Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE

Professor

Law & Tax

Biography

Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE is a professor at HEC Paris, where he teaches European Union law (both institutional and substantive), global law, and legal reasoning. He also serves as the academic director of the “Law” major (SFJI) and the double degree in “Business Law” offered jointly by HEC Paris and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

His research focuses primarily on four key areas:

European internal market law (including technical standardization, carbon markets, AI regulation, investment arbitration, CSRD/CS3D, and the free movement of capital);
European constitutional law (with particular emphasis on the EU’s response to the rule of law crisis);
European defense integration; and
the European Union as a laboratory for new forms of normativity.

In this context, he is currently involved in several major research projects at both the national level (notably under the French National Research Agency – ANR) and the European level (Europe 2030 initiative).

He also serves as President of the Perelman Centre and is a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Before joining HEC Paris, he worked as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar (Clifford Chance LLP) and as a référendaire at the General Court of the European Union.

Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Law from UCL, a Master’s degree in Legal Philosophy from the European Academy of Legal Theory, a Master’s in EU Law from the College of Europe, and a PhD in Legal Sciences from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), for which he was awarded the Seghers Prize.

Filter

Scientific articles

From Crisis to Conditionality: Redefining the Rule of Law in Europe (editorial)

European Journal of Risk Regulation, September 2025, vol. 16, 3, n° Special Is, pp 835-838, (in coll. with R. MAVROULI)

Better Regulation by Standards? Harmonised Technical Standards, Transparency, and the Rule of Law

Common Market Law Review, 2025, vol. 62, n° 1, pp 147-174, (in coll. with Z. DAVIES)

The European Semester as a Governance Mechanism for Rule of Law Risks in the EU

European Journal of Risk Regulation, September 2025, vol. 16, n° 3, Special, pp 872-881, (in coll. with L. FROMONT)

From Conflict to Co-existence? The Consolidation of the Pluralist Era for Intra-EU Investment Arbitration

Journal of International Economic Law, March 2025, vol. 28, n° 1, pp 101-118, (in coll. with D. CHARLOTIN, D. RESTREPO AMARILES)

EU–US Data Privacy Framework: A First Legal Assessment

European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2024, vol. 15, n° 1, pp 191-200, (in coll. with S. Batlle)

EU Responses to the Democratic Deficit and the Rule of Law Crisis: Is It Time for a (New) European Exceptionalism?

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, December 2023, vol. 15, n° 3, pp 405-439, (in coll. with R. MAVROULI)

Le semestre européen sauvera-t-il l'Etat de droit ?

Revue de la Recherche Juridique, 2023, vol. 2022, n° 3, pp 1581-1593, (in coll. with L. FROMONT)

Trading rule of law for recovery? The new EU strategy in the post-Covid era

European Law Journal, January-May 2021, vol. 27, Special Issue: Between Ought and Is: European integration through the rule of law, n° 1-3, pp 132-147, (in coll. with L. FROMONT)

La liberté académique au sein de l’Union européenne : une première consécration jurisprudentielle

Journal de Droit Européen, 2021, vol. 279, n° 5, pp 224-227, (in coll. with L. FROMONT)

Walter Ganshof van der Meersch, un magistrat engagé et visionnaire

Journal des Tribunaux, 2021, vol. 31, n° 6869, pp 2-4,

Books

Actualités de la protection juridictionnelle dans et par l'Union européenne

Larcier 2016 (in coll. with ET AL. )

Nouveaux instruments juridiques de l'Union européenne - Évolution de la méthode communautaire

Larcier 2015

Gouverner par les standards et indicateurs - de Hume au Ranking

Bruylant 2014 (in coll. with B. FRYDMAN )

Les agences de notation financière

Entre marchés et États- Larcier 2013 (in coll. with ET AL. )

Guide des citations, références et abréviations juridiques

P. Vandernoot (Ed.)- Kluwer Publisher 2010 (in coll. with P. VANDERNOOT, C. DE TERWAGNE, I. HACHEZ, I. RORIVE, N. BERNARD, P. F. DOCQUIR, P. MOREAU, P. QUERTAINMONT )

Exceptionnalisme américain et droits de l'homme

Dalloz 2009 (in coll. with L. HENNEBEL )

Chapters in edited books

Le règlement européen sur l'intelligence artificielle : un essai de standardisation des droits fondamentaux

Le Règlement Européen Sur L’ia Et Au-Delà, Morgan Sweeney, Olivia Tambou, Larcier, 1 , 59-84

Strengthening Integrity: Whistleblower Protection as a Pillar of Ethical Governance in the EU

The Law And Governance Of The Eu Public Ethics System: An Institutional Perspective, A. Alemanno, Springer, New York, 247-275

Vers une nouvelle approche de l’intelligence artificielle ? Analyse de la proposition de règlement de la Commission européenne

L’intelligence Artificielle Face À L’etat De Droit, C. Derave, B. Frydman, N. Genicot, Larcier, x , 43-85

Le « New Deal Numérique » et l’Union européenne, quelles stratégies pour relever ce défi numérique

Impact Du Numérique Et De L’intelligence Artificielle Sur Les Transformations Des Gouvernances Publiques, A. Sedjari, Virgule éditions, 291-310

Les influences théoriques de la procéduralisation du droit de l’Union européenne : essai de cartographie

La Procéduralisation Du Droit De L'Union Européenne, S. Adalid, F. Michéa, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 53-70

Fiscal Consequences of Cross-border Residence and Company Seat Transfers within the EU

Liber Amicorum J. Klucka, Dominika Beckova, Equilibria, 247-274

L’ordre juridique européen et le droit international des investissements : Acmé(a) d’une rivalité ou prémisses d’une solution durable

L'Europe Au Kaléidoscope: Liber Amicorum Marianne Dony, Emmanuelle Bribosia, Nicolas Joncheray, Areg Navasartian et Anne Weyembergh, Editions de l'Université Libre, Bruxelles, 321-336

Lutter contre le réchauffement climatique : le cas des marchés du carbone

Les Défis Du Droit Global, Caroline Bricteux, Benoît Frydman, Larcier, 5 , 115-147

Accès des particuliers à la justice au sein de l'Union européenne : vers une "union de droit"

Actualités De La Protection Juridictionnelle Dans Et Par L'Union Européenne, Bruylant, 80-135

El Arbitraje de Inversiones en Juicio ante la Justicia Europea: Perspectivas Internacionalistas y Europeístas sobre Los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversiones Intra-UE

La Política De La Unión Europea En Materia De Derecho De Las Inversiones Internacionales, Katia Fach Gomez, Bosch Editor, 45-68

Working papers

International Financial Reporting Standards: a new way to build European norms?

Working Paper Serie of the Centre for Global Governance of the University of Exeter , 2009