MONDAY CLUB: With Professor Marcus Wagner
Weaponising Trade: Trade Law in an Increasingly Complex and Divided World
Date: Monday, April 13, 2026
Time: Arrive from 12 noon for a 12:30pm start. Concluding at 1.30pm.
Where: One Circular Quay Display Suite, Salesforce Tower, 180 George Street, Sydney
They will have staff in lobby/ concierge directing members up. Capacity 30-40. (20 seated, the rest standing)
After the talk, members and guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a privately guided walkthrough of One Circular Quay, set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour — a defining example of contemporary residential design in Australia and home to a $160 million landmark penthouse.
Price: $15 for members, $25 for non-members
Funds raised go towards club programs and scholarships
BYO Lunch (many cafes in the vicinity)
ZOOM FROM 12.30 - 1.30 pm AEST
Zoom Link will be sent on registration
Professor Wagner is an internationally recognised expert in international economic law and governance, international peace and security, as well as US and Australian constitutional law. His recent scholarship has focused on various aspects of international economic law. The Weaponised Trade project was financed by the Australian Department of Defence and for which he is chief investigator, focuses on the intersection of international trade, international trade law, geopolitics and geoeconomics. Prior to joining UOW Law in 2018 from Warwick Law School, he has previously worked at the University of Miami. He obtained his law degree in 2002 and a master’s degree in international law in 2005, both from the Faculty of Law at the University of Giessen / Germany. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg / Germany, during which time he also served as legal counsel for the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York. In 2006, he graduated from Stanford Law School with an LL.M. degree. Professor Wagner subsequently clerked for then-President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Aharon Barak. Starting in 2007, he worked for the Brussels office of WilmerHale. Professor Wagner was elected the Executive Vice-President of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) in 2018 and re-elected in 2021, having served in governance roles in SIEL previously. Professor Wagner has advised foreign ministries in various countries as well as international organizations and has presented at academic and professional conferences in the areas of international economic law and autonomous weapon systems. Professor Wagner is co-founder and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Law & Geoeconomics (L&G) published by Brill and served as the Associate Editor for the Journal of World Investment and Trade (JWIT) until 2023.