Ulrich G Schroeter is a Full Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Basel. Prior to taking up his position in Basel in 2017, he was a Professor of Law at the University of Mannheim (Germany) where he held the Chair for Private Law, International Corporate and Financial Markets Law, European Business Law (2012–2017).

Schroeter was educated at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany) and the University of Lausanne. He received a Doctor iuris from the Free University of Berlin before completing his post-doctoral qualification (Habilitation) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg.

Schroeter has published books, book chapters and articles on contract law, international trade law, arbitration, treaty law, commercial law, European Union law and financial markets regulation, and has received awards for both his research and his teaching. His works have been cited by courts in Australia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States of America as well as Advocates General at the European Court of Justice.