Licentiate in Law – KU Leuven (1973)
Practicing as a lawyer since 1973
Lawyer with HBSV since 1998 (its founding)
Honorary lawyer since 2021
Senior legal advisor with HBSV since 2021
Maritime and transport law and port-related matters
Private international law (PIL)
Contracts
Arbitrator (in maritime and transport insurance cases)
Deputy Justice with the Antwerp Court of Appeal since 1998
Speaker at congresses in Belgium and abroad on maritime matters and issues faced in ports
Chairperson of ICCML (International Conferences on Chinese Maritime Law) sessions, the last conference being held in Shanghai, China in 2018
Lecturer (trade, maritime and transport law) for lawyers preparing for their professional examinations
Lecturer at APEC (the Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre)
Provides magistrate training for maritime and transport law
Former deputy chairperson of the BVZ (the Belgian Maritime Law Association) and member of workgroups dealing with the "Reforming maritime law" project
Chairperson of the Friends of the National Maritime Museum non-profit
Former chairperson of the Antwerp Maritime Circle
Former vice-president of the BCECC (Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce)
A range of publications and academic contributions, including the following recent ones:
Tijdschrift Vervoer & Recht, dealing with the right of retention in transportation, no. 2 – April 2011
“The right of retention with respect to shipping agents”, Institute for the Judicial Training of Magistrates (IGO), 2012
Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht, 2013 - 3: Overview of transport law case law, 1976 - 2012: "The cargo handling agreement"