
Education CV
Education:
- Georgetown Law Center, LL.M. in International Legal Studies, with distinction, 2016.
- University of Leuven, Master of European and International Law, magna cum laude, 2015.
- Melbourne Law School, Erasmus Exchange Programme, 2014.
- University of Brussels (ULB), Bachelor of Law, cum laude, 2012.
Scholarships and Awards:
- Cambridge Trust International Scholarship (2021-2024)
- Flemish Scholarship for outside EU Studies (2014)
- Society of International Economic Law, Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press Prize (2020)
Seminars & Teaching Experience:
- Centre for Trade and Investment Law & South Asia International Economic Law Network - The EU CBAM Proposal: Options, Implications and the Way Forward, (2021).
- Ada University, Baku - Summer School on Trade Policy and WTO Law (2021).
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Centre for WTO Studies - Cross-border subsidies and the WTO: an analysis of the EU’s toolkit (2020).
- ELSA Ukraine – Introductory course on WTO Law (2020).
- Université Saint Louis Bruxelles - EU Business Law & WTO Practice Summer School, courses on WTO law and trade remedy law (2018-2019).
- Graduate Institute Geneva - Mentor for Tradelab International Economic Law Clinic (2016).
Commercial Work Experience:
- International Trade Center (Geneva) - International Consultant (2021 - ongoing [contractual basis]).
- Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels) - Associate (2017 - ongoing [on leave for duration of PhD]).
- World Trade Organization (Geneva) - Intern at the Appellate Body (2016).
- World Customs Organization (Brussels) - Summer Intern in Trade Facilitation (2010 & 2015).
- Baker & McKenzie (Brussels) - Summer Intern (2014).
Fields of research
International Economic Law, International Investment Law, International Trade Law, Public International Law, International Dispute Settlement, Law of Treaties
Supervisors
Representative Publications
Articles and Books:
Trade Defence Instruments: A New Tool for the European Union’s Extractivism, European Journal of International Law (forthcoming);
The EU Anti-Coercion Proposal: Legitimate Trade Instrument or Hidden ‘Economic’ Sanctions?, EU Law Live (2022);
Fascicule: Dumping en droit de l’Union Européenne, in ‘Juris Classeur Encyclopédie : Europe Traité’ (Lexis Nexis, 2021);
ELSA John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO law, case author (2021-2022);
Lawful Remedy or Illegal Response? Resolving the Issue of Foreign Subsidization Under WTO Law, World Trade Review (2021);
China’s ‘Going Global’ policy: Transnational subsidies under the WTO SCM Agreement, Journal of International Economic Law (2020) awarded the Society of International Economic Law, Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press Prize 2020;
At the crossroads of trade and environment: The growing influence of environmental policy on EU trade law, in A. Orsini & E. Kavvatha, ‘EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges’ (Routledge, 2020);
Contributor to P. De Baere, C Du Parc & I. Van Damme, ‘The WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement, A Detailed Commentary’, (Cambridge, 2021);
Contributor to Van Bael & Bellis, ‘EU Anti-Dumping and Other Trade Defence Instruments’ (Kluwer, 2019);
Contributor to The International Trade Law Review, 4th , 6th and 7th editions.
Blog posts:
The Imitation Game: Recent Developments on Transnational Subsidies and Anti-circumvention in Europe and the United States, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 16 March 2022;
CBAM enters with a BANG: the European Commission puts forth its carbon border adjustment mechanism proposal, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 14 July 2021;
Trade defence as extractivist policy tools? A closer look at the European Union’s practice, WTO-Boutery, 6 May 2021;
European Commission puts forth legislative proposal to tackle “foreign subsidies”, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 5 May 2021;
The European Commission attempts to rein in BRI subsidies, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 16 June 2020;
Chinese Financial Contributions to Producers Abroad: A Subsidy? Looks, Quacks, But Probably Isn't, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 11 November 2019.