Responsibility of the Holy See for Human Rights Violations. Religions 13: 520 (https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060520).
– The new reform of the penal law of the Catholic Church: resuscitating a forgotten pastoral instrument?, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2021, pp. 270-298
(doi: 0.1163/22124810-2021J006).
– Civil liability for sex abuse by Muslim clergy in Spain, Journal of Law, Religion and State, 9 (2021), 270-298 (doi: 0.1163/22124810-2021J006).
Courses taught at the School of Law:
– International commercial arbitration;
– International commercial law;
– Private international law;
– International Investment Law;
– Mootcourting