Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE

Professor

Law & Tax

van-waeyenberge@hec.fr
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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:

  1. European internal market law (including technical standardization, carbon markets, AI regulation, investment arbitration, CSRD/CS3D, and the free movement of capital);
  2. European constitutional law (with particular emphasis on the EU’s response to the rule of law crisis);
  3. European defense integration; and
  4. 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.

Scientific articles

L’évolution du droit européen de la concurrence : défis et transformations de la méthode communautaire

Cahiers de Droit Européen, 2013, n° 2, pp 395-443, (in coll. with O. STEFAN)

Le programme REACH : règlement ou régulation ?

Revue du Marché commun et de l'Union européenne, January 2011, pp 46-56, (in coll. with O. Hottat)

La normalisation technique vue de Luxembourg

Revue du Marché commun et de l'Union européenne, June 2010, pp 387-394, (in coll. with P. Pecho)

La montée en puissance des avocats et la formation dun droit global

Cahiers de méthodologie juridique, 2010, n° 5, (in coll. with G. Lewkowicz)

La normalisation : l'écho européen d'un enjeu global

Conventions, 2010, pp 1-7, (in coll. with P. Pecho)

Another victim of the banana war - Some Reflections on the Status of the Principle of Liability in the Absence of Unlawful Conduct in the European Union Legal System

US - China Law Review, 2010, vol. 7, pp 7-19, (in coll. with P. Pecho)

La consécration du principe de responsabilité sans faute en droit communautaire

Journal de Droit Européen, April 2009, (in coll. with P. Pecho)

De la bouche à l'oreille : dialogue des juges et montée en puissance de la fonction de juge

Revue Interdisciplinaire d'Etudes Juridiques, 2008, pp 109-129, (in coll. with J. Allard)

L'arrêt Unibet et le Traité de Lisbonne - un pari sur l'avenir de la protection juridictionnelle effective

Cahiers de Droit Européen, 2008, n° 1-2, pp 123-156, (in coll. with P. Pecho)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Scientific articles

Assessment and challenges of carbon markets

Revista de Direito Internacional - Brazilian Journal of International Law, 2019, vol. 16, n° 2, (in coll. with L. PIGEOLET)

L’hospitalité de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne au regard du « lobbying judiciaire » en matière environnementale

Journal de Droit Européen, 2019, vol. 8, pp 321-324, (in coll. with L. PIGEOLET)

Structural Consequences of Cross-border Company Seat Transfers within the EU in the Latest Court of Justice Case law

European Law Review, June 2019, vol. 44, n° 3, pp 416-430, (in coll. with J. BENEDETTI)

European legal framework for algorithmic and high frequency trading (Mifid 2 and MAR): A global approach to managing the risks of the modern trading paradigm

European Journal of Risk Regulation, July 2018, vol. 9, n° 1, pp 146-153, (in coll. with Tilen CUK)

Books

Chapters in edited books

L'École de Bruxelles : origines, méthodes et chantiers

Les Nouveaux Chantiers De La Doctrine Juridique, Actes Des 4E Et 5E Journées D'Étude Sur La Méthodologie Et L'Épistémologie Juridiques, Georges Azzaria, Editions Yvon Blais, 355-374

Foundations and Perspectives of the Rating Agencies’ Regulatory Framework in the European Union

The Administrative Architecture Of Financial Integration. Institutional Design, Legal Issues, Perspectives, E. Chiti & G. Vesperini, Il Mulino, 243-268

Gouverner par les indicateurs : le cas des classements d’Universités

L'Évalutation De La Recherche En Droit - Enjeux Et Méthodes, A. Flueckiger, Th. Tanquerel (Eds), Bruylant, 255-276

Les normes ISO, CEN et celles issues des consortiums privés : bric à brac ou système pour l'Union européenne ?

Gouverner Par Les Standards Et Indicateurs - De Hume Au Ranking, B. Frydman, A. Van Waeyenberge (eds.), Bruylant

Working papers

Education

  • Doctorat en Sciences Juridiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles - Belgium
  • Titulaire du certificat d'aptitude a la profession d'avocat (CAPA), Barreau de Bruxelles - Belgium
  • Mastere en droit europeen (LL.M), Collège d'Europe - Belgium
  • Mastere en Theorie et Philosophie du Droit (DEA), European Academy for Legal Theory - Belgium
  • Licence en droit, Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve - Belgium

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2025- Professor, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
  • 2025- Department Head, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
  • 2022-2023 Department co-coordinator, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Vice President, International Association of Legal Methodology (IALM)
  • Ancien referendaire a la Cour de justice de lUnion europeenne

Editorial activities

  • Secretaire de la collection "Penser le droit" (Editions Bruylant)