Antoni Vaquer

Prof. Dr Antoni Vaquer (born 16 August 1965) studied law at the University of Barcelona, Spain (1983-1988). He was awarded his PhD in 1992 at the same University with Special Honours. In 2002, he was appointed to a chair of private law at te University of Lleida, Spain, where he mainly gives lectures on Contract Law, Property and Succession Law. In addition, one of his main fields of interest is the harmonization process of private law within the European Union, to which he has contributed a number of articles and the editions of several books. He also participates in the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Acquis-Group. Professor Vaquer is holder of the German stipendium of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2001, 2004). In 1998, he was appointed substitute judge at the Court of Appeal of Lleida, where he has been active until 2015. He has been Head of the Department of Private Law at the University of Lleida, Spain and is a member of the Catalan Commission on Codification and of the Catalan Conseil d'État.