PEOPLE EXPERTISE NEWS & INSIGHTS Careers CSR Locations Contact us About us Alumni Online services Topics Blogs MyStibbe Home Our expertise Arbitration We are Stibbe Arbitration specialists “ Active in both the national and international arbitration arena, we assist our clients with some of the most complex, high-stakes issues. ” Arbitration Stibbe's international arbitration team represents clients from all over the world in international arbitration proceedings. As a leading firm, established over 100 years ago and featuring a Tier 1 dispute resolution practice, we ensure that our clients receive the full depth of our experience, skills and knowledge on the latest developments. Our objective is not solely to devise and implement strategies to meet our clients’ most vital commercial needs, but to work side-by-side with them with unrivaled dedication. Our international arbitration specialists provide advice and advocacy to clients across all sectors and under the rules of all of the major arbitral institutions including ICC, LCIA, SCC, NAI and CEPINA, as well as ad hoc proceedings (including under the UNCITRAL Rules). Our practice covers all arbitration-related issues. This includes obtaining interim and conservatory relief measures in support of an arbitral process from courts or tribunals, encompassing attachments, injunctions and preliminary measures to preserve evidence. Our lawyers appear before the courts to enforce arbitral awards or resist such enforcement, including proceedings to set aside arbitral awards. Where needed, we represent our clients all the way up to the Dutch or Belgian Supreme Court. In the tradition of our firm, our international arbitration team is trained to work in multidisciplinary units. We have leading practices across practically all relevant sectors and areas of law in each of our main offices in Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg - which allows us to quickly assemble integrated teams of lawyers, tailor-made to suit our client’s needs, to handle any specific arbitration or arbitration-related matter with all requisite knowledge and experience. These areas include Corporate and M&A, Real Estate and Construction, Energy Banking and Finance, Tax, IP and IT, and Competition. More information on our areas of expertise can be found in the Practice Area list on the right hand side. For more information on our overall Dispute Resolution practice, we also refer to our Litigation team and our Supreme Court Litigation team. Subscribe to newsletter Practice areas Energy Arbitration Enforcement M&A Arbitration Netherlands Commercial Court / International Commercial Courts Real Estate and Construction Arbitration Key Contact Matthijs Kuijpers Partner Amsterdam T. +31 20 546 00 17 Nicolas Résimont Partner Brussels T. +32 2 533 54 97 Experience View all Other specialists View all Related news 03.09.2021 BE law Regulation of the legal profession in Belgium: an update Articles - Oliver Stevens and Sophie Bourgois updated their overview on the regulation of the legal profession in Belgium to reflect advancing insights and regulatory rulings. Read more Team: Oliver Stevens, Sophie Bourgois 14.12.2020 NL law Contractual provisions excluding annulment due to error, duress, fraud or undue influence Short Reads - In Dutch legal practice, contracting parties often agree on provisions including an arrangement in which they waive their right to invoke the nullity of the contract in question. By doing so, the parties intend to exclude an eventual contractual annulment arising from error, duress, fraud or undue influence. Read more Cathrien van Bunningen Staff Associate (not admitted to the bar) Amsterdam 23.03.2020 BE law Contracts & Corona: force majeure and related topics Short Reads - The spread of the coronavirus may have some consequences that affect your ability to perform your obligations under your contracts, or your co-contractors’ ability to perform theirs. We provide some insight on a few pressing questions. Read more Team: Oliver Stevens, Tobe Inghelbrecht 16.01.2020 NL law Wetgever, koester het burgerlijk procesrecht Articles - Civiele procedures worden waarschijnlijk niet sneller en eenvoudiger met het Conceptwetsvoorstel modernisering en vereenvoudiging bewijsrecht en de Tijdelijke Experimentenwet rechtspleging. De wetsvoorstellen gaan uit van onjuiste