Academic Position : Professor of Arbitration Law (School of Professional Education of the Brussels Bar)

Education : University of Pennsylvania Law School (LLM - 1986); Université Libre de Bruxelles (Lic. Jur. - 1984)

Experience as counsel:

Several international and domestic arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, and CEPANI (mergers & acquisitions, commercial distribution, construction & engineering, industrial contracts, intellectual property and general contractual matters)

Publications:

• "La preuve par témoins en arbitrage : aspects de droit belge et considérations déontologiques et pratiques sur le rôle de l’avocat dans l’établissement de la preuve par témoins [Witness Evidence in Arbitration: Belgian Law Aspects and Ethical and Practical Aspects of the Role of the Counsel in Establishing Witness Evidence]," in L’administration de la preuve en matière d’arbitrage 137 (Bruylant, 2009)

• "Questions de droit international privé et d’arbitrage touchant à la distribution commerciale [Issues of Private International Law and of Arbitration Impacting Commercial Distribution]," in Le droit de la distribution 271 (Anthemis, 2009)

• "Arbitrators’ Bias because of Previous Appointments: a Civil Law Perspective," TDM, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2008)

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de résiliation de concessions de vente soumises à la loi du 27 juillet 1961 : fin de la controverse ? [Arbitrability of Disputes Relating to the Termination of Distribution Agreements Governed by the [Belgian] Law of 27 July 1961 : End of the Controversy ?]," note following the Oct. 15, 2004 decision of the Belgian Cour de cassation, 5 Rev. Dr. Com. Belge 498 (2005)

• Commentary on CEPANI Award No. 1081, in Recueil des sentences arbitrales du CEPANI 314 (2005)

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges relatifs aux contrats de distribution commerciale en droit belge [Arbitrability of Disputes Relating to Commercial Distribution Agreements under Belgian Law]," in L’arbitrage et la distribution commerciale 25 (Bruylant, 2005)

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges relatifs aux contrats de concession de vente exclusive et d'agence commerciale en droit belge / The arbitrability of disputes relating to exclusive distribution and commercial agency agreements under Belgian Law," 1998 Rev. dr. aff. int. / Int'l Bus. L.J. 86• "Aspects de droit international privé et d'arbitrage de la distribution commerciale [Aspects of Private International Law and of Arbitration Relating to Commercial Distribution]," in La distribution commerciale dans tous ses états 219 (Editions du Jeune barreau de Bruxelles, 1997)

• Belgian law correspondant for "Arbitration and ADR" (Newsletter of IBA Committee D)

• "Report on the Concept of 'Arbitrability' under the New York Convention," 11(1) Disp. Res. Int'l 47(2017)

• "Report on the Public Policy Exception in the New York Convention," 10(1) Disp. Res. Int'l 35(2016)

• "Choosing the right forum for your client's dispute," in What Counsel in Arbitration can do, must do and must not do? 41 (V. Foncke and B. Kohl eds., Bruylant, 2015)

• "Brussels," in Choice of Venue in International Arbitration (M. Ostrove, C. Salomon, B. Shifman eds., OUP, 2014) (with M. Draye)

• "The New Belgian Arbitration Law," 2013(4) Cahiers de l’arbitrage/Paris J. Int’l Arb. 1013

• "The CEPANI 2013 Arbitration Rules," 2013(1) Cahiers de l’arbitrage/Paris J. Int’l Arb. 231

• "Aspects de droit international privé (européen) du contrat d’arbitre et du contrat d’organisation d’arbitrage, " 2013(2) B-Arbitra 405

• "La transposition de la Directive Médiation (2008/52/CE) du 21 mai 2008 sur la médiation en Belgique," 2012(2) Cahiers de l'arbitrage/Paris J. Int’l Arb. 331

• "Belgium: Brussels Bar Lifts the Traditional Prohibition on Preparatory Contacts Between Attorneys and Witnesses in Arbitration," 29(2) ASA Bull. 496 (2011) (with M. Draye)

• "L’importance des preuves orales dans la procédure arbitrale [The importance of oral evidence in arbitral proceedings]," 2011 Journ. Trib. 41

• "La preuve par témoins en arbitrage : aspects de droit belge et considérations déontologiques et pratiques sur le rôle de l’avocat dans l’établissement de la preuve par témoins [Witness Evidence in Arbitration: Belgian Law Aspects and Ethical and Practical Aspects of the Role of the Counsel in Establishing Witness Evidence]," in L’administration de la preuve en matière d’arbitrage (Bruylant, 2009) 137

• "Questions de droit international privé et d’arbitrage touchant à la distribution commerciale [Issues of Private International Law and of Arbitration Impacting Commercial Distribution]," in Le droit de la distribution (Anthemis, 2009) 271

• "Arbitrators’ Bias because of Previous Appointments: a Civil Law Perspective," 5(4) TDM (2008)

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de résiliation de concessions de vente soumises à la loi du 27 juillet 1961 : fin de la controverse ? [Arbitrability of Disputes Relating to the Termination of Distribution Agreements Governed by the [Belgian] Law of 27 July 1961 : End of the Controversy ?]," note following the Oct. 15, 2004 decision of the Belgian Cour de cassation, 2005(5) Rev. Dr. Com. Belge 498

• Commentary on CEPANI Award No. 1081, in Recueil des sentences arbitrales du CEPANI 314 (2005)

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges relatifs aux contrats de distribution commerciale en droit belge [Arbitrability of Disputes Relating to Commercial Distribution Agreements under Belgian Law]," in L’arbitrage et la distribution commerciale (Bruylant, 2005) 25

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges relatifs aux contrats de concession de vente exclusive et d'agence commerciale en droit belge / The arbitrability of disputes relating to exclusive distribution and commercial agency agreements under Belgian Law," 1998 Rev. dr. aff. int. / Int'l Bus. L.J. 86

• "Aspects de droit international privé et d'arbitrage de la distribution commerciale [Aspects of Private International Law and of Arbitration Relating to Commercial Distribution]," in La distribution commerciale dans tous ses états (Editions du Jeune barreau de Bruxelles, 1997) 219