Jean-Sébastien Borghetti is professor of private law at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas. He started by studying business administration and finance at HEC Paris before earning a PhD in law at the Sorbonne. He specialises in contract and tort law and has been involved in the recent reform of the French law of obligations as well as in several international harmonisation projects.

He acts as an arbitrator and an expert before arbitral tribunals and national courts. He is fluent in French, English, and German.