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David Restrepo Amariles is Assistant Professor of Law at HEC Paris. He teaches Law and Technology, International Contracts and International Arbitration. He is director of research on Legal Metrics and SMART Law (Scientific Mathematical, Algorithmic, Risk and Technology driven law).
His work analyses the transformations of law and regulation in the global and digital society with a special focus on financial law, dispute resolution, international business transactions and corporate social responsibility. His research combines approaches from legal theory, empirical legal studies, and science and technology studies. He holds several academic and professional appointments. He is a member of the board of the European Incubator of the Brussels Bar Association and member of the scientific committee of the Pole numérique du Club de juristes. He is also co-chair of the CRN ‘Law and Development’ of the American Law and Society Association, and co-director of the working group on ‘Law and Development’ in the Research Committee of the Sociology of Law (RCSL) of the International Sociological Association. He is member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Risk Regulation and the World Arbitration and Mediation Review.
Before joining HEC Paris, he was Assistant Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He previously held visiting lecturer positions at the Goethe- Universität Frankfurt on International Investment Law, the University of Stockholm in Legal Management, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Legal Theory and Comparative Law. Previously he was also director of the working group ‘European Union-Latin America Trade Relations’, project Manager to European Union research and policy projects on International law, and of counsel for several leading law firms.
He holds a Ph.D in Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, a LL.M summa cum laude from the Katholieke Universiteit Brussels and the European Academy of Legal Theory, a M.A. summa cum laude from the International Institute of Sociology of Law, and a valedictorian LL.B in Law from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He conducted his post-doctoral research at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. He is a qualified lawyer to the Colombian Bar and has clerked at the regional judiciary.
Scientific Articles
"U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Corporate Compliance of Foreign Banks", Forthcoming, The International Lawyer, (in coll. with M. M. WINKLER).
"Legal Indicators in Transnational Law Practice: A Methodological Assessment", Jurimetrics, The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, Winter 2018, vol. 58, n° 2, pp. 163-209 (in coll. with J. MCLACHLAN).
"The Impact of the French Doctrine of Significant Imbalance on International Business Transactions", Journal of Business Law, February 2018, n° 2, pp. 148-168 (in coll. with E. M. BASSILANA, M. M. WINKLER).
"Fair and Equitable Treatment in Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A New Interpretative Framework", Journal of Business Law, 2017, vol. 8, pp. 632-650 (in coll. with A. VAN WAEYENBERGE).
"James Elliott Construction: a "new(ish) approach" to judicial review of standardisation", European Law Review, December 2017, vol. 42, n° 6, pp. 882-893 (in coll. with A. VAN WAEYENBERGE).
"Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises – Enjeux Globaux et Technologiques", Revue Française de Gestion, November-December 2017, vol. 43, n° 269, pp. 161-182 (in coll. with A. VAN WAEYENBERGE, L. COLOMBANI).
"Supping with the Devil? Indicators and the rise of managerial rationality in law", International Journal of Law in Context, December 2017, vol. 13, n° 4, pp. 465-484.
"Legal indicators, global law and legal pluralism: an introduction", The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, March 2015, vol. 47, n° 1, pp. 9-21.
"Entre originalidad institucional y recepción filosófica: Apuntes críticos sobre el nuevo modelo constitucional latinoamericano", Cuaderno sobre Relaciones Internacionales, Regionalismo y Desarrollo, 2009, vol. 4, n° 7, pp. 39-67.
Books
Legality and Legitimacy: The Legal and Political Philosophy of Popular Sovereignty in the New Latin American Constitutions, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
Chapters in Edited Books
"De la donnée à la décision : comment réguler par des données et des algorithmes", in Les Big Data à Decouvert, E. Godet, R. Mosseri, M. Bouzeghoub, CNRS Editions (in coll. with g LEWKOWICZ).
"Le droit comme instrument de progrès: sur l’idée d’ingénier juridique", in Les grands défis du droit global, Caroline Bricteux et Benoît Frydman, Bruylant.
"Les Théories du Sud", in Les théories du droit global, B. Frydman, A. Van Waeyenberge (Eds), Bruylant, Bruxelles.
"Les maths du droit", in L’indicateur de la sécurité juridique - Seconde édition 2017, B. Deffains, M. Séjean & R. Espinosa, Dalloz.
"El Arbitraje de Inversiones en Juicio ante la Justicia Europea: Perspectivas Internacionalistas y Europeístas sobre Los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversiones Intra-UE", in La política de la Unión Europea en materia de derecho de las inversiones internacionales, Katia Fach Gomez, Bosch Editor, 2017, 45-68 (in coll. with A. VAN WAEYENBERGE).
"Transnational Legal Indicators: The Missing Link in a New Era of Law and Development Policy", in Law and Policy in Latin America - Transforming Courts, Institutions, and Rights, P. FORTES, L. BORATTI, A. PALACIOS & T. DALY (Eds), Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
"La mesure du droit: L’indicateur « Rule of Law » dans la politique du développement de la Banque Mondiale", in Gouverner par les standards et indicateurs - de Hume aux Rankings, B. Frydman, A. Van Waeyenberge (Eds), Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2014.
"Reassessing the Boundaries of Transitional Justice: An Inquiry on Political Transitions, Armed Conflicts, and Human Rights Violations", in Dealing with Wars and Dictatorships - Legal Concepts and Categories in Action, L. Israël, G. Mouralis (Eds), T.M.C. Asser Press, 2014, 209-234.
"The Migration of the US Discourse Against Terrorism: The Inter-American Response", in Balancing Liberty and Security: The Human Rights Pendulum, L. Hennebel, H. Tigroudja (eds.), Wolfpublishers, 2012, 124-144.
Employment Date: 2014
Main courses taught at HEC
Company Law
International Contracts
International Arbitration
Education
2014 Doctorat en Sciences juridiques (Ph.D.), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Languages
English
Academic Appointments
Academic responsibilities at HEC
2018- Member of GREGHEC (CNRS).
2014- Assistant Professor, Business Law and Taxation.
External academic responsibilities
2013-2014 Visiting Academic, Oxford University, Saïd Business School.
2010-2013 Assistant Lecturer, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Scientific activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
Member, International Law Association, British Branch (ILA).
Member, Law, Policy and Development Group (Wolfson College).
Member, ISA Research Committee for the Sociology of Law (RCSL).
Editorial activities
Board Member, Journal of European Constitutionality Review.
Faculty News
Academic Events
Research Seminars
Contacts
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