veronderstellingen over het verloop van civielrechtelijke procedures en overspannen verwachtingen van de rol van de civiele rechter als alvermogende geschilbeslechter. Read more Wouter den Hollander Senior Associate Amsterdam 20.05.2021 BE law Webinar: Focus on pathological clauses and collaborative law Seminar - On 21 June 2021 at 2 pm, Stibbe partners Nicolas Résimont and Oliver Stevens host a webinar on pathological clauses and collaborative law for the members of the Practice Group Effective Dispute Resolution of IBJ/IJE. Read more Team: Oliver Stevens, Nicolas Résimont 08.07.2020 NL law Dutch State breached duty of care in providing information to victims and surviving relatives of plane crash Short Reads - Earlier this year, the District Court in The Hague ruled that the Dutch State is liable vis-à-vis the victims and surviving relatives of a 1992 plane crash in Faro, Portugal. The State was found liable because it is responsible for the information provided by the Dutch Aviation Safety Board (a government agency) to the victims and surviving relatives. This information, on the causes of the crash was deemed by the court to be incorrect and incomplete. Read more Team: Francis Blaauboer, Sofja Goldstein 18.03.2020 NL law The impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on commercial contracts: force majeure? Short Reads - Recent measures taken by the Dutch government to contain the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 (a novel Coronavirus) have led to an increase in questions regarding the consequences for commercial contracts. These measures influence society as whole, and have a serious impact on a wide range of specific sectors and industries. These measures have put the performance of commercial contracts, spanning activities ranging from delivering supplies to operating flights, under pressure. The following may provide some helpful general guidance. Read more Team: Matthijs Kuijpers, Petra Vos, Marnix Wallinga 09.01.2020 BE law Stibbe announces new Counsel and Of Counsel appointments Inside Stibbe - Brussels, 9 January 2020 – The Brussels office of Stibbe has promoted Delphine Gillet (EU/Competition), Jan Proesmans (Employment, Benefits, and Pensions) and Sophie Bourgois (Dispute Resolution) to Counsel and Elisabeth Baeyens (Dispute Resolution) to Of Counsel. The new appointments have taken effect on 1 January 2020. Read more Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans, Sophie Bourgois, Elisabeth Baeyens 20.05.2021 BE law Webinar: Bemiddeling als vorm van geschillenbeslechting voor conflicten met de overheid Seminar - Op 8 juni 2021 spreken David D'Hooghe, Linde Bevernaege en Bastiaan Schelstraete op een webinar georganiseerd door het Instituut voor Bedrijfsjuristen over bemiddeling als vorm van geschillenbeslechting voor conflichten met de overheid. Read more Team: Bastiaan Schelstraete, Linde Bevernaege, David D'Hooghe 02.04.2020 NL law Claims assigned to a litigation vehicle: who needs to prove what? Short Reads - Two recent decisions from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal have confirmed that litigation vehicles cannot come empty-handed to the court, and should provide documentation regarding the assignments of claims they submit. The Dutch legal system allows companies and individuals to assign their claims to a “litigation vehicle” or “claims vehicle” that bundles those claims into a single action. In its decisions of 10 March 2020, the Court of Appeal ruled that it is up to litigation vehicles to prove that the assignments can be invoked against the debtor. Read more Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Sofja Goldstein 11.03.2020 NL law Jeroen Kortmann nominated for best Dutch litigator Inside Stibbe - For the second consecutive year, Jeroen Kortmann has been nominated for the title of 'best Dutch litigator'. Read more Jeroen Kortmann Partner Amsterdam 09.01.2020 BE law Stibbe benoemt nieuwe Counsels en Of Counsel Inside Stibbe - Brussel, 9 januari 2020 – Het Brusselse kantoor van Stibbe benoemt Delphine Gillet (EU-recht en mededingingsrecht), Jan Proesmans (arbeids- en pensioenrecht) en Sophie Bourgois (geschillenbeslechting) tot Counsel en Elisabeth Baeyens (geschillenbeslechting) tot Of Counsel. De nieuwe benoemingen gaan in vanaf 1 januari 2020. 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