Ekaterina Pannebakker
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Mr.dr. E.S. Pannebakker
- Telephone
- 071 5273554
- e.s.pannebakker@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7700-8217
Ekaterina Pannebakker (1981) joined the Department of Civil Law as assistant professor in 2016.
About
Ekaterina Pannebakker (1981) joined the Institute of Private Law as assistant professor in 2016. Her expertise spans private international, comparative, and commercial law. She investigates foundational aspects of private (international) law, exploring how rulemaking in private international law, transnational law, and soft law can address contemporary cross-border societal challenges, including sustainability.
Pannebakker is a co-editor of the blog Conflictoflaws.net, and serves on the editorial team of the Netherlands Journal of Private International Law.
She was recently appointed to the Committee International Law for the Sustainable Development Goals of the International Law Organisation, following her nomination by the KNVIR – Royal Netherlands Society of International Law.
Pannebakker has held visiting scholar positions at the University of Cambridge (UK), the Toulouse Capitole University (France), and the UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Rome, Italy). She served for 10 years as the Secretary of the international think tank Groupe de Travail Contrats Internationaux (GTCI). Pannebakker is a member of several international academic associations, including the European Law Institute, European Association of Private International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Société de Legislation Comparée, International Law Association, and KNVIR.
Her essay on sustainable development clauses in international contracts was awarded first prize in the 2023 UNIDROIT and Sustainable Development Essay Competition.
Pannebakker holds a PhD and an LL.M. from Erasmus University Rotterdam, including French and Russian law degrees. Before joining academia, she worked as a business lawyer for a multinational company.
Languages
Dutch, English, French and Russian.
Assistant Professor
- Faculty of Law
- Institute of Private Law
- Civil Law
- Pannebakker E.S. (2024), Sustainable development clauses in international contracts through the lens of the UNIDROIT principles, Uniform Law Review 29(2): 352-361.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2025), Conflict of laws for sustainable supply chains: A magic wand or a medieval club?. In: Zeller B. & Baasch Andersen C. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook on Transnational Commercial Law. Routledge international handbooks. Abingdon: Routledge. 185-199.
- Pannebakker E.S. (12 February 2025), CJEU in Albausy on (in)admissibility of questions for a preliminary ruling under Succession Regulation. Conflict of Laws.net: views and news in private international law. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. (2025), Using the UPICC to Draft Sustainable Development Clauses in International Commercial Contracts. In: UNIDROIT (Ed.), Thirty Years of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: Past, Present and Future Relevance. Acts of the Conference to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the UNIDROIT Principles (Rome, 6-7 May 2024). Rome: International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). 311-328.
- Pannebakker E.S. (4 June 2025), Under the Omnibus: corporate sustainability Due Diligence Directive’s rules on civil liability no longer overriding mandatory. Conflict of Laws.net: views and news in private international law. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. (5 April 2023), Amended rules of procedure of the General Court of the EU and practice rules came into force. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. (28 February 2023), The Dutch Supreme Court on how to deal with the CISG on appeal (Willemen Infra v Jura). Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. (2023), ESG-bedingen in commerciële overeenkomsten: een contractenrechtelijke gereedschapskist voor duurzameontwikkelingsdoelstellingen, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht 2023(4): 125-132.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2023), Sustainable development clauses in international contracts through the lens of the UNIDROIT Principles. UNIDROIT and Sustainable Development Essay Competition (UNIDROIT Foundation-International Law Institute (ILI)). [working paper].
- Pannebakker E.S. (2023), Letter of intent. In: Buuren M.P.P. van & Koster H. (Eds.), Bedrijfsovername. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. 117-134.
- Pannebakker E.S. (18 November 2023), Choice of law in commercial contracts and regulatory competition: new steps to be made by the EU?. Conflict of Laws - Views and News in Private International Law. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. (18 October 2022), CJEU ruling in FNV v. Van Den Bosch: follow-up in Dutch courts. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S., Pluut H., Voskamp S. & Zanger W.S. de (2022), Empirical legal studies in the law school curriculum in the Netherlands: what is the state of the art and where do we go from here?, The Law Teacher 56(3): 384-403.
- Pannebakker E.S. & Waaijer H. (2022), Notaris en de prejudiciële vraag. In: Castermans A.G., IJsebrands M., Krans H.B. & Rijen M. van (Eds.), Parels aan de kroon. Het bouw- en aanbestedingsrecht en het familievermogensrecht op de bogen van het 30-jarige BW. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. 161-170.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2022), Judge at the oral rounds of the 2022 Pax Moot Court. Paris, (Universities Sciences-Po and Paris-Dauphine). [other].
- Kramer X.E. & Pannebakker E.S. (26 May 2021), Shell litigation in the Dutch courts: milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S., Pluut H., Voskamp S. & Zanger W. de (2021), Empirical Legal Studies in het juridisch onderwijs: waar staat Nederland en hoe nu verder?, Recht der Werkelijkheid 42(1): 67-87.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2021), Panelist at the session ‘Protection of Vulnerable Groups & Pandemic Effects’ at the Rijeka Doctoral Conference. Rijeka, (University of Rijeka - Faculty of Law). [other].
