Professor Torremans taught at the Universities of Leicester and Leeds, before joining the University of Nottingham in September 2002. He also served as a Sub-Dean for Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Leicester. His areas of expertise are intellectual property law and private international law. He is a member of the executive committee of the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) and of the Association for the Enhancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP). He has acted as an expert for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the European Commission, the European Patent Office and other international organisations.