Teaching

Private international law, European law, and comparative law, taught across all levels and in three languages (French, English, German).

Programmes

I co-direct, with Professor Pierre Egéa, the Master in Comparative and International Law (MADIC) since 2020, which trains students for practice and research in international and comparative law.

My teaching feeds directly into the Cours de droit international et européen (co-authored, 7th edition 2025, revised each year since 2019), a reference for the French competitive examinations: keeping the course current forces a yearly reckoning with the state of the field.

I also direct the University Diploma (DU) in Arbitration (since 2025).

Doctoral supervision

In progress

• Fedor Ilin (since 2025) — International carriage of oil and gas by sea. Sole supervision.
• Maryna Myklush (since 2024) — Defining a system of private space law. Sole supervision.
• Marie-Eve Samson (since 2021) — The balance of powers in the French military-industrial space complex. Sole supervision.
• Razan Alqasem (since 2020) — Competition law and policy adapted to poverty reduction. Co-supervision with Sylvaine Poillot-Peruzzetto.
• Pierre-Jean Thil (since 2018) — The use of personal data by Fintech and Big Tech, between competition and regulation. Co-supervision with C. Gorriz Lopez.

Completed

• Timothée Arnaud-Miramont (2026) — Normative policy applied to information systems security: a France–Japan comparison. Sole supervision.
• Annika Bauch (2025) — Corporate law and compliance. Sole supervision.
• Rachid El Maalem (2022) — A new framework for conflict of laws in obligations. Co-supervision with Sylvaine Poillot-Peruzzetto.
• Baptiste Martinez (2021) — Legal framework for platform intermediation: contractual and competition aspects. Co-supervision with Céline Castets-Renard.

Prospective doctoral candidates

I welcome enquiries from candidates wishing to pursue doctoral research in private international law, European private law, or the law of cyberspace and space. International cotutelle (jointly supervised) projects are especially welcome.

The profile I look for:

• Educational background. An excellent academic record, including a research Master (or equivalent) completed with distinction in a relevant field.
• Track record of scientific achievement. Demonstrated capacity for original, high-quality legal research, evidenced above all by an outstanding Master's thesis (or comparable written work).
• Research project. A clear, well-defined project that connects to my research areas and shows command of the relevant literature and methods.
• Languages. Working command of the languages the project requires (French and/or English; any additional language an asset).
• Funding. Secured or realistic funding (doctoral contract, scholarship, or equivalent). I am glad to support strong candidates in preparing competitive funding applications.

To enquire, please send a short research proposal, a CV, and your Master's thesis (or a representative writing sample) via the contact page.

Courses

My teaching centres on private international law and European law, reaching into comparative law, international business and dispute resolution, and the law of emerging domains. I teach across all levels and in three languages: French, English, and German. In 2026–2027 I am on research leave (sabbatical) and not teaching.

Master. General theory of private international law, EU private international law, comparative private international law, the international protection of the person, general principles of private international law, private international law (LLM), fundamental private international law, aviation law, international transport and logistics contracts, fundamental international business law, and the European single market. These courses are delivered across the Master in Comparative and International Law (MADIC), the Master Droit privé fondamental, the Master Droit des transports aériens, the LLM in International and European Law, and the LLM in International Aviation Law, as well as the double-degree programme with Jersey.

Bachelor (Licence). Introduction to private law (in French), German private law (in German), Private and public law issues (in English), and Internationales und europäisches Recht (in German).

Judicial training. A morning seminar on private international law, notably legal reasoning in family private international law, within the continuing-education programme of the École nationale de la magistrature (ENM), 2019–2021.

Course materials. A selection of my teaching presentations is openly available: Introduction au droit privé (Licence); Droit international privé (Master seminar, École de droit de Toulouse, 2026); La contribution du droit international privé multilatéral à la théorie des greffes juridiques (Master seminar, Bordeaux, 2024); and Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of the EU (seminar with O. Macovei, Bar-Ilan University, 2022).

Invited lectures

Invited lecturer and researcher at (selection):

• Hong Kong University — 2015
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Law — 2017–2022
• University Mundiapolis Casablanca — 2018
• Autonomous University of Barcelona — 2018–2019
• University of Economics and Law – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh — 2018–2024
• Bangor University — 2019
• Southwest University Chongqing — 2019
• Universität Heidelberg — 2020
• Institute of Law Jersey — 2021–2023
• Bar-Ilan University — 2022

Former programme directions

• Director, European School of Law Toulouse (ESL) — 2018–2023 (the Faculty of Law's structure for international and European programmes and degrees, including double degrees and English-taught Masters).
• Coordinator of the masters in international and European law (M1 DIDE) — 2021–2023.
• Co-director, Master 2 Comparative and European Private International Law (CEPIL), double degree with the University of Dundee — 2017–2018.
• Director, Master 2 International Economic Law — 2018–2021.
• Coordinator, Franco-German degree tracks (Licence with German-law certificate; double degrees with Mannheim and Passau) — 2018–2019.
• Coordinator, Franco-British degree tracks (LLB double degrees with Dublin, Essex, Jersey, London and Bangor) — 2019–2023.
• Co-responsible, agrégation preparation programme (conférence d'agrégation), Faculty of Law — 2018–2022.
• Associate Dean for International Relations (assesseur au doyen), School of Law — 2022–2024.