Dr Tibisay Morgandi, LLM (Harvard), PhD (Graduate Institute Geneva), Postdoc (Cambridge) is a tenured Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Energy and Natural Resources Law at QMUL School of Law. She is an accomplished international lawyer with a decade of experience teaching, publishing and practising in public and private international law, focusing on energy, environmental and climate law, investment and trade law, business and human rights (including ESG and sustainability) and the law of the sea.

At QMUL, Tibisay is the Director of the TradeLab legal clinic offering pro bono support on international trade and investment law and policy to governments, NGOs, local communities and SMEs (see projects on ‘Investment Treaties and Climate Change Measures’ and ‘Counterclaims in International Investment Law’ for the Chilean Government). At QMUL, Tibisay also chaired the Climate Emergency Working Group, leading the creation of the podcast series ‘Climate Game Changers’ (listen to episodes on ‘Climate Litigation’ and ‘AI and climate’). In recognition of her work in the field of climate law, environmental law, and business and human rights, Tibisay has been appointed Distinguished Research Fellow at Macquarie University’s Centre for Environmental Law based in Sydney.

Tibisay has been involved in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, ICSID, and SIAC. She has advised governments in Europe and South America, as well as inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, including the European Commission, Chatham House and Client Earth. She is listed as arbitrator by the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC) and is EDAC’s UK representative. Prior to joining QMUL, she practised public international law and investment arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.

Tibisay was educated in Italy (Law degree, Università Cattolica Milan), in Switzerland (Masters and PhD in International Law, Graduate Institute Geneva), and in the US (LLM, Harvard). Prior to joining QMUL, she was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge, where she taught international environmental law and international law. At Cambridge, she created the first-ever dataset on international energy agreements (energybilaterals.org, funded by Cambridge, Philomathia Foundation and SNSF).

Tibisay is registered at the Bar in Italy, where she practised for two years in domestic litigation and arbitration. She is an Italian national, who grew up bilingual in Italian and Spanish; she is also fluent in English and French.