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Dr. Andreas Klasen
Advising governments, public financial institutions, international organisations, philanthropies and corporates on public finance law, international trade and investment law, and European regulation.
Profile
The practice focuses on the law of state-backed finance and its international and European framework. Dr. Klasen advises governments, public financial institutions, international organisations, philanthropies and corporates.
Before establishing his practice, Andreas Klasen was Head of Guarantees and Export Finance at Airbus Group (ex EADS), Partner at PwC and Managing Director of the Export Credit Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (operated by EH/PwC). He served as Vice President of the Berne Union.
Dr. Klasen has held professorships in international business in Germany and the United Kingdom and has given evidence to the UK Parliament and in WTO disputes. His recent writing includes a contribution on trade agreements and national trade policy frameworks in Trade and Investment in Africa: A Research Companion (Routledge, 2026) and research on international trade law in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of World Trade. He is editor of The Handbook of Global Trade Policy (Wiley, 2020).
Career
Since 2025
Rechtsanwalt, Kanzlei Dr. Klasen
2015–2025
Professor of International Business, Hochschule Offenburg and Brunel University of London
2010–2015
Managing Director, Export Credit Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (operated by EH/PwC)
2009–2015
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2007–2008
Head of Guarantees and Export Finance, Airbus Group (ex EADS)
2005–2007
Senior Consultant and Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2004–2005
Legal Counsel, Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade)
2001–2003
Legal Trainee (Rechtsreferendar), Higher Regional Court Celle
Appointments and memberships
Honorary Visiting Professor, Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London
Honorary Research Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
External Examiner, State Examination in Law, Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice (2004–2015)
Steering Committee, ICC Germany (2014–2023)
Vice President, Berne Union (2013–2014)
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Publications
Article · 2026
with K. Schedler · Public Policy and Administration 41(2), 223–246
Chapter · 2026
Keeping Up with Regional Regulation: The EU Taxonomy
In: Belinga, Gond & Morsing (eds.), Pathways to Teaching Sustainable Finance. Routledge, 230–244
Chapter · 2026
In: Oramah & Kale (eds.), Trade and Investment in Africa: A Research Companion. Routledge, 150–165
Chapter · 2026
Innovation in international public finance: Three shifts for the next decade
In: Fifty Years of the OPEC Fund. OPEC Fund for International Development, 185–187
Article · 2026
with A. Tanno, K. Schedler, A. Casasola & V. Hauser · Global Policy 17(2), 259–273
Article · 2025
with A. Koldau & R. Wanjiru · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Article · 2025
with S. Krummaker · Journal of World Trade 59(3), 343–372
Article · 2025
with A. Sen & S. Fankhauser · Global Solutions 11, 214–220
Article · 2024
with S. Krummaker, J. Beck & J. Pennington · Global Policy 15(5), 1007–1014
Article · 2024
with T. Lomitashvili, K. Rosbach & K. Taniguchi · Public Administration and Development 44(3), 150–156
Article · 2024
Contemporary Issues in African Trade and Trade Finance 9(1), 8–20
Article · 2023
with H. Janus · Journal of World Trade 57(5), 789–808
Article · 2023
with J. Vassard · Global Policy 14(5), 958–961
Article · 2023
Neues Regelwerk für staatliche Exportfinanzierung
with I. Jennekens · Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 69(12), 789–795
Article · 2022
with R. Wanjiru, J. Henderson & J. Phillips · Global Policy 13(5), 710–720
Article · 2022
with B. Jennekens · Journal of International Trade Law and Policy 22(1), 1–14
Article · 2022
with M. Søndergaard-Jensen · Global Policy 13(4), 523–525
Chapter · 2022
In: Schedler (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management. Edward Elgar, 247–252
Chapter · 2022
In: Breyer-Mayländer et al. (eds.), Die Corona-Transformation. Springer Gabler, 271–277
Chapter · 2022
In: Graumann, Burkhardt & Wenger (eds.), Aspekte des Managements der Digitalisierung. Springer Gabler, 217–233
Article · 2021
with M. Gisiger · La Vie économique 5/2021, 37–38
Article · 2021
Contemporary Issues in African Trade and Trade Finance 6, 22–25
Book · 2020
Editor · Wiley
Chapter · 2020
In: Klasen (ed.), The Handbook of Global Trade Policy. Wiley, 3–21
Chapter · 2020
In: Graumann, Müller & Weiß (eds.), Innovationen für eine digitale Wirtschaft. Springer Gabler, 199–224
Article · 2020
with M. Roth · Die Volkswirtschaft 4/2020, 47–49
Article · 2019
Global Policy 10(3), 397–400
Article · 2017
Instrumente staatlicher Innovationsfinanzierung für Infrastruktur
with B. Eicher · Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 63(11), 726–734
Article · 2017
Global Policy 8(3), 389–391
Chapter · 2017
In: Hale & Held (eds.), Beyond Gridlock. Polity, 65–82
Book · 2015
Editor, with F. Bannert · Wiley
Article · 2015
Global Policy 6(3), 305–307
Article · 2014
CESifo Forum 15(3), 26–33
Article · 2013
with H. Meyer · Global Policy 4 (Suppl. 1), 1–9
Article · 2013
Global Policy 4(1), 108–109
Article · 2012
Hermesgedeckte Exportfinanzierung
with B. Bischoff · Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 58(11), 769–777
Article · 2012
Global Policy 3(2), 238–241
Article · 2011
Global Policy 2(2), 220–222