He is full professor of Law at KU Leuven, was the head of its department of European and International Law for 11 years between 2009 and 2020, and is a senior fellow at KU Leuven's Centre for Global Governance Studies.
Between 1994 and 2015, he was affiliated as of counsel (practising) with international law firms, respectively SJ Berwin; Andersen Legal; Dibb, Lupton, Alsop; and DLA Piper.
He hosts a blog posting mostly on international dispute resolution at www.gavclaw.com .
from the College of Europe (promotion Stefan Zweig 1993-1994)[1] and a PhD from Leuven in 1999.
He was Chevening Scholar at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford 1997-1998.