Professor of Law and Public Policy at KAPSARC School of Public Policy (Saudi Arabia). Formerly, Professor of European and International Economic Law, a Jean Monnet Chair holder (awarded by the European Commission), Program Director of the LLM in International Economic Law, and former Director of Research at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London. He was also a visiting professor at NYU Abu Dhabi in the UAE and the Inaugural Lee Kong Chian International Visiting Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore. Dr Leal-Arcas’s research is funded by the EU Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, most notably a grant of EUR14 million as part of a consortium of 21 institutions to work on trade, renewable energy and smart grids.
Dr Leal-Arcas’ recent policy work includes contributing to the Report ‘Global Rules for Mutually Supportive and Reinforcing Trade and Climate Regimes’ and authoring a report on Energy Transit Activities.
