Education
He studied law at the University of Groningen and the College of Europe (1983-1984 promotion).
He studied law at the University of Groningen and the College of Europe (1983-1984 promotion).
He also lectured at the College of Europe and Leiden University. He worked as an attorney in Brussels from 1995, and became Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was appointed a judge in 2010.