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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Eva Lein
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Charles Clore House, 17, Russell Square
London, WC1B5JP
Tel.: 0044 7885239298
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2010 PhD in European, International and Comparative Contract Law,
University of Bayreuth, summa cum laude
Thesis subject: Late performance in European and International
Contract Law (Die Verzögerung der Leistung im Europäischen
Vertragsrecht), 523 pages - An analysis of instruments in the area of
European and international contract law (European Principles, DCFR,
UNIDROIT Principles, international conventions) in view of principles
and structures of EC private law, Roman law and national laws (English
common law, important continental legal systems including the French
and Swiss law of obligations and the reformed civil codes of Eastern
European countries); thesis supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible,
University of Bayreuth; Prof. Hannes Unberath, University of Bayreuth
2005 Hague Academy of International Law
Private international law session.
2000-2002 Referendariat in Bayreuth and 2. Staatsexamen
Practice in Civil Procedure; specialisation in European law and private
international law.
1994-1999 Law studies at the University of Bayreuth and 1. Staatsexamen
LEGAL EXPERIENCE/ EMPLOYMENT RECORD
From 2015 Visiting Professor, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Since 2014 Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux
Since 2013 Honorary Senior Lecturer, European and Comparative Conflict of
Laws, Queen Mary University of London Institute in Paris
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Since 2011 Honorary Senior Lecturer, LLM Programme International Commercial
Litigation, Queen Mary University of London
Since 2011 Visiting Professor, European Business Law, International Contracts,
Private International Law, ESCP Europe, London
Since Sept 2009 Herbert Smith Senior Research Fellow in Private International Law,
British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London
Responsible for the management of the BIICL Private International Law
Section; chair of the BIICL Research Committee; coordinator of
scientific research projects in private international law and comparative
law i.a. for the European Parliament, the European Commission and the
UK Ministry of Justice; organiser of international conferences (private
international law, European and comparative law).
Since 2009 Member, Spanish contract law working group “El impacto de las
directivas comunitarias sobre el derecho de la contratación: análisis
crítico y propuesta de reforma legislativa del Codigó civil”, Prof. F. Oliva
Blázquez, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.
Since 2008 Assistant Editor and since 2011 Advisory Board member of the
Yearbook of Private International Law (Bonomi, A./ Romano, G.-P.
(eds.), Sellier, Munich).
2008-2009 Lecturer in international contract law, Centro di Ricerche e Studi
Direzionali (CERISDI), Palermo, Italy.
Oct 2003-Sept 2009 Head of the Continental Law Section and Staff Legal Advisor at the
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland Responsible for the management and supervision of the SICL
Continental Law Section (Europe and Latin America); Staff Legal
Advisor for German and Austrian law, European law and private
international law; organisation and co-organisation of SICL conferences;
co-editing of SICL publications.
07/2005 Visiting Researcher, Peace Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands
Research in private international law.
2003 Lecturer & Assistant, Administrative Law and Procedure, Prof. Dr.
Wilfried Berg, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
01-04/2002 Private International Law Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Fritz
Sturm, Lausanne, Switzerland (Wahlstation during the Bar Exam
Preparation)
2000-2001 Trainee, Law Firm Hagelstein & Koll., Bayreuth, Germany
(Contract and commercial law, family law, civil procedure)
1995-1999, 2000 Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Wilfried Berg, University of Bayreuth,
Germany (Administrative law and procedure)
04 - 05/1998 Internship, Law firm Kumanoff, Bayreuth, Germany
(Contract and commercial law)
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03 - 04/1997 Internship, Law firm Goller & Koll., Bayreuth, Germany
(Civil procedure, contract and commercial law, successions)
LANGUAGES
German (mother tongue)
French (verbal and written fluency)
English (verbal and written fluency)
Italian (verbal and written fluency)
Spanish (verbal and written fluency)
Czech (basic knowledge)
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ANNEXE I: SCHOLARLY WRITINGS
1. Editor - DICKINSON, A./ LEIN, E., The Brussels I Regulation Recast – Commentary, Oxford
University Press, 2015.
- LEIN, E./ FAIRGRIEVE, F./OTERO CRESPO, M./SMITH, V., Collective Redress in Europe-
Why and How?, BIICL, 2015.
- FAIRGRIEVE, D. / LEIN, E., Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress, Oxford University
Press, 2012.
