Dr. Hayk Kupelyants

Biography

Hayk Kupelyants teaches conflict laws and commercial law arbitration at King's College London. He is a member of the Centre for International Governance and Dispute Resolution (CIGAD). Before joining King's College London, he was a University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, which received the Yorke Prize from the Law Faculty. Hayk has obtained a Diploma in Private International Law from the Hague Academy of International Law and has held visiting positions at various institutions including the Max Planck Institutes in Hamburg and Luxembourg, the University of Heidelberg, and Yerevan State University. His monograph, 'Sovereign Defaults Domestic Courts', published by Oxford University Press in 2018, has been described as groundbreaking and remains a leading text in sovereign debt litigation. Hayk has published extensively in journals such as the British Yearbook of International Law and the Journal of Private International Law. His research interests center around aspects of private international law and international arbitration, specifically focusing on commercial investment disputes, jurisdiction issues, cross-border injunctions, and sovereign debt litigation.

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