Born on 26 October 1962 in Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

• Bachelor’s law degree, Catholic University of Louvain, 1988
• Master of Laws, Cambridge University, 1990
• Member of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge since 1989
• Barrister, member of the Luxembourg Bar, 1989-2004
• Senior Barrister, 1992-2004
• Partner in a law firm in Luxembourg, 2001-2004
• Assistant lecturer in criminal law at Louvain University, 1991-1997
• Lecturer and holder of various courses at the Universities of Luxembourg, 1996-2004 and Nancy, 1997-2008
• Member of the Advisory Human Rights Commission, Luxembourg, 2000-2004
• Member of the European Union Network of Independent Experts in Fundamental Rights, 2002-2004
• Member of the Institut Grand-Ducal, associate 2002-2005, full member since 2005
• President of Section from 1 February 2011 to 31 October 2012
• Vice-President of the Court from 13 September 2012 to 31 October 2012
• President of the Court from 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2015
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 30 August 2004 to 31 October 2015