Professor Paul C. Deemer, B.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., USA (1969); J.D., Vanderbilt University (1975); Admitted to practice: Texas; Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Profile

Professor Paul Deemer is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, having been appointed in 2018, and is a Retired Partner in Residence of Vinson & Elkins, RLLP.  He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tenn., USA., and he lectures at other academic institutions including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Cambridge and Technische Universitat Berlin. Paul recently served as Co-Chair of the Drafting Committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN), which revised the AIEN Model International Joint Operating Agreement, a standard in the international energy industry.

Read Professor Deemer's CV [PDF 121KB].

Postgraduate Teaching

United States Energy Law, Regulation and Policy (QMUL, Fall 2023); “What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important,” University of Cambridge, Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (lecture, February, 2024); Project Finance and Infrastructure Law (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Spring, 2024); United States Energy Law, Regulation and Policy (Technische Universitat Berlin, Spring, 2024); International Project Development and Finance (Vanderbilt University, October, 2024).

Research

Publications

“China’s ‘Long March’ to shale gas production–exciting potential and lost opportunities,”  by Paul Deemer and Nicholas Song; The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2014, Pages 448-467.

Public Engagement

Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN), recently serving as Co-Chair of the Drafting Committee which revised the AIEN Model International Joint Operating Agreement, a standard in the international energy industry.