prof. mr. dr. M.H. (Mark) Wissink

Mark Wissink is Advocate General of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. He was appointed professor of private law at the University of Groningen in 2001.

He studied law at Leiden University (Dutch law, 1985) and Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 1986). He worked at a law firm in The Hague and at the University of Leiden, where he took his doctorate, cum laude, in 2001.

In Groningen Wissink was Academic Director of the master International and Comparative Private Law and chairman of the Department of Private Law and Notary Law. He was a member of the board of the Social Sciences Division of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and a deputy justice at the Court of Appeals at Arnhem and Leeuwarden.

He is editor of Vermogensrechtelijke Analyses, Contracteren, Monografieën Privaatrecht and T&C Vermogensrecht and member of the advisory board of the Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht.