Dr. Maja Stanivuković, full professor

Professor Stanivuković graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1985 and from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Philosophy (Group for English Language and Literature) in 1986. She received her Magister of Law degree from the University of Novi Sad in 1989 (“Property Rights of Aliens”) and her LL.M. degree from Cornell University, New York, in 1991 as a Fulbright fellow. She defended her doctoral dissertation (“International Jurisdiction of Courts in Pecuniary Disputes in the law of the USA, EEC and EFTA”) at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1994. She obtained Diplôme d’Université de troisième cycle de droit nucléaire international from Université de Montpellier, France in 2011.

Fellowships and grants: The Dutch Government Fellowship (1987); Fulbright Fellowship (1990), Аcademy of European Law Florence Fellowship (2000), Chevening Fellowship (2003); Wus-Austria Curriculum Development Project (2003-2004), Coimbra Group Hospitality Scheme (2004); Max Planck Institut für internationales und ausländisches Recht (2004); IAEA Fellowship (2009); and Erasmus+ Program (2016).

Courses attended and/or visiting scholar/professor: The Hague Academy of International Law, Private International Law Course (1987); Georgetown University School of Law, International Law Institute, Orientation course in the American Legal System (1990), Academy of European Law, Florence, XI Session on Human Rights Law and the Law of the European Union (2000), London School of Economics and Political Science (2003,2005 and 2006); Juridicum, Vienna (2003); Max Planck Institut für internationales und ausländisches Recht (2004), Université Catholique de Louvain (2004); International School of Nuclear Law, Montpellier (2009); Université de Poitiers (2016); and The Hague Academy of International Law, Winter Course (2021).

Employment: The University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law (1986- ).

Areas of research and expertise: private international law, international commercial and investment arbitration, international contract law, legal protection of foreign investments.

Languages: English and French.

• lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law Summer Course (2023)
• president of the Belgrade Arbitration Center (2014- )
• arbitrator in more than 30 international arbitrations (FTCA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Swiss Chambers)
• listed on various arbitrator rosters (VIAC, IAC, SCIA, FTCA of Republika Srpska, FTCA аttached to the Chamber of Commerce of North Macedonia, FTCA attached to the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro)
• Vice-Dean (2000-2002)
• Head of the Department for International Law (1999-2002, 2009-2015 and 2018-2019)
• Head of the Study Program Civil and Commercial Law of the EU (2001-2007)
• member of the Council for Private International Law (2011-2016)
• member of the delegation of Serbia and the 40^th and 50^th session of UNCITRAL (2007 and 2017)
• representative of Serbia in the working group for drafting the Judgments Convention, Hague Conference for Private International Law (2019)
• member of the working group drafting Private International Law Act, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Serbia (2011-2014)
• member of the working group drafting Arbitration Act, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Republic of Serbia (2005-2006)
• consultant to the IAEA (2008-2010)
• Board of Editors, Eurovoc Serbia (2003-2010)
• Editorial Board of Revija za evropsko pravo
• member of the Arbitration Association of Serbia, Association of Commercial Lawyers of Serbia, ICCA and INLA

Bachelor of Law Studies

• Introduction to the Law of the European Union
• Private International Law – General Course
• Private International Law – Special Course

Master of Law Studies

• International Commercial and Investment Arbitration

Doctoral Studies         

• Private International Law – Advanced Course
• Private International Law of the European Union
• International Arbitration – Law, Theory and Practice
• International Law of Foreign Investment

For a complete list of publications see: Google Scholar

• Stanivuković M., Djajić S.: Something Old, Something New: The 1930 Reform of the Trianon Mixed Arbitral Tribunals and the Contemporary Discussion of the Appeal Mechanism in Investment Arbitration; In: The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, 1919–1939 : An Experiment in the International Adjudication of Private Rights / Herausgegeben von Hélène Ruiz Fabri, Michel Erpelding, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2023, pp. 459-506, ISBN 978-3-7489-3971-9
• Đajić S., Stanivuković M.: Changed Perspectives and Conflicting Treaty Obligations – What Is the Message of the CJEU Achmea Decision and the 2020 Plurilateral Termination Agreement for Candidate Countries such as Serbia?, Central European Journal of Comparative Law, 2021, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 53-82.
• Stanivuković, M.: Marking the Centennial of International Arbitration in Serbia: Remembering the Mixed Hungaro-Yugoslav Arbitral Tribunal Established under The Treaty of Trianon; Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian law with the European Union law: thematic collection of papers. Vol. 7 / 2020, pp. 79-100.
• Stanivuković, M.: Sufficient Contribution as a Feature of Investment in; U: Izazovi u međunarodnom poslovnom pravu i pravu Еvropske unije. Challenges in international business law and the law of the Еuropean Union : liber amicorum in honour of Radovan D. Vukadinović /editors Allan F. Tatham et al, Banja Luka, Kragujevac, 2020, pp. 579-596.
• Stanivuković, М.: National Report for Serbia, In: International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration, Lise Bosman (ed.). Supplement 104, Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2019, pp. 1-68.
• Đajić, S., Stanivuković, M.: The Local Remedies Rule in Non-ICSID Investment Arbitration; In: Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2019, Editors: Ch. Klausegger et al, Wien, MANZ Verlag, Stämpfli Verlag, C.H.Beck, 2019, pp. 421-466.
• Stanivuković, М., Đajić, S.: From Losinger to ATA v. Jordan: Retroactive application of national law to arbitration agreements; In: Yearbook on International Arbitration and ADR. Volume VI; Herausgeber: Roth Marianne, Geistlinger Michael, Wien, NWV, 2019, pp. 149-170.
• Stanivuković, M., Živković, М.: Encyclopaedia of Laws – Private International Law: Serbia (Supplement 55), Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2018.
• Stanivuković, M.: Adjudication as a preliminary step to arbitration: a case of first impression in Serbia; Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian law with the European Union law: thematic collection of papers. Vol. 6 /, 2018, pp 137-166
• Stanivuković, M.: Legitimate Expectations: A Commentary of Micula v. Romania; In: Yearbook on International Arbitration, Volume V, edited by Marianne Roth, Michael Geistlinger with the assistance of Tobias Kunz, Zurich, Dike Verlag AG, NWV Verlag GmbH, 2017, стр. 165-202.
• Stanivuković, M.: Legitimate Expectations, State Aid and Arbitration; Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian law with the European Union law: thematic collection of papers. Vol. 5 / 2017, pp. 175-205.
• Stanivuković, M.: How to Use Time to Administer a Local Remedy in an Investor-State Dispute; Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian Law with the European Union Law: thematic collection of papers. Vol. 3, 2015, pp. 189-210.
• Stanivuković, M.: Investment arbitration – effects of an arbitral award rendered in a related contractual dispute, Yearbook on International Arbitration, Volume IV, edited by Marianne Roth, Michael Geistlinger, Vienna, NWV Verlag GmbH, 2015, pp. 149-179.
• Vasiljević, M., Kulms, R, Josipović, T, Stanivuković, M. (Ed.): Private Law Reform in South East Europe, Liber Amicorum Christa Jessel-Holst, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade 2010.