Curriculum vitae

A concise overview. The full CV, including the complete list of publications, is available as a PDF.

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Current positions

Since 2017

Professor of Private Law (Professeur agrégé en droit privé et sciences criminelles, first class), Université Toulouse Capitole, Institut de droit privé

Since 2020

Co-director, Master MADIC (droit international appliqué et comparé), with Prof. Pierre Egéa

2026

Co-director, Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for Studies and Research, "Cyberspace and International Law", with Prof. Mohamed S. Helal

Current

President, Maison de l'Europe Toulouse Occitanie; Vice-President, European Law Faculties Association (ELFA); co-chair, French Hub of the European Law Institute (ELI); board member, Deutsch-Französische Juristenvereinigung; independent expert for EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament)

Previous positions

2023–2024

Vice-President, Resources and Institutional Transformation, Université de Toulouse

2020–2023

Vice-President, Governance, Université Toulouse Capitole

2018–2023

Director, European School of Law Toulouse

2016–2017

Maître de conférences (Associate Professor, tenured), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

2007–2016

Enseignant-chercheur (Lecturer and Researcher), Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas

2013–2014

Legal Officer, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), The Hague

Since 2008

Independent legal expert, consultant and arbitrator (private international law and international commercial law)

Education

2007–2015

Doctorate in Law, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, under the supervision of Prof. Yves Lequette. Thesis: Les fondements du droit international privé européen de la famille, highest distinction (mention très honorable avec félicitations). Three prizes (Chancellerie des universités de Paris, Comité français de DIP, Université Panthéon-Assas)

2009

Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law (public and private international law)

2006–2007

Master 2 (research), Private International and International Commercial Law, Paris II — first in class

2005–2006

Maîtrise (Master 1) in International and European Law, Paris II

2002–2005

Licence en droit, Université de Rennes 1

Doctoral supervision

Four theses supervised to completion (T. Arnaud-Miramont 2026, A. Bauch 2025, R. El Maalem 2022, B. Martinez 2021) and five currently in progress, on the private law of outer space, the law of the sea, personal data and Fintech, competition and poverty reduction, and information systems security. A fuller account is on the teaching page.

Research areas

Private international law and its methodology; European private international law; comparative private international law (in particular between Europe and Southeast Asia); the law of the global commons and global spaces (cyberspace, outer space); law and new technologies, including artificial intelligence and law; legal humanism and decolonial approaches; the rule of law and transitional justice. See the research statement.

Selected publications

The full, automatically updated list is on the publications page. Selected works:

Cours de droit international et européen (co-authored), 7th ed., Éditions IEJ de la Sorbonne, 2025 (revised each year since 2019).
La multilatéralisation des sources du droit international privé, SFDI/Pedone, 2023.
"The Economic Attractiveness of Southeast Asian States through the Prism of International Economic Dispute Settlement Mechanisms", RDAI / International Business Law Journal, 2024.
"La place du juge dans la construction européenne. Réflexions autour de la dialogique de la justice européenne", Les Cahiers de la Justice, 2022.
Enjeux internationaux des activités numériques (co-editor), Larcier, 2020 — Prix du livre, Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC), 2021.
Annual chronicle on EU private international law in the Journal du droit international (Clunet), since 2017.

Memberships

European Law Faculties Association (ELFA, Vice-President); European Law Institute (ELI); Comité français de droit international privé; Société de législation comparée (co-director, "Institutions de la Justice" section); Association Henri Capitant; Deutsch-Französische Juristenvereinigung (board); German Society of International Law; Association of Former Auditors of the Hague Academy (Vice-President, German group).

Languages

German (native), French (C2), English (C2), Italian (B1). Teaching in French, English and German.