Michiel is assistant professor of private international law at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He currently is visiting professor of private international law at UHasselt and KU Leuven.
Michiel has published extensively on various topics relating to the regional and international harmonisation of private international law and has worked on an array of projects relating to the reform of private international law in the European Union. His current work focuses on the intersection between the governance of Artificial Intelligence and private international law, and the role of private international law in transnational corporate accountability for human rights infringements.
His work on the scope of jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract in the Brussels Ia Regulation was cited by Advocate General Szpunar in Case C-265/21 AB, AB-CD v Z EF. Further, Michiel's work was cited in the 2022 edition of Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws and the 2023 Study to support the preparation of a report on the application of the Brussels Ia Regulation.
Michiel is a contributor to the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Series on Dispute Resolution. He also analyses decisions of the CJEU on private international law for EU Law Live.
Michiel is the convenor of the Conflict of Laws Section of the UK Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) together with Dr Patricia Zivkovic.