In 2009, Mia was appointed Professor of Aviation Law at the University of Gent at the Department of European, Public and International Law. She is a director of the European Aviation Club, and serves on the Committee of the UK based Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Brussels Branch. She is a past Chair of the Aviation Law Committee of the IBA- International Bar Association. Mia is one of the founding members of the International Aviation Women\'s Association (IAWA) and a member of various air law associations. She served as a judge on the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal in Paris under the OECD\'s Nuclear Energy Agency from 2006 till 2014. As of January 20, 2017 she was nominated to serve as an arbitrator in Romania at the Commercial Arbitration Court of Bucharest for the next 3 years. She is also a member of the International Commercial Disputes Tribunal – ICDT. Besides regularly being requested as guest lecturer in aviation law at different universities, Mia has addressed several conferences world-wide on air transportation and has published on aviation matters including drones. She has been involved in several reports drawn up for the European Commission and was awarded numerous mentions as a leading aviation expert in Belgium. Mia is also on the core Editorial Board of the Magazine for International Trade and Transport, published by the Larcier Group and on the Program Committee of the Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium -Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. As a graduate of the Institute of Air and Space law at the McGill University in Montreal (LLM) and a lecturer at the International Institute of Air and Space Law of the Leiden University, Mia enjoys the vast network of both Universities.

Mia is a partner with GDS Advocate in its Brussels office. She and her team, which is put together according to the needs of the file in order to obtain the maximum result for the client, solve problems and represent the interest of companies in all aspects of their air transport operations. This involves dealing with day to day contracts