- LEIN, E., The Brussels I Review Proposal Uncovered, BIICL, 2012.
- Assistant Editor and since 2011 Advisory Board member of the Yearbook of Private
International Law, BONOMI, A./ ROMANO, G.-P. (ed.), Sellier, Munich.
- LEIN, E./ SKALA, J./ HECKENDORN-URSCHELER, L. (ed.), Business Law in Transition, A
Comparative Perspective on Eastern Europe, Publications de l’Institut suisse de droit
comparé, Schulthess, Zurich 2010.
- CASHIN- RITAINE, E./ LEIN, E. (ed.), The UNIDROIT Principes 2004, Their Impact on
Contractual Practice, Jurisprudence and Codification, Publications de l’Institut suisse de
droit comparé vol. 56, Schulthess, Zürich 2007.
- Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Liberté de l'art et indépendance de l'artiste -
Kunstfreiheit und Unabhängigkeit der Kunstschaffenden, Actes du colloque international,
27/ 28 novembre 2003, Lausanne, Publications of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
vol. 50, Schulthess, Zürich 2004.
- Until 2009: Co-editor of the ISDC’s Letter, bimonthly Online Legal Information Bulletin,
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne.
2. Monographs - Die Verzögerung der Leistung im Europäischen Vertragsrecht, Max Planck Institut für
Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2015.
3. Contributions to Books, Articles
- ‘Arts. 2, 4-16, 19 EuErbVO‘ in Burandt/Dutta, Internationales Erbrecht, Beck, Munich,
forthcoming 2015.
- ‘Art. 7(2) Brussels I Recast Regulation’, in Dickinson, A./ Lein, E., The Brussels I Regulation Recast – Commentary, Oxford University Press 2015, 155-172
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- ‘Die Erbrechtsverordnung aus Sicht der Drittstaaten’, in Dutta/ Herrler, Die Europäische
Erbrechtsverordnung, Beck, Munich 2014, 199-220.
- ‘Les Jeux d’influence dans l’élaboration des normes européennes - L’exemple du droit international privé’, Publication de l’Université de Bordeaux, forthcoming 2015
- ‘Arts. 8-11 Rome III Regulation’, in Calliess, The Rome Regulations, Wolters Kluwer
2015, 890-929.
- ‘Cross-Border Collective Redress and Jurisdiction under Brussels I – A Mismatch’, in:
FAIRGRIEVE, D./ LEIN, E., Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress, Oxford University
Press, 2012, 129-142.
- HARRIS, J./ LEIN, E., Arbitration and the Brussels I Recast, in LEIN, E., The Brussels I
Review Proposal Uncovered, BIICL, London 2012, 31-56.
- Case Note, ‘CJEU, C-509/09; C-161/10 - eDate Advertising/ Martinez’, Revista Española
de Derecho Internacional (2012)-1, 194-198.
- ‘Jurisdiction and applicable law in cross-border mass litigation’, in POCAR, F.,
VIARENGO, I., VILLATA F.C., Recasting Brussels I, Cedam (Padova), 2012, 159 ff.
- ‘Modern Art – the ECJ’s latest sketches of Art. 5(1) Brussels I Regulation’, in BONOMI,
A./ ROMANO, G.-P. (ed.), Yearbook of Private International Law 2010, Sellier, Munich
2011, 571-586.
- ‘Les compétences spéciales dans la proposition de Règlement sur les Successions’, in
BONOMI, A./ SCHMID, C., Successions internationales, Réflexions autour du futur
règlement européen et de son impact pour la Suisse, Schulthess, Zurich 2010, 77 ff.
- ‘Ideals and Realities: Reflections on Law Reception in Eastern Europe’, in LEIN, E./
SKALA, J./ HECKENDORN-URSCHELER, L. (ed.), Business Law in Transition, A
Comparative Perspective on Eastern Europe, Schulthess, Zurich 2010, 13 ff.
- ‘A Further Step Towards a European Private International Law Code - The Commission
Proposal for a Regulation on Succession’, in ŠARČEVIC, P./ VOLKEN, P./ BONOMI, A.
(eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law 2009, Sellier, Munich 2010, 107-141.
