Main Areas of Research:

Civil procedure, International arbitration, Conflict of laws, Comparative law, European law, Contracts, Torts

Academic Career:

Education:
Columbia Law School, J.D. (James Kent Scholar), 2005
Trinity College, Cambridge, Ph.D., Supervisor: Tony Weir, 2003
École normale supérieure (Paris - Rue d’Ulm), 2003
Université Panthèon Assas – Paris II, D.E.A. de droit privé général, Christian Larroumet, 2003
St John’s College, Oxford, M.Jur., 1999
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen (First Juridical State Examination in German law), 1999

Bar Admissions:
Attorney at Law (New York)
Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Scholarships:
Trinity College External Research Studentship, Henry Arthur Hollond Studentship in Law, Bourse de l’École normale supérieure, ERP-Scholarship, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (German Ministry of Economy and Technology), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Merit Foundation)

Experience:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, Litigation Associate (Class of 2005) – 2009
Autorité des Marchés Financiers, Paris, Direction de la Régulation et des Affaires Internationales,
Assistant Chef, 2005 – 2006
ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, Law Clerk, 2005          
Professor Hans Smit, Columbia Law School, Research Assistant, 2005

At the Institute since 2009.