Background
Hancher, Leigh was born on December 14, 1956 in Kilbarchan, Scotland. Daughter of Rolf Lionel and Joan Hancher.
Hancher, Leigh was born on December 14, 1956 in Kilbarchan, Scotland. Daughter of Rolf Lionel and Joan Hancher.
University of Sheffield (Master of Arts with distinctions, 1979). University of Glasgow, Scotland (First Class Honours in Public Law, 1978). European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
University of Leiden, The Netherlands (Doctor of Philosophy, cum laude, 1989).
Spoken languages: Dutch, English, French and Italian.
Worked at Kennedy Van Der Laan (Amsterdam) specializing in European Union Law, European Union Competition Law, Utilities, Energy Regulations. Lecturer, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law and European Community Law, University of Warwick, England, 1983-1987. Senior Research Fellow, University of Leiden, 1987-1990.
Company-author: with T.C. Daintith, "Energy Strategy in Europe, the Legal Framework," Berlin, 1986.
"European Commission Electricity Law," Chancery, London, 1992. "Regulating for Competition," Oxford, 1990.
"European Commission State Aids," Chancery, 1993. Chair, Public Economic Law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Member: International Bar Association.
Board member Greenpeace Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1990—2000.
1 child Eve Joanna Wijnberg.