- ‘Liberté, Loyauté et Convergence - La responsabilité précontractuelle en droit comparé’
in CENTRE DE DROIT ECONOMIQUE D’UNIVERSITE AIX MARSEILLE III (ed.), Regards
comparatistes sur le phénomène contractuel, PUAM 2009, 17-38 (with B. VOLDERS).
- ‘The new Rome I, Rome II, Brussels I Synergy’ in ŠARČEVIC, P./ VOLKEN, P./ BONOMI,
A. (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law 2008, Sellier, Munich 2009, 177-198.
- ‘La nouvelle synergie entre Rome I, Rome II et Bruxelles I’ in BONOMI A./ CASHIN
RITAINE, E.(eds.), Le nouveau règlement européen «Rome I» relatif à la loi applicable
aux obligations contractuelles, Schulthess, Zurich 2008, 27-47.
- Jurisclasseur de droit comparé, Dalloz, Paris 2008 :
Allemagne :
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Fasc. 1: – Introduction générale – Capacité
Fasc. 2 : – Régimes matrimoniaux. – Filiation. – Adoption
Fasc. 3 : – Successions et donations (Mise à jour)
Autriche :
Fasc. 1:– Capacité. Tutelle
Fasc. 2:– Mariage. Filiation.
Fasc. 3: – Successions Donations (Mise à jour).
- ‘Legal transplants in European Private Law’ in CASHIN-RITAINE, E. (et al., eds.), Legal
engineering, Schulthess, Zurich 2008, 69-93.
- ‘La compétence en matière contractuelle: un regard critique sur l’article 5 § 1er de la
nouvelle Convention de Lugano’, in BONOMI, A. (et al., eds.), La Convention de Lugano :
passé, présent et devenir, Schulthess, Zurich 2007, 41-63 ; also published in POPESCU,
D.A. (et al., eds.), Revista de Drept International Privat si drept privat comparat 2008.
- ‘Quo vadis Luxemburg? Die europäische Rechtsprechung zum Glücksspielrecht’, ERA
Forum 3(2007), 373-403.
- ‘L’effet harmonisateur des Principes UNIDROIT et ses limites’, in CHAPPUIS, C./ FOËX,
B./ KADNER GRAZIANO, T. (eds.), L’harmonisation internationale du droit, Schulthess,
Zürich 2007, 171-189.
- ‘La notion de proportionnalité appliquée au droit des jeux de hasard – Les cas Placanica
et Autorité de surveillance de l’AELE c/ Royaume de Norvège’, in Schweizerisches
Jahrbuch für Europarecht 2006/2007, Schulthess, Zürich 2007, 355-371 (with CASHIN
RITAINE, E.).
- ‘La portée pratique des principes UNIDROIT: une perspective allemande’, in CASHIN-
RITAINE E./ LEIN E. (eds.), The UNIDROIT Principes 2004, Their Impact on Contractual
Practice, Jurisprudence and Codification, Schulthess, Zürich 2007, 169-188.
- ‘Proposal for a Regulation on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) – A
Short Commentary’, in ŠARČEVIC, P./ VOLKEN, P./ BONOMI, A. (dir.), Yearbook of Pri-
vate International Law 2005, Sellier, Munich 2006, 391-413.
- ‘Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über das auf
vertragliche Schuldverhältnisse anzuwendende Recht (‘Rom I’) - Überblick und
Synopse’, ESDC 3(2006), 1-33.
- ‘La Compétence Externe de la Communauté - Aussenkompetenz der Gemeinschaft – zum
Gutachten 1/03 des EuGH’, in ESDC 2(2006), 1-9.
- ‘Les jeux de hasard dans l’Union européenne’, in EPINEY, A./ EGBUNA-JOSS, A./
WYSSLING, M. (eds.) Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Europarecht 2005/2006, Schulthess,
Zürich 2006, 465-478, (with CASHIN RITAINE, E.).
- Collaboration with F. and G. STURM for BLUMENWITZ, D., HAUSMANN, R., STURM, F.,
STURM, G., ‘Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch, Einleitung zum IPR
Artikel 3-6 EGBGB’ in J. von Staudingers Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch, de
Gruyter, Berlin 2003.
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- Collaboration with W. BERG, Fundheft für öffentliches Recht, Systematischer Nachweis
der deutschen Rechtsprechung, Zeitschriftenaufsätze und selbständigen Schriften,
Munich, Beck:
o Vol. 48, 1997
o Vol. 49, 1998
o Vol. 50, 1999
o Vol. 51, 2000.
