General Sponsor
Allen & Overy
In an increasingly volatile world and international business environment, it is becoming harder for parties to predict where disputes may arise. It is in this context that international arbitration has continued its march forward as parties’ first choice for resolving complex, cross-border disputes. But just as the number of international arbitrations has dramatically increased over the last decade, so too has the complexity and value of those disputes, requiring increasingly sophisticated and specialist legal advice.
Allen & Overy’s market-leading Dutch arbitration practice is ideally placed to assist clients with disputes whenever and wherever they arise. We are at the cutting edge of arbitration law, with expertise under all the key institutional rules as well as investment treaty arbitration. Our Amsterdam team includes both Dutch-qualified and English-qualified lawyers and our strong international network gives us the necessary expertise to handle complex international arbitrations. Members of the team have extensive experience representing clients in arbitrations as well as in court proceedings regarding the enforcement or setting aside of arbitral awards, sit as arbitrators and are actively involved in national and international arbitration institutes. This allows us to build excellent relationships with the most respected arbitrators and arbitration practitioners worldwide and enables us to offer our clients the highest standard of service.
More information : www.allenovery.com
General Sponsor
Conway
Disputes are not bound by national borders. Therefore our clients need lawyers who can litigate, arbitrate and mediate in the international arena. Conway handles cases under the rules of every major arbitration system in the world, under common law and civil law systems. Our lawyers have the knowledge of different legal systems and the practical experience derived from cross-border litigation in dozens of countries.
At Conway we are able to form teams of American or “common” law trained attorneys and Dutch or “civil” law trained advocaten to handle a variety of (cross-border) disputes in a wide variety of industry sectors, including construction, energy, manufacturing & trade, industrial and software licensing, petrochemical, telecommunications, insurance and finance
International arbitration is a specialist field and requires lawyers who know the terrain. Our firm’s multi-jurisdictional team of Dutch advocates and American attorneys are skilled in the techniques of cross examination, the practice of document disclosure, and other techniques which are part and parcel of modern international arbitration practice. Conway’s experience as arbitrators, party counsel, and advisors in this area sets us apart, including experience with most of the most widely used international arbitration rules procedures worldwide. It is, however, also our expertise to effectively represent our client’s interests in the English language before tribunals with diverse cultural backgrounds and under various legal regimes which makes Conway unique and positions us to achieve the desired results.
More information : www.conway-partners.com
General Sponsor
Clifford Chance
International law firm Clifford Chance combines the highest global standards with local expertise. Lawyers from different backgrounds and nationalities come together as one firm, offering unrivalled depth of legal resources across the key markets of Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.
Established in 1972, Clifford Chance Amsterdam offers clients long-standing local knowledge and an internationally integrated approach. With this experience in the Netherlands, we are consistently recognised as one of the leading firms operating at the top-end of the market.
Our Amsterdam international arbitration practice forms part of the firm's global arbitration practice and provides organisations with arbitration experts wherever in the World they operate. We are able to deploy teams that are adapted to the specific requirements of the dispute, in terms both of geographic and industry-specific expertise. We take pride in delivering the power and resources of our global network to meet our clients’ needs. We have extensive experience in arbitrations brought under all the major institutional rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations under Bilateral Investment Treaties.
More information: www.cliffordchance.com
Sponsor of the Speakersdiner
DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs around the world. Our international arbitration team has vast experience in conducting international arbitration including acting as counsel or sitting as arbitrator under all the major institutional and procedural rules. We represent parties in international arbitrations arising in a broad range of industry sectors and we have extensive experience in handling arbitration disputes involving sovereign states, including claims brought under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and multilateral investment treaties (MITs).
More information: www.dlapiper.com/en/us/services/litigation-arbitration-and-investigations/international-arbitration/
Sponsor of the Event Location the Hermitage
Eversheds’ international arbitration expertise
Eversheds has a team of elite international arbitration lawyers representing companies, investors, financial institutions, States and State entities around the world.
We have grown rapidly in recent years as more and more clients recognize Eversheds’ growing reputation as a top-level arbitration practice. We are known for our forensic preparation, pragmatic strategic advice, efficient working practices and winning advocacy. In recognition of our success, Global Arbitration Review ranks us as the number 15 arbitration practice worldwide. Our team of lawyers now spans the world’s major international arbitration centers, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Geneva, Stockholm and Hong Kong.
Several of our international arbitration experts are leaders within the wider arbitration community; we have between us a Vice-President of the ICC, three former ICC Court members, a trustee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, a former member of the WTO Dispute Settlement Appellate Body, and a former co-chair of the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group. Members of our team also lecture at numerous prestigious universities and institutions across the world.
