Senior Lecturer, University of Liège (Department of Commercial Law).
Chairman (Bâtonnier) of the bar of Liège in 2003.
Vice-Chairman of CEPANI (Centre pour l'Etude et la Pratique de l'Arbitrage National et International) (Bruxelles);
Former Chairman of the National Belgian Committee to the European Court of Arbitration;
Member of the AAA (American Association Arbitration) (New-York);
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London);
Member of a list set forth by the General Assembly of the Ohada Justice and Arbitration Court (Ivory Coast);
Arbitrator chosen by Belgium to be mentioned on the ICSID's list of arbitrators (Washington).
Member of the International Business Practices Committee of the ICC (Paris);
Member of the International Arbitration Commission of the ICC (Paris);
Member of the board of directors of the A-H-K DEBELUX (Belgian-Luxembourg-German Chamber of Commerce
"Regent" of the National Bank of Belgium since 2005
Since 2004, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Financial Market Authority
Since 2003, member of the Supervisory Board of the Commission Bancaire et Financière (designated by Royal Decree of April 4 2003) (now FSMA (Financial Services Market Authority))
From 2000 until 2003, deputy-chairman of the Market Authority of the Belgian Stock Exchange (BXS), Belgian branch of Euronext;
Regularly acts as Arbitrator or Counsel, in international arbitration (International Chamber of Commerce, CEPANI, Vienna Chamber of Commerce, CIRDI, OHADA, ad hoc).
(Also at Cologne, Germany and Paris, France Offices)