4. Book Reviews, Shorter Contributions - Book Review: ‘T. Thiede, ‘Internationale Persönlichkeitsrechtsverletzungen durch
Massenmedien’ (Jan Sramek Verlag, 2010), Journal of European Tort Law 2011, 212-
217.
- Conference proceedings : ‘Colloque Franco-Espagnol sur les Avants-Projects de Reforme
du Droit des Obligations, Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, Février 2011’, ZEuP 3 (2011),
721-725.
- Book Review: ‘Jeronimo Hawellek, Die persönliche Surrogation, Max-Planck-Institut für
ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Studien zum ausländischen und
internationalen Privatrecht (Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2010)’, Zeitschrift für den Deutsch-
Spanischen Rechtsverkehr, 55, 56.
- Book Review : FERRARI, F./ LEIBLE, S. (eds.), ‘Ein neues Internationales Vertragsrecht
für Europa, Studien zum Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrecht’, Revue critique de
droit international privé 4(2007), 973-980.
- Various smaller contributions in Blätter für Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs / Bulletin des
poursuites et faillites / Rivista di esecuzione e fallimento (BlSchK) on (international)
insolvency law and on Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on
insolvency proceedings.
- Various smaller contributions in ISDC’s Letter, bimonthly Online Legal Information
Bulletin, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne.
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ANNEXE II: LECTURES, EXPERTISE, CONFERENCES
1. Lectures
- July 2015, El reglamento europeo de sucesiones: aspectos generales y principales
problemas, Curso de Verano 2015, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Maspalomas
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, International Commercial Litigation (LLM), Queen Mary,
University of London (Oct 2014-March 2015)
- European and Comparative Conflict of Laws (LLM), Queen Mary University of London
Institute in Paris (Nov 2014)
- European Business Law, ESCP Europe, London (Oct-Nov 2014)
- Synergies between instruments on conflict of laws and jurisdiction, The Evolution of
European Private International Law - Coherence, Common Values and Consolidation,
BIICL-QMUL Conference (Oct 2014)
- Private International Law, International Law in Practice, BIICL Short Course, London
(Sept 2014)
- German Law, University of Bordeaux (Feb 2014)
- Introduction to German Law, Westminster Law School (Jan 2014)
- 9.- 11.12.2013 – European and Comparative Conflict of Laws (LLM), Queen Mary
University of London Institute in Paris
- from 4.12.2013 – Honorary Senior Lecturer International Commercial Litigation (LLM),
Queen Mary, University of London
- 19.11.2013 – Jeux d’influence dans l’élaboration des normes européennes - L’exemple
du droit international privé, Colloque La Qualité des Normes, Université Montesquieu,
Bordeaux IV
- Sept/ Oct 2013 – European Business Law, ESCP Europe, London
- 11.10.2013 – Die Erbrechtsverordnung aus Sicht der Drittstaaten, Deutsches
Notarinstitut, Konferenz Die Europäische Erbrechtsverordnung, Würzburg
- 26.9.2013 – Le Royaume-Uni et le Règlement sur les Successions, Colloque franco-
britannique sur les successions internationales, Bordeaux
- 24.9.2013 –Private International Law, International Law in Practice – BIICL Short
Course, London
- 13.9.2013 – Extending Jurisdiction under Art. 5(3) Brussels I Regulation to
Accomplices?, Journal of Private International Law Conference, Madrid
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- 11.6.2013 – Cross-border Collective Investor Claims, BIICL Annual Conference,
London
- 4.- 6.2.2013 – European and Comparative Conflict of Laws (LLM), Queen Mary
University of London Institute in Paris
- 17.12.2012 – El nuevo Reglamento sobre sucesiones. Visión general y problemas
seleccionados, Universidad de Sevilla
- 25.9.2012 – Die neue EU-Erbrechtsverordnung, ERA International Familiy Law
Conference 2012
- 1.9.2012 – Round Table International Successions, Urbino
- 27.-1.9.2012 – Les litiges internationaux, Séminaire de droit européen 2012, Urbino
- 27.6.2012 – Private Enforcement of Competition Law – The relevant jurisdiction rules in
the Brussels I Regulation, Law Society of England and Wales/ ERA
- 13.4.2012 – Assignment and the Rome I Regulation - Which Law Should Apply?, Julio
González Campos Seminar, University Autonoma Madrid
- Since October 2011 – International Commercial Litigation (LLM), Queen Mary,
University of London
- Since September 2011 – European Business Law, ESCP Europe, London
- 25.11.2011 – Some remarks on jurisdiction and applicable law in cross-border mass
litigation, conference Cooperazione Italo-Tedesca nella Revisione del Regolamento
Bruxelles I, Università degli Studi di Milano
- 14.4.2011 – The Optional Instrument for European Contract Law and the Conflict of
Laws, JPIL Conference Milan, 14-16 April 2011
- 15.2.2011 – Recognition and Enforcement under Brussels I, Private International Law
Class, Universidad de Sevilla
- 15.12.2010 – Comparative Constitutional Law Lecture, Queen Mary, University of
London.
