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Claudia Annacker

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Member of the World Bank Sanctions Board at World Bank Group
📍 Paris, Île-de-France, France

Claudia Annacker is an Independent Arbitrator and Counsel with over 30 years of experience in international dispute settlement. After partnerships at top firms like Dechert and Cleary Gottlieb, she specializes in investor-State disputes and public international law, having handled more than 50 investment arbitrations.

Beyond her legal practice, she is dedicated to academia as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Vienna. In this role, she teaches seminars and supervises PhD theses in public international law, helping to shape the next generation of legal experts.

She is a member of the World Bank Sanctions Board, a quasi-judicial body that adjudicates cases involving fraud and corruption in development projects.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Member of the World Bank Sanctions Board
Location
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Investor-State Disputes
A core focus of her practice for over 30 years, she has represented both sovereign and private parties in more than 50 investment arbitrations.
Public International Law
Her primary academic and professional focus, underscored by her habilitation from the University of Vienna, where she also serves as an Adjunct Professor.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Member of the World Bank Sanctions Board
World Bank Group
1-2024
Independent Arbitrator and Counsel
Annacker ǀ International Disputes
9-2020 - 1-2024
Partner
Dechert LLP
2013 - 2014
Visiting Professor
Université Paris Nanterre
2004 - 2008
Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
In the press

Media appearances

Update of World Bank Group Sanctions Board Membership. Featured in World Bank Group – Sanctions Board
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Education
Venia legendi et docendi (habilitation) for public international law
University of Vienna
Diploma in Public International and European Law
University of Helsinki
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