David Luff

Who is David Luff?

David Luff is a Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, He is a partner in the international law firm Appleton Luff. He also teaches at the MGIMO University in Moscow and the University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo. He has also held visiting appointments in Italy, India, China, Vietnam, and Switzerland.

Formerly, David Luff was the Director of the Programme Management Unit for the TradeCom Facility, an all-ACP trade-related assistance programme financed by the European Development Fund. He was in charge of the planning, conduct and evaluation of more than forty trade-related projects.

David Luff has advised private multinational companies and governments in the sectors of financial services, postal and telecommunications services, textiles and clothing, steel, chemicals, sugar, bananas, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. He advised the governments of Vietnam, Ukraine, China, South Korea, Thailand, Canada and South Africa on WTO implementation and trade negotiation issues and undertook missions in more than thirty-five developing countries.