Armand de Mestral

Armand de Mestral, CM (born 17 November 1941) is a Canadian academic and international arbitration expert.

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] de Mestral was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, United Kingdom.[2] He is a law professor at the McGill University and an expert in international law. He teaches courses on constitutional law and the law of the European Union. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He has an undergraduate and master's degree from Harvard University, a law degree from McGill University, as well as honorary doctorates from Université de Lyon and Kwansei Gakuin University. He also served a term as president of the Canadian Red Cross.[3] He was made member of the Order of Canada in 2007.[4]

He is married to Rosalind Pepall, a curator at the Musée de Beaux Arts and they have two sons Philippe and Charles.