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Alumni Experience

Dr. Anatole Boute - a MEEL alumni, is now a Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen (Centre for Energy Law) and Legal Advisor to the World Bank Russia Renewable Energy Programme.

He graduated in law and in political sciences from the KU Leuven, after which he obtained the LL.M in Energy & Environmental Law from the same university. In 2005, he was called to the Brussels bar where he practiced for almost four years in the energy law department headed by Guy Block in the law firms Lawfort and Janson Baugniet. He advised on and was involved in litigation concerning the liberalization of energy markets, the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions trading and nuclear energy. In January 2011, he defended his PhD on the modernization of the Russian electricity production sector written under the supervision of Martha Roggenkamp at the University of Groningen. Based on the results of this research, he advised the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development for the World Investment Report 2010.

Publications in international peer reviewed journals include:

  • “A Comparative Analysis of the European and Russian Support Schemes for Renewable Energy: Return on EU Experience for Russia” (2011) Journal of World Energy Law and Business;
  • “The Protection of Property Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Promotion of Low-Carbon Investments” (2010) Climate Law; 
  • “The Potential Contribution of International Investment Protection Law to Combat Climate Change” (2009) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law; 
  • “Carbon Capture and Storage under the Clean Development Mechanism: An Overview of Regulatory Challenges”, (2008) Carbon and Climate Law Review;
  • “Improving the Climate for European Investments in the Russian Electricity Production Sector: (I) The Role of Investment Protection Law, (II) The Role of Regulatory Convergence” (2008) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law.

In 2009, he received the Willoughby prize for his articles published in 2008 in the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law.

 

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