Nicolas Angelet is a Professor of InternationalLlaw at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he notably lectures on diplomatic and consular law, and is a member of the University's Centre de Droit International. He holds a doctoral degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is a member of the Brussels Bar and an associate tenant of Doughty Street Chambers, London. He has acted as counsel in numerous immunity cases before the Belgian courts, as well as lead counsel before the French and Dutch courts.