Prof. Dr. Frank Hendrickx obtained his law degree (1992) as well as a baccalaureate in philosophy at the University of Leuven (Belgium). In 1997, he obtained an LL.M. from the London School of Economics (United Kingdom). He obtained his doctorate degree at the University of Leuven in 1999. He is professor of labour law at the Law Faculty of the University of Leuven (Belgium) and holds a part-time Chair in European labour law at Tilburg University (The Netherlands).

Frank Hendrickx specializes in Belgian, European and comparative labour law, employment privacy law and sports law.

He is General Editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Labour Law and Industrial Relations and Editor-in-chief of the European Labour Law Journal. He is President of the Belgian Association for Labour Law and Social Security Law and Board Member of the Belgian Association for Labour Relations.