Lothar Ehring is currently working in the Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission in Brussels, Belgium . Previously he worked he worked as Legal Affairs Officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva, where his work mainly involved in providing legal advice to the Appellate Body in appeals against panel reports, and to Arbitrators acting under the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding.
Lothar Ehring graduated in law from the University of Passau in Germany where he specialized in the law of the internal market of the European Communities. He also holds the German qualification for the judicial office and postgraduate degree from Harvard University.
Lothar Ehring lectures WTO law at the University of Muenster, Germany and published several papers on international economic law.