Marc Kruithof

Marc Kruithof was born on 25 April 1960 in Wilrijk (Antwerp), Belgium.

He studied at Ghent University in Belgium and obtained a Licentiate (nowadays called a Master's) in Law summa cum laude in 1983 and a Licentiate (nowadays called Master's) in Economic Science magna cum laude in 1985. In 1986, he obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. In 2009, he was awarded a PhD in Law by Ghent University with a dissertation on the legal (private law) and regulatory (public law) treatment of conflicts of interest financial institutions can face when providing investment services.

From 1988 until 1991, he was Assistant for commercial, economic and financial law at Ghent University Law School. From 1991 until 2011, he was Professor at Ghent University College, where he taught law courses for students in the academic bachelor and master programs in Commercial Sciences (Business Administration) and Public Administration and Non-profit Management. In 2002, he spent the spring quarter at the University of Chicago Law School as a Visiting Professor, where he taught a course on the Creation of the European Common Market. Since 2011, he has been full time Professor of Civil Liability (Torts) and Comparative Law at Ghent University Law School.