Interests: intellectual property, conflict resolution, writing, photography, bicycling, the third man, paris, malcolm gladwell, diplomacy, outsourcing, méribel, the long tail, corporate law, european union, bodyboarding, interesting people, la rochelle, french politics, french revolution, legal education, comparative law, french wines, motion picture production and distribution, the black swan, javier marias, french atlantic coast, legal writing, jean-jacques rousseau, alexis de tocqueville, vauban