Pierre d'Argent

Area of specialisation

• Arbitration Investment / Public International Law

Bar admission

• Belgium

Experience with legal system

• Belgium

Professional experience

Pierre d’Argent is a full Professor at the University of Louvain, Belgium, a Member of the Institute of International Law and the past President of the European Society of International Law.
He is a Member of the Brussels Bar, special counsel to Foley Hoag LLP, and represents States in interstate disputes, in particular before the International Court of Justice which he served previously as First Secretary. He appeared before the ICJ in a dozen of cases, acted in six PCA interstate cases and several ICSID cases.
He is the author of over 110 published articles and book chapters, an award-winning book, a published course at The Hague Academy of International Law, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on www.edx.org and courses on the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law.
In 2027, he will teach a general course at The Hague Academy of International Law.