More information : www.eversheds.com
General Sponsor
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international, globally integrated, law firm offering clients dedicated and seamless legal advice across all legal fields and industry sectors in all important economic regions. Our international arbitration group is widely recognised as the world's leading practice in this area, topping virtually every edition of the GAR 30 ranking since 2008. We conduct arbitrations all over the world, whatever the governing law of the dispute, the language of the arbitration, or the rules under which the dispute is to be resolved. Our dedicated Amsterdam arbitration team has been representing national and international clients in arbitration for almost twenty years.
More information : www.freshfields.com
Sponsor of the Lunch
HabrakenRutten
HabrakenRutten is a top tier specialist law firm for the construction industry. The firm’s partners are leading in their field and have extensive experience in seeing through multi party projects from inception to completion. Having advised on nearly every significant project both onshore and offshore in the Netherlands in the past ten years, the lawyers of HabrakenRutten know all the best practices and have helped shaping them. The firm’s experts are also leading in contentious matters related to construction and are the go-to advisors for contractors, architects, engineers, project developers, sponsors and authorities seeking advice and representation in litigation, arbitration as well as on dispute prevention.
More information : www.habrakenrutten.com/en
General Sponsor
Houthoff
Houthoff is a long-established Netherlands based law firm with over 290 lawyers worldwide. The firm's lawyers in each practice area and across its offices work collaboratively to help clients assess new opportunities and manage risk in a redefined marketplace. As the fabric of the global economic environment unravelled, Houthoff partnered with clients to respond to unprecedented circumstances with innovative solutions and sound legal judgement. Houthoff has a vision on economic growth that is productive, sustainable and inclusive.
More information : www.houthoff.com
Sponsor of the Delegates Dinner
Legaltree
Legaltree provides an effective and highly specialised arbitration team which focuses on national and international arbitration, including claims brought under investment treaties. In addition, the team has extensive experience in complex matters involving the recognition of foreign arbitral awards in the Netherlands.
Legaltree is a unique law firm, with a leading, client-oriented vision. Legaltree works with senior lawyers with a minimum of ten years’ experience only. In that way, the best possible professional quality and personal attention are guaranteed. With more than 20 partners, Legaltree provides personal services, tailored to suit the specific needs of our clients.
More information : www.legaltree.nl/en
General Sponsor
NautaDutilh
NautaDutilh is an international law firm practising Dutch, Belgian, Luxembourg and Dutch Caribbean law. The firm was founded in 1724 and is one of the largest in the Benelux region. We have about 400 lawyers, civil law notaries and tax advisers, spread across six offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, New York and Rotterdam.
NautaDutilh's arbitration group has the necessary resources and expertise to handle the most complex arbitrations worldwide, covering a wide variety of industry sectors, such as construction, engineering, energy, insurance, international trade and investment, and financial services. Our arbitration team is a truly international team with lawyers originally from Spain, the United States, Germany and the Ukraine - and who, thus, are fluent in several languages other than Dutch, French (and English). This strong international set up and experience provides us with the tools and understanding required to meet the expectations of our foreign and domestic clients and to bridge any differences in (legal) cultures.
Our extensive experience in representing clients in arbitrations under many different arbitral rules, both national and international, including the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) has provided us with opportunities to interact with diverse parties, tribunals and witnesses from all types of legal and commercial cultures.
We also have significant experience in handling disputes involving sovereign states, such as arbitrations brought under bilateral investment treaties. We regularly provide counsel on drafting arbitration provisions, on how to avoid or enforce arbitration agreements, as well as how to challenge or enforce arbitration awards. Our team has been involved in many of the most high-profile arbitrations, challenges and setting aside proceedings of recent years.
Members of our arbitration team act as arbitrator, publish on arbitration topics, and work with the renowned international arbitration institutions. Our group's collective experience brings with it unrivalled knowledge of arbitrators, institutions, legal cultures, expert witnesses and opposing counsel, which can make the difference in the outcome of a dispute.
More information : www.nautadutilh.com/en/home/
General Sponsor
Omni Bridgeway
Funding and managing litigation, arbitration and enforcement has been the core business of Omni Bridgeway for 30 years now. Based on its unrivalled experience, the firm has funded and enforced several billions in claims for its global client base – which includes governments, multinationals, banks, investors, political risk insurers, re-insurers, Lloyd’s of London and insurance brokers.
Omni Bridgeway’s key expertise is in the field of managing and funding claims involving complex cross-border litigation, including arbitration and competition cases (