Dr Jan Bohanes

Mr. Jan Bohanes is senior counsel at the Advisory Center on WTO Law (ACWL). As a member of the ACWL’s team of lawyers, he provides advice on all matters of WTO law to governments of developing countries, assists them in dispute settlement proceedings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body, and participates in training activities for government officials. Previously, Jan was a member of the Secretariat of the WTO’s Appellate Body from 2002 to 2006, where he acted as legal advisor to Appellate Body Members in appeals of WTO panel reports. From 2006 to 2010, Jan was an associate attorney in the Geneva office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he advised both governments and commercial stakeholders on all issues related to WTO law and dispute settlement proceedings before both WTO panels and the Appellate Body.

Jan is a Czech and Austrian national. He holds a law degree from the University of Vienna, a doctorate in European law from the University of Vienna, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University, as well as a Master of Arts (M.A.L.D.) degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has extensive teaching experience in both academic and executive settings, in particular as a lecturer at the WTI and at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva between 2015 and 2024, and has previously taught also at the Universities of Barcelona (IELPO), at the St. Petersburg State University, at Harvard University and at Jiaotong University in Xi’An (China). He speaks regularly at conferences and has published on a wide range of issues in international trade law and trade policy.

For a complete list of publications, see https://www.acwl.ch/team/mr-jan-bohanes/.