- 2.12.2010 – Introduction to German Law, University of Westminster, London.
- 15.11.2010 – Collective Redress and the Brussels I Regulation, BIICL Conference
Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress, Herbert Smith London Office.
- 24.3.2010 – The Brussels I Arbitration Exception – Current State of Affairs and
Perspectives, Herbert Smith London Office
- 19.3.2010 – Les compétences spéciales dans la Proposition de Règlement, 22e Journée
de Droit International Privé, Successions internationales : Réflexions autour du futur
règlement européen et de son impact pour la Suisse?, Institut Suisse de Droit Comparé,
Lausanne.
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- 16.2.2010 – Today’s Use of Comparative Law in a Globalized World, Centre for
Transnational Legal Studies, London.
- 3.12.2009 – Introduction to German Law, University of Westminster, London.
- 29.10.2009 – Rome I lecture, Herbert Smith Office, Exchange House, London.
- 21.10.2009 – Comparative Law Lecture, Queen Mary, University of London.
- 5.6.-10.6.2009 – Contrattualistica Internazionale, Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali
(CERISDI), Palermo, Italy.
- 26.3.2009 – La protection des majeurs incapables - Aspects de droit comparé et de droit
international privé, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas, Prof. B. ANCEL) (with
G.P.ROMANO).
- 4.7.2008 – Contract Law Session – Selected Problems within the Framework of
International Contracts, Comparative Business Law Seminar, Swiss Institute of
Comparative Law (with T. ZUKAS, University of Luzern).
- 3.7.2008 – Legal Transplants in Eastern Europe, Conference Business Law in Transition
in a Comparative Context, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law.
- 20.6.2008 – Legislation for player protection in Germany – the new legislation 2008,
Prévenir le jeu excessif dans une société addictive, 19 and 20 June 2008, University of
Lausanne.
- 19.5.-23.5.2008 – Contrattualistica Internazionale, Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali
(CERISDI), Palermo, Italy.
- 18.4.2008 – Der Beitrag des Schweizerischen Instituts für Rechtsvergleichung zur
Rechtsfindung in einem globalisierten Rechtsraum, Conference ‘Europäisierung und
Internationalisierung des Privatrechts als Herausforderung für Richter’, Supreme Court
of Lithuania, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius.
- 14.3.2008 – La nouvelle synergie Rome I/Rome II/Bruxelles I, 20e Journée de droit
international privé: Le nouveau règlement européen «Rome I» relatif à la loi applicable
aux obligations contractuelles, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and University of
Lausanne.
- 26.10.2007 – Dynamic Legal Research, The PIL project of the Swiss Institute of
Comparative Law, European University Institute, Florence.
- 15.- 17.8.2007 – Les jeux de hasard - aspects de droit comparé et de droit européen,
lecture for the Faculté internationale de droit comparé, University Robert Schuman,
Strasbourg.
- 16.3.2007 – La compétence en matière contractuelle: études de cas, 19e Journée de droit
international privé: La convention de Lugano – Passé, présent et devenir, Swiss Institute
of Comparative Law and University of Lausanne.
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- 8.-9.2.2007 – Gamb(el)li(ng): Analyse des EG-Rechts, conference Die Zukunft des
Glücksspiels im Binnenmarkt, ERA Trier.
