1983 "Licence" in Law (with honors) from the University of Aix-en-Provence (France).

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1 François R. van der Mensbrugghe June 11, 1961, Washington D.C. American / Belgian 31, boulevard d Ypres B-1000 Bruxelles, BELGIUM Tel. (office) : (02) Tel. (home) : (02) Cell phone (0486) vandermensbrugghe@fusl.ac.be Academic Qualifications 1983 "Licence" in Law (with honors) from the University of Aix-en-Provence (France) "Maîtrise" in Business Law (with honors) from the University of Aix-en- Provence (France) : specialized in International and Comparative Tax Law, Consumer Regulations, and Accountancy LL.M program at the London School of Economics (England). Conducted research on the Multinational Enterprise, Law and Economics, Comparative Law, Methodology of International Law Student at the Advanced Institute of Legal Studies of Aix-en-Provence (France). French Private Law studies Paris bar exams ("Certificat d'aptitude à la Profession d'avocat"- "C.A.P.A."), obtained at the Lawyers' Training Institute of Paris (France) "Licence spéciale" in International and European Community Law (with "grande distinction") from the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvainla-Neuve, Belgium) Comparative Law degrees delivered by the "Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé" (FIDC) : 1st Session Degree - Strasbourg (France), from 29 March to 17 April 1999; 2nd Session Degree - Graz (Austria) from 19 July to 7 August JsD (Doctorate), delivered April 2003 : title of the JsD dissertation : The Codification of Universal Service : Converging Answers to Different Traditions. Members of the jury included : Yves Poullet (director)(fundp - Namur, Belgium), Yves Lejeune (co-director)(ucl - Belgium), Paul Nihoul (UCL-Belgium), Joel Reidenberg (Fordham University - New York), Pierre Larouche (Tilburg University), Jean-

2 2 Marie Cheffert (FUNDP - Namur, Belgium), Michel Coipel (FUNDP - Namur, Belgium). Professional Experience 1988 Attorney at the law-firm of Lette and Lette, Paris (France) Attorney at the law-firm of Cammarata and Montfort, Paris (France) Professor of Business Law at the Franco-American Center of Management (CEFAM), Lyon (France) Assistant in Legal English at the University of Paris-Assas (Paris-II), (France) Researcher at the "Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit" (C.R.I.D.) of the Law Faculty of the University of Namur, Namur (Belgium). Conducted research in the field of telecommunications, with special emphasis on European Community regulation. Visiting Scholar at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (C.I.T.I.), Columbia University, New York. Conducted research on American regulation of public utilities and the American telecommunications sector in particular (from May 10 to June 21, 1993). Professor of Business Law at the Franco-American Center of Management (CEFAM), Lyon (France). Assistant to Professors Cerexhe and Wéry at the Law Faculty of the University of Namur (Belgian Private Law) Expert in telecommunications at the European Commission (DGXIII, A1A - Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research, Telecommunications and Postal Services, Regulatory Aspects of Network Access, Satellite Communications, Mobile Communications, and Frequencies. Access to Networks - ONP). Work included legislative drafting Assistant to Professor Xavier Thunis at the Law Faculty of the University of Namur (Comparative Private Law). Winter 1997 Visiting Scholar at the Georgetown University Law Center (Washington D.C.) Assistant to Professor Xavier Thunis at the Law Faculty of the University of Namur (Comparative Private Law).

