He studied at the universities of Geneva and Basel in Switzerland and at Yale University in the U.S. He is an associate professor in art and cultural property law at the University of Geneva and the director of its Art-Law Centre. Professor Renold is an attorney-at-law and member of the Geneva Bar; his areas of practice are, among others, art, and cultural heritage law, intellectual property and public and private international law. Author or co-author of several publications in the field of international and comparative art and cultural heritage law and has been, since its inception, an editor of the “Studies in Art Law” series (19 volumes published to date). He is the co-editor and co-author of “Kultur Kunst Recht : Schweizerisches und internationales Recht” [Culture, Art and Law: Swiss and International Law] (2009), the leading Swiss handbook on the law of art and culture.