- Pannebakker E.S., Voskamp S., Zanger W.S. de & Pluut H. (2020), Onderweg naar morgen – een inventarisatie van empirische onderzoeksmethoden in juridisch onderwijs. Rapport t.b.v. de Stimuleringsactie Empirical Legal Studies fase II (dossiernummer SGWDB-2018) . Leiden: Platform Empirical Legal Studies.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2020), Review of: Zuloaga I. (2019), Reliance in the Breaking-off of Contractual Negotiations: Trust and Expectation in a Comparative Perspective. Cambridge: Intersentia. International & Comparative Law Quarterly 69(4): 1036-1037.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2020), IVRK en IPR. De invloed van het belang van het kind op het begrip gewone verblijfplaats van het kind. In: Bruning M.R., Klep K.F.M. & Punselie E.C.C. (Eds.), De invloed van 30 jaar Kinderrechtenverdrag in Nederland. Perspectieven voor de rechtspraktijk. Recht en Praktijk – Personen- en familierecht no. 7. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. 175-187.
- Declercq S., Hick T., Boissan P., Hafi S. & Pannebakker E.S. (2020), Precontractuele aansprakelijkheid [in: Grotius-Pothier University Research Group in comparative law (ed.), Een rechtsvergelijkende analyse van de Belgische hervorming van het buitencontractuele aansprakelijkheidsrecht: enkele suggesties voor wetgever en rechter], Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Burgerlijk Recht = Revue générale de droit civil belge 2020(3): 155-159.
- Samoy I., Moron-Puech B., Graaff R. de, Auvray F., Combot M., Dejean de la Batie A., Dankers Hagenaars D.L.M.T., Ribbers P.L.F., Borucki C., Kahn C., Stettler G., Bentvelzen F.C., Nuninga W.T., Gillaerts P., Dupont de Dinechin J., Declercq S., Hick T., Boissan P., Hafi S. & Pannebakker E.S. (2020), Regards comparatistes sur la réforme belge du droit de la responsabilité extra-contractuelle : quelques suggestions pour le législateur et le juge (Groupe Grotius Pothier), Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé 72(1): 189-198.
- Samoy I., Moron-Puech B., Graaff R. de, Auvray F., Combot M., Dejean de la Batie A., Dankers Hagenaars D.L.M.T., Ribbers P.L.F., Borucki C., Kahn C., Stettler G., Bentvelzen F.C., Nuninga W.T., Gillaerts P., Dupont de Dinechin J., Declercq S., Hick T., Boissan P., Hafi S. & Pannebakker E.S. (2020), Regards comparatistes sur la réforme belge du droit de la responsabilité extra-contractuelle: quelques suggestions pour le législateur et le juge (Groupe de recherche Grotius-Pothier), Revue de droit international et de droit comparé 2020(2): 113-199.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2019), Vreemd recht. Over de toepassing van buitenlands recht in het Nederlandse burgerlijk proces(recht), Ars Aequi 68(3): 174-176.
- Ribbers P.L.F. & Pannebakker E.S. (18 July 2019), Yes, we can (change). Leiden Law Blog. Leiden. [blog entry].
- Pannebakker E.S. & Weide J.A. van der (29 July 2019), The new kid on the block: the HCCH Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Bochove L.M. van & Pannebakker E.S., annotation: Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie 28 July 2016, no. C-191/15, ECLI:EU:C:2016:612. TvC 2017(3): 138-141 (Verein für Konsumenteninformation/Amazon EU Sàrl).
- Bochove L.M. van & Pannebakker E. (2017), Choice of law in consumer contracts as unfair term in the sense of Directive 93/13 - Le choix de la loi applicable dans les contrats conclus avec les consommateurs comme clause abusive au sens de la Directive 93/13, International Business Law Journal 2017(5): 431-438.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2017), Contractonderhandelingen met een letter of intent: het opstellen van bedingen, Contracteren. Tijdschrift voor de contractspraktijk 2017(4): 127-132.
- Pannebakker E. (2016), Letter of Intent in International Contracting. Ius commune europaeum no. 156. Cambridge: Intersentia.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2016), Pre-contractual phase: reflections on the attractiveness of the new French rules for the parties to international commercial transactions. In: Stijns S. & Jansen S. (Eds.), The French Contract Law Reform: A Source of Inspiration?. Ius commune europaeum no. 153. Cambridge: Intersentia. 29-47.
- Pannebakker E.S. (2013), Offer and Acceptance and the Dynamics of Negotiations: Arguments for Contract Theory from Negotiation Studies, Erasmus Law Review 6(2): 131-141.
- Ontanu E.A. & Pannebakker E.S. (2012), Tackling language obstacles in cross-border litigation: the European order for payment and the European small claims procedure approach, Erasmus Law Review 5(3): 169-186.