3 3 Summer 2003 Lecturer at the Summer Session of the the "Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé" (FIDC), held in Graz (Austria). Course taught : La régulation des services publics en droit comparé Lecturer (chargé de cours) at the Law Faculty of the University of Namur (FUNDP Namur). Course taught since September 2004 : Introduction to the Culture of the English Speaking World (second year law course 2 ème année du baccalauréat en droit). Guest-lecturer at the National University of Rwanda (UNR-Butare), on behalf of the Belgian Commission universitaire au développement (CUD). Course taught in April 2003, April 2004, and May The Law of the European Union (taught in the third year of law studies). Course taught in January 2007 International Business Law. Guest lecturer at the University of Lubumbashi (UNILU Democratic Republic of Congo), on behalf of the Belgian Commission universitare au développement (CUD). Course taught in March April 2005 : Comparative Law (Les grands systèmes juridiques contemporains)(taught in 2 ème licence). Currently Lecturer (chargé de cours) at the Law Faculty of the University of Saint- Louis (FUSL Brussels). Four courses taught : (i) since January 2004 : The Common Law (second year law course 2 ème année du baccalauréat en droit) ; and (ii) since January 2005 Introduction to the Culture of the English Speaking World (first year course 1 ère année du baccalauréat en droit) ; (iii) since January 30, 2006 Introduction au Droit comparé (second year law course 2 ème année du baccalauréat en droit) ; (iv) since September 2008 Human Rights and Values in the European Union. Lecturer (chargé de cours) at the Law Faculty of the University of Liège (ULg). Two courses taught : (i) since September Introduction to English Law (taught in the fourth year of law studies 1 er Master); and (ii) since January Lecture de textes juridiques en langue anglaise (second year law course 2 ème année du baccalauréat en droit). Publications 1. «CEE : affaire Corbeau, ou la portée et les limites du monopole postal (CJCE, 19 mai 1993, C-320/911», Droit de l'informatique & des télécoms, 1994/2, pp «Belgique : agrément de terminaux de télécommunications, CJCE, 24 mars 1994 (Aff. C-80/92)», Droit de l'informatique & des télécoms, 1994/3, pp «Nouvelle étape envisagée dans la libéralisation des télécoms aux Etats-Unis», Droit de l'informatique & des télécoms, 1994/4, pp

4 4 4. «CEE : agrément de terminaux de télécommunications (CJCE, affaires jointes C- 46/90 et C-93/91, 27 octobre 1993, Procureur du Roi / J.M. Lagauche e.a., CJCE, affaire C-69/91, 27 octobre 1993, Ministère Public / F. Decoster e.a., CJCE, affaire C-92/91, 27 octobre 1993, Ministère Public / A. Taillandier)», Droit de l'informatique & des télécoms, 1995/2, pp «Convergence between Media and Telecommunications : Towards a New Regulatory Framework» (with Y. Poullet, J.P. Triaille, and V. Willems), The Computer Law and Security Report, Vol. 11, Issue 4, July - August 1995, pp «Service universel ou public dans la politique européenne des télécommunications» (with Y. Poullet,), Communications & Stratégies (IDATE), n 17, 1st Semester 1995, pp Same article published in Spanish : «Servicio Universal Público en la Política Europea de las Telecomunicaciones», in Informática y Derecho, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, 1996, pp «La production de services par les institutions publiques : le contrat de gestion, ses limites et ses potentialités» (with I. Bock, P. Debroux, Y. Poullet, R. Queck, et C. Thiran), Services fédéraux des affaires scientifiques, techniques et culturelles (Belgique), 1995, 246 p. 8. «Vers une société de l information» (with Y. Poullet, V. Willems, Cl. Lobet-Maris, and Ph. Gérard), Cahiers du CRID, N 10, Brussels, Story-Scientia, Co-editor of the book Vers le Service Public Européen, Paris, ASPEeurope Editions (collection TEPSA), Author (with Yves Poullet) of the Chapter, «La politique européenne des télécommunications», pp Author of the synthesis of the national reports, pp «Typologie des différents systèmes juridiques : des contrastes spectaculaires», in Europe et Société, Cahiers de la Fondation, N 38 («'La Mission d'intérêt Economique Général' dans l'union Européenne : Quel Contenu Aujourd'hui et Demain?»), January-March 1996, pp «Une trilogie anglaise : possession, ownership et property» (with Xavier Thunis), Les Cahiers du Centre de Recherches en Histoire du Droit et des Institutions (CRHIDI), Cahier N 8 (La possession), Brussels, 1997, pp «Codification et décodification : le droit comparé à contribution» (with Xavier Thunis), Cahiers de la Faculté de droit de Namur, N 7, October «L état des communications longue distance aux États-Unis», Revue Ubiquité, November , pp