- 12.10.2006 (with B. VOLDERS) - La responsabilité précontractuelle en droit comparé
(Precontractual responsibility - a comparative view), conference Quelques contrats à la
périphérie d’autres contrats - Regard comparatiste, University Aix-Marseille III.
- 5.-7.10.2006 – Le Rôle Harmonisateur des Principes UNIDROIT, Séminaire 2006 du 3e
cycle romand de droit : L’harmonisation internationale du droit, Genève/ Cartigny.
- 8.6.2006 – workshop moderation: The UNIDROIT Principles of International
Commercial Contracts as an example for the national legislator, conference The Unidroit
Principles 2004 : their use in contractual practice, jurisprudence and national,
international and regional codification, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Institute for
the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and Swiss Bar Association.
- 9.6.2006 – The Use of the UNIDROIT Principles in Contractual Practice and in
Jurisprudence: Example Germany, conference The UNIDROIT Contract Principles
2004, Their Impact on Contractual Practice and Jurisprudence, as well as on National,
Regional and Supranational Codification, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Institute
for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and Swiss Bar Association.
- 8.5.2006 – Gambling – Aspects of EC law and jurisprudence, Swiss Institute of
Comparative Law in collaboration with the European Commission, Study of Gambling
Services in the Internal Market of the European Union – Stakeholder Meeting, Geneva.
- 30.9.2005 – Representation of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in the Radio on
the subject Responsabilité des hôteliers en Suisse et dans l’Union Européenne (Radio
Suisse Romande, On en parle : L’Établissement décline toute responsabilité en cas de
vol, Lausanne).
- 2003 – University Lecturer in Administrative Law and Procedure.
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2. Long-term Expertise
- 2014 – Coordination/Drafting of the study Factors influencing litigants’ decisions to bring commercial claims to the London based courts (215 participants), Ministry of Justice
- Since 2013 – Coordinator and Contributor to the Research Project Focus on Collective
Redress, sponsored by the European Commission
- 2011 – Coordinator and Legal Expert for the European Commission, Study on the
Question of Effectiveness of an Assignment or Subrogation of a Claim against Third
Parties and the Priority of the Assigned or Subrogated Claim over a Right of Another
Person (Legal Study and Impact Assessment, coordination of 25 rapporteurs and experts,
Co-Coordinator: Professor Andrew Dickinson).
- 2010 – Legal Expert for the European Parliament, Framework Contractor European
Contract Law, The envisaged Optional Instrument for EU contract law and its relation
with rules of private international law including rules on jurisdiction, recognition and
enforcement.
- 2010 – Legal Expert for the European Parliament, BIICL study on the Consequences of
a Non UK opt-in to the Proposed EU Regulation on Succession.
- 2010 – Legal Expert for the UK Ministry of Justice, BIICL study on Collective Redress
and the Brussels I Regulation.
- 2009 – Legal Expert for the European Parliament, ISDC’s study on the subject
Responsabilité parentale, garde des enfants et droit de visite en cas de séparation
transfrontalière (PIL/national laws).
- 2008 – Coordinator and Legal Expert for the European Parliament, ISDC’s study on the
subject La protection des majeurs incapables (PIL/national laws).
- 2007/2008 – Coordinator and Legal Expert for the Union des Professions Libérales
(Switzerland) on Cross border services and establishment of Swiss nationals within the
EU.
- 2004-2006 – Legal Expert for the European Commission (German Law/European Union
Law) within the framework of the ISDC’s Study of Gambling Services in the Internal
Market of the European Union.
- 2004 – Legal Expert for the Working Party on Freedom of Movement, European
Committee on Legal Co-Operation, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
3. Conferences organised in 2009 - 2015
- Revisiting Rome II: National Developments (24.3.2015)
- International Environmental Mass Litigation - Lessons for Europe (8th December 2014) (with Duncan Fairgrieve)
- Taking Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings to a New Level? The reform of the European Insolvency Regulation (2nd December 2014)
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- The Evolution of European Private International Law - Coherence, Common Values and Consolidation (Co-organised with Queen Mary University of London, 25th & 26th November 2014)
- From West Tankers to Gazprom - Arbitration and the Brussels I Regulation after the Recast (5th November 2014)
- International Child Abduction and Human Rights: A Critical Assessment of the Status Quo (co-organised with and held at University of Antwerp, 16th October 2014)
- Class Actions and Product Liability Litigation: An Australian Perspective (with D. Fairgrieve, 22 September 2014)
- Cross-Border Effects of Banking Resolution (10 July 2014)
- Collective Redress in Europe - Why? (with D. Fairgrieve, 19 June 2014)
- A European Code for Competition Litigation? (with V. Smith, 4 June 2014)
- 31st March 2014, Litigating Commercial Claims in the UK - Why or Why Not?, BIICL
- 14 October 2013, The Commission Recommendation on Collective Redress, BIICL
- 26 September 2013, Cross-border Successions: the British-French Example CFPN
Bordeaux, CNEPN & BIICL, Bordeaux
- 20 June 2013, Civil and Family Judicial Cooperation Balance of Competences Review
Stakeholder Event 2, Assessment of International Family Law Instruments (Brussels II
BIS, Maintenance, Rome III, Succession, Matrimonial Property and Property of
Registered Partners), Ministry of Justice
- 11 June 2013, BIICL Annual Conference 2013, Righting Private Wrongs: Competition
Law, Investor Claims and Mass Litigation in the EU, BMA House, London
- 3 June 2013, Civil and Family Judicial Cooperation Balance of Competences Review
Stakeholder Event 1, Assessment of the Rome I, Rome II, Brussels I and Insolvency
Regulations, Ministry of Justice
- 8 May 2013, Unilateral Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clauses - Valid or Not? , BIICL
- 12 February 2013, Settlements and Alternative Mechanisms in Collective Redress, BIICL
- 31 January 2013, Comparative Torts before the Courts: The Impact of Rome II, BIICL
- 8 November 2012, Out of the frying pan into the fire? The UK’s rejection of the new EU
Regulation on international successions
- 27 June 2012, The New Face of Brussels I, BIICL
- 19 June 2012, Regionalism in International Arbitration, BIICL & Queen Mary University
of London
- 29 May 2012, Jurisdiction of North-American Courts: When Will the Long Arm Reach
You?, BIICL
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- 9 May 2012, Private Actions in UK Competition Law: BIS's Proposed Options for
Reform, BIICL
- 19 April 2012, Fifteenth Annual Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: Enforcement of
Arbitration Agreements and Awards - Harmonization or Divergence?, BIICL
- 19 March 2012, ICJ Judgment in Germany v Italy (Jurisdictional Immunities of the State),
BIICL
- 9 November 2011, Cross-Border Insolvency: Current Issues, BIICL
- 2 November 2011, Punitive Damages: Europe Strikes Back!?, BIICL
- 27 June 2011, Focus on Collective Redress: What now, what next?, BIICL
- 7 June 2011, Property Rights of International Couples, Attention: the EU intervenes,
BIICL
- 10 February 2011, The Brussels I Review Proposal, BIICL
- 7 February 2011, The Optional EU Contract Law Instrument - What to expect? , BIICL
- 24 November 2010, Death of the pro-enforcement myth? Arbitration and England after
Dallah, BIICL
- 15 November 2010: Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress, Herbert Smith London
Office.
- 27 September 2010: Rome II - Case Law and Controversy, BIICL.
- 6 July 2010: Transnational Securities Class Actions, BIICL.
- 30 June 2010: New Developments in Arbitration Law and Practice - From Class
Arbitration to Brussels I, BIICL.
- 9 February 2010: Private International Law - Challenges for Today's Markets, BIICL.
- 24 February 2010: The Brussels Law Factory: How EU Law Making Transforms National
Private Law, BIICL.
- 9 December 2009: Jurisdiction Agreements on Trial: Current Problems - Future
Solutions, BIICL.
- 10 November 2009: EU regulates Cross Border Successions: First Reaction to the
Commission Proposal, BIICL.
- 27 October 2009: Lis Pendens in International Litigation, BIICL.
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ANNEX III: REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus (em.), Hamburg ([email protected])
Prof. Andrew Dickinson, Professor in Private International Law, Sydney Law School/
UK ([email protected])
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Ancel, Professeur de droit international privé et de droit privé comparé,
Université Panthéon Assas/ Paris II ([email protected])
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bonomi, Director of the Center of Comparative Law, Private
International Law and International Commercial Law, University of Lausanne,
Switzerland ([email protected])
Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible, Professor of Private Law and Private International Law at the
University of Bayreuth, Germany ([email protected])