Profile

Education

• Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Degree: Doctor of Laws. Thesis: The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 - Towards a Uniform Judicial Interpretation (mention: cum laude). Thesis-director:Professor Pieter Sanders (18.09.1981)
• University of Aix-en-Provence. Degree: Docteur en droit. Thesis: Etude comparative du droit de l'arbitrage commercial dans les pays de Common Law (mention: très bien). Thesis-director: Professor René David (26.11.1977)
• New York University, Institute of Foreign Law. Degree: Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (composite grade: A) (1974 - 1975)
• University of Aix-en-Provence, Faculty of Law. Post-doctorate course in Comparative, European and International Law (1973 - 1974)
• University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law. Degree: Master of Laws (1968 - 1973)

Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French
• Reading: German, Italian and Spanish