5 5 14. «Migrations juridiques autour de la bonne foi», Les Cahiers du Centre de Recherches en Histoire du Droit et des Institutions (CRHIDI), Cahier N 10 (La bonne foi), Brussels, 1998, pp «Le service universel des télécommunications aux États-Unis», Cahiers du CRID, No. 15 (Service universel, concurrence et télécommunications), Brussels, Story- Scientia, 1999, pp (+ author of the «avant-propos», pp. 1-3). 16. Book Review published in the Revue régionale de droit, n 90 (1999), pp Book reviewed : «Vers un Code européen de la consommation. Codification, unification et harmonisation du droit des États-membres de l Union européenne (sous la direction de Filali Osman), Brussels, Bruylant, 1998». 17. «Migrations juridiques de la bonne foi», Revue de droit international et de droit comparé, 1999, No. 3, pp «Social Concerns and Consistency in European Telecommunications Policy», Cahiers du CRID, No. 16 (Droit des technologie de l information. Regards prospectifs), Brussels, Bruylant, 1999, pp «Service universel : l œuvre inachevée du législateur américain», Revue internationale de droit économique (R.I.D.E.), 1999/3, pp Book Review published in the Annales de droit de Louvain, vol. 59, n 4 (1999), pp Book reviewed : Jean-François Auby, Les services publics en Europe, Paris, P.U.F. (coll. Que sais-je?, n 3414), «À la recherche de la possesssion en droit anglais» (with Xavier Thunis), Revue internationale de droit comparé (R.I.D.C.), , pp Co-editor of the book La régulation des services publics en Europe, Paris, ASPEeurope Editions (collection TEPSA), Author of the Chapter devoted to Belgium, pp Author of the synthesis of the national reports, pp Author of the general conclusions, pp «La bonne foi dans le commerce international», Revue de droit international et de droit comparé, 2000, No. 3, pp Editor of the book, L utilisation de la méthode comparative en droit européen (Namur: Presses universtaires de Namur (PUN), 2003). Author of the introduction, conclusions, and one chapter. 25. «The Codification of Universal Service : Converging Answers to Different Traditions», Chroniques de Droit Public (CDPK), 2003, pp

6 6 26. «L utilisation de la méthode comparative dans la thèse de doctorat en droit», Annales de droit de Louvain, Vol. 66, 2006, n 1-2, pp «Exceptionnalisme» du droit américain : l insularité de la Cour suprême des Etats- Unis, Revue de la Faculté de droit de l Université de Liège, 2007/2, pp «L assistance de l avocats dans la justice pénale américaine», Revue de la Faculté de droit de l Université de Liège, 2008/3, pp Author of various book reviews. Research Interests Comparative Law in general (the Common Law in particular). European Law. Definition, regulation, and assessment of public utilities. European regulation of telecommunications Doctoral research conducted in these fields : title of the JsD dissertation : The Codification of Universal Service : Converging Answers to Different Traditions). Extraprofessional interests 1. Member of Amnesty International since 1982 : currently responsible for a regional action network covering Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay (PABURAN). 2. Classical music : member of the Choeurs de l Orchestre Colonne (Paris, France) for several years. Classical music host on the Radio Universitaire de Namur. Currently member of the Académie de chant grégorien of Brussels and member of the Saint- Irénée choir of Brussels. 3. Literature : jury member of the Livre Inter (France Inter) in the Spring of Bookinding (reliure) : holder of the degree of «artisan-relieur» delivered by the Institut Diderot (Arts et Métiers Promotion Sociale de la Ville de Bruxelles). Bookbinding techniques concerned include (in French) : Bradel, Registre, Passécarton, Reliure bibliophilique. The program also included gold-lettering and decoration (dorure). Language Capabilities English : mother tongue French : : proficient (perfect bilingual English and French) Spanish : working knowledge