Professor of European, International Private and Civil Law, head of the European Community Law Department at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. Graduated from Charles University, further studies at Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne and University of Michigan Law School. Former President of the Czech Bar Association (1996). Former Partner of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. His main publications comprise law of obligations, private international law, law of arbitration, community law and law of consumer protection.