[1] He is also related to Mme de Staël, the 19th century literary figure, and Henri Guisan, the commander of the Swiss armed forces during WWII.
[5] After practising EC law in London and Brussels, he served as a United Nations legal advisor in Rome,[7] and then as an EC Advisor to the UK Government's Treasury Solicitor's Department.
He has appeared in many cases before the European Court of Justice and has been involved in several WTO dispute settlement proceedings.
A defendant, JJB Sports[9] agreed to pay compensation for its role in price-fixing, as investigated by the UK Government's Office of Fair Trading.
He has published widely on EC and World Trade Organization issues.