was appointed On-site Program Director for New York University School of Law in Paris. Emmanuel Gaillard taught at both Yale and Harvard law schools, and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies-based Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement. In 2014, he was appointed Visiting Professor at Yale Law School where he taught International Commercial Arbitration together with Professor Michael Reisman and Dr. Yas Banifatemi. From 2018 until his death in 2021, he had also been teaching International Investment Arbitration at Harvard Law School together with Dr. Banifatemi. In 2019, Prof. Gaillard had been appointed to the Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China’s International Experts Committee for a period of four years. Regarded as a prestigious appointment in China, the role included “providing advice and suggestions on the formulation of judicial interpretations and judicial policies of the Supreme People’s Court,” and, in so doing, contributing to the development of international arbitration in China. Theory and writings His work experience contributes to elaborate legal theory and research on international arbitration law, especially on the subjects related to Investment Law and Arbitration (ICSID), Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and Anti-Suits Injunctions. Many of his books and articles are cited as references on these topics (listed below). He was also a proponent of the existence of an autonomous arbitral legal order, arising out of but distinct from the laws of national States. He is often referred to as a primary author having written in all fields of international arbitration. He has commented on the ICSID case law since 1987 and published in 2004 the first book of commentary of ICSID case law. One of his most well-known works is his seminal treatise on international arbitration, 'Fouchard Gaillard Goldman on International Commercial Arbitration', published in 1999 and frequently referred to by practitioner academics and the national courts worldwide. In 2008, he published the first work on the theory of international arbitration, based on a course he taught in 2007 at The Hague Academy of International Law. The essay, published in French and later in English under the title “Legal Theory of International Arbitration”, was greeted by the international arbitration community as a ground-breaking and landmark work, for both the well-versed and newcomers to international arbitration. It is also available in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Hungarian, and Portuguese. He has been referred to as an "intellectuel de droite" with a strong interest in sociology in