Dr. Anatole Boute

Anatole Boute is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen (UK) and Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program (The World Bank Group). In 2011, he defended his PhD on investment protection in the Russian electricity production sector at the University of Groningen. Based on the results of this research, he advised the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the World Investment Report 2010. Since 2011, Anatole Boute advises the International Finance Corporation on Russian electricity law and renewable energy regulation. He has published widely on energy, environmental and investment law. As visiting fellow at the Centre for EU-Russia Studies he is working with Dr. Andrey Belyi. Contact: a.boute[at]abdn.ac.uk