[1] Werner Meng studied Law in Mainz and Lausanne (Switzerland).
He obtained his doctorate and his Habilitation at the University of Mainz.
He worked as research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Public and International Law in Heidelberg from 1980 until 1989 as well as at the University of Michigan, School of Law, Ann Arbor, in 1985.
In 2009, he was appointed honorary professor at Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
[2] Werner Meng was visiting professor at the Chicago Kent University, at the World Trade Institute Bern (Switzerland), the Amsterdam Law School, the University of Rijeka Law School (Croatia), the Tulane Law School (New Orleans), the Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), the Hong Kong City University School of Law, the Beijing University School of Law, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), the Université Pierre Mendès France Grenoble, the Wuhan University School of Law, the Panteion-University Athens (Greece), as well as visiting professorial fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C. Prof. Meng produces publications especially on the fields of International Trade Law, general International Law, and European Union Law.