Education

Yale University (B.A., 1969)
Columbia University (J.D., 1972)
Cambridge University (M.A., 1975)

Professional Background

Coudert Frères, Paris: 1972-75
Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge: 1975-77
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Paris: 1977-79
Professor of Law, Boston University: 1979-present
Counsel, Ropes & Gray, Boston: 1990-2005
Director, Boston University Center for Banking and Financial Law Studies: 1990-93
Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland: 1998-02
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, 2001-06
President, London Court of International Arbitration, 2010-present

Visiting Academic Appointments

Adjunct Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: 1980-86
Visiting Professor, Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales: 1983
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Dijon: 1984
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong: 1990
Sir John Lubbock Lecturer, University of London: 1999
Freshfields Lecturer, University of London: 2002
Clayton Utz Lecturer, University of Sydney: 2004
Visiting Professor, University of Auckland: 2007
Visiting Professor, Université de Genève, Masters Int'l Dispute Resolution: 2008-present

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1972
District of Columbia, 1980

Languages

Fluent in French
Reading Knowledge of German