Simon VANDE WALLE

Bio

• 2019-present
  Professor, University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Japan
• 2013-2019
  Case handler, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
• 2011-2013
  Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
• 2008-2011
  Hakase (hōgaku) [Doctor of Laws], Kyushu University, Japan
  • 2009-2011: R.A., Kyushu University
• 2003-2008
  Linklaters LLP, Brussels office, Associate, subsequently Managing Associate
  • September 2003: admitted to the Brussels Bar
  • January 2004: admitted to the New York Bar
  • 2007-2008: Praktijkassistent [Practice-based lecturer], KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven)
• 2002-2003
  LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., USA
  • Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for highest academic average in graduating class (LL.M. (General Studies))
  • Valedictorian
  • Fellowship of the Belgian American Educational Foundation
  • Fellow of the Institute of International Economic Law
• 2001-2002
  Shūshi (Hōgaku) [Master of Laws], Kyushu University, Japan
• 1998-2001
  Licentiaat in de rechten [Master of Laws], KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), Belgium
  • 1999-2000: Erasmus year, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Diplôme d’études universitaires françaises (option droit)
  • Moot court: Jean Pictet Competition, first place with team Leuven (Cleveland, Ohio, April 2001, and Geneva, August 2001)              
  • summer traineeship: Altius, Brussels
• 1996-1998
  Kandidaat in de rechten [Bachelor of Laws], KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), Belgium