The UEA Law School Podcast Series explores current legal issues, research, and ideas through conversations with academics, students, practitioners, and invited guests. Covering a wide range of topics across law and society, the series highlights the work taking place within the Law School and provides accessible insights into legal developments, debates, and areas of specialist expertise.
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Rishi Gulati with Hakeem Seriki and Ifeanyi Egwuatu on Dispute Resolution under the AfCFTA Investment Protocol
In this episode, Rishi Gulati is in conversation with Hakeem Seriki (Associate Professor in Commercial Law, UEA Law School) and Ifeanyi Egwuatu (Nigerian lawyer). The conversation builds on from their recently published article in the Civil Justice Quarterly titled "Efficiency, effectiveness and pragmatism: What next for dispute resolution under AFCFTA and the investment protocol?" The discussion focuses on the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) which was signed in March 2018 to boost intra-African trade and will transform economic integration in Africa by creating the largest free trade area in the world measured by the number of countries participating. Central to the success or otherwise of AfCFTA is the existence of an effective dispute resolution mechanism to resolve disputes arising under the Investment Protocol to the AFCFTA which was adopted in 2023. The discussion focuses on the practical options that could be adopted to resolve investment disputes, with the authors arguing that a reformed form of ISDS should be adopted given it is the most efficient, effective and pragmatic option in the short to medium term.
6 Mar 2026
Rishi Gulati with Lucia Leontiev and Manuel José Segovia González on Extraterritoriality in a Multipolar World
In this episode, Rishi Gulati is in conversation with Lucia Leontiev and Manuel José Segovia González about their recently co-edited book titled Extraterritoriality Around the Globe: Multiform Approaches in a Multipolar World (Routledge, 2025). As the co-editors say, extraterritoriality is one of the most complex and multifaceted concepts in international law, shaped by a dynamic interplay of legal, political, and practical factors. the book and the discussion in this episode focuses on the challenges of understanding extraterritoriality in the context of evolving international relations, the political forces behind state practices, and why international law matters.
28 Oct 2025
International Law Conversations: A Discussion between Rishi Gulati and Aleksandar Ivanovski
In this episode, Dr Rishi Gulati is in conversation with Dr Aleksandar Ivanovski on his experiences as an international lawyer. In a number of episodes of this podcast series, one key theme is to learn from a diversity of lawyers as to the path they took, challenges confronted, and how they were tackled and overcome.
The discussion not only touches on substantive legal issues of significance, but also on the personal stories of the lawyers who played a part in tackling them.
This episode discusses various aspects of Dr Ivanovski’s work who is a Belgian-Macedonian lawyer, academic, and an EU legal expert. He completed an undergraduate legal qualification at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, holds an LLM degree from the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London on the principle of equal treatment in EU tax and State aid law.
He presently serves as director of CFE Tax Advisers Europe, has previously worked for EU institutions, and as a tax inspector. In 2022, Ivanovski coined the phrase “grey zone” in the conversation on the need to regulate the tax advisors’ profession.
The discussion weaves between Ivanovski’s personal journey as a lawyer, and the range of substantive issues he has been involved in, including Apple’s EU tax dispute, the prospective accession of his home country North Macedonia to the EU, and the challenges to the international order more generally.
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