Denise Wohlwend

Denise Wohlwend currently serves as Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) since September 2025 and is a lecturer in Philosophy of Law and Public International Law at Université de Fribourg - Universität Freiburg since September 2022. Denise is also a Coordinating Committee Member of the Interest Group on the European and International Rule of Law with the European Society of International Law as of December 2023. Previous experience includes roles as a Senior Associate and Associate at Kellerhals Carrard from May 2021 to August 2025, and as an Associate at FRORIEP from April 2019 to April 2021. Denise has held various research and clerk positions at prestigious institutions, including the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the High Court of St. Gallen. Academically, Denise Wohlwend holds a Ph.D. in International Law from Université de Fribourg and is pursuing an LL.M. at Harvard Law School with a focus on International Climate & Environmental Law and Business & Human Rights.