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We are very pleased that our partner Cyril-Igor Grigorieff is taking over the course of Transport Law at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). The lectures will start in March 2025 on the main campus of the University. This complements the other lectures and teaching mandates of Cyril-Igor, notably at Paris-Saclay University, Haute Ecole Fransisco Ferrer, EPHEC, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) in Toulouse and Leiden University in The Netherlands.

Dimitri de Bournonville and Cyril-Igor Grigorieff have been invited as speakers at the next International Aviation Conference organized by the McGill Institute for Air and Space Law and the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) in Madrid in June 2025, to discuss recent topics in relation to cargo claims and insurance.

Cyril-Igor Grigorieff has received the Best PhD Award from the Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace - Air and Space Academy for his thesis on the Montreal Convention. Since completing his thesis, Cyril-Igor had the privilege of teaching air law to numerous students at various universities and schools, including Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Paris-Saclay, ENAC and Leiden University.

Dimitri de Bournonville was the only partner of an international law firm based in Brussels to be awarded the official title of accredited Transport Law Specialist by his Belgian and Brussels bar authorities. This reflects the visibility and breadth of Dimitri's practice in the field, after close to 30 years of professional experience in the transport, aviation, logistics and commercial sectors.

Dimitri de Bournonville was interviewed by the investigation journalist Benjamin Marechal on the topic of lost packages, to discuss the legal regime applicable to their sale, the potential warranty claims in case of defect and the risks associated therewith.

Dimitri de Bournonville and Cyril-Igor Grigorieff have been invited to serve as Judges at the 16th International Institute of Air and Space Law (Leiden University)-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition which will be held in Athens in April 2025.