Heico Kerkmeester obtained degrees in both Economics and Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and an LL.M. at the University of Chicago. He wrote a Ph.D.-dissertation on Law and Game Theory. At present he is a Senior Justice in the Administrative High Court for Trade and Industry in The Hague, specialising in cases where economic evidence is presented. He is also a Senior Associate Professor in Economic Analysis of Law at the University of Antwerp.