About the author
An alumnus of the College of Europe, Bruges (promotion Stefan Zweig), Professor Dr Geert van Calster is full professor (professor ordinarius) in the University of Leuven where for 11 years (2009-2020) he served as Head of Leuven Law’s department of European and international law. At Leuven he holds the chairs of Private international law; the law of (investment and commercial) arbitration (co-chair); and international trade and investment law. Geert is on the indicative list of WTO Panelists and serves, appointed by the EU, on a variety of dispute settlement panels in EU FTAs including CETA and the UK-EU Trade and Co- operation Agreement. Prof van Calster is also visiting professor and senior fellow at Monash University’s Law faculty (Melbourne) and Senior Fellow of Melbourne University Law School. He was visiting fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford University, Michaelmas Term 2024-25 and is Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, Spring and Summer Term 2024-25. He was previously i.a. a visiting lecturer at Oxford University, visiting professor at King’s College, London, adjunct professor at American University and visiting professor at the China-EU School of Law in Beijing. He is also an independent practitioner at the Belgian Bar. He was called to the Bar in 1999 after having worked as of counsel to a City law firm since 1995. Geert is the author of a leading handbook on European Private International Law (Bloomsbury publishing) and involved in a variety of business and human rights claims across EU and non- EU jurisdictions (many of them reported on www.gavclaw.com).
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