Gernot Biehler lectures in international law both public and private at Trinity College Dublin. As former Head of Delegation at the NATO Council of Legal Advisers, the UN, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, UNIDROIT, and as Government Counsel before national and international courts and as a diplomat he relies on broad experience to provide insights in the working of international law and litigation. Author of "International Law in Pracitce" (Thomson Round Hall 2005) and other publications in the field and educated in Berlin and Cambridge his research seeks to benefit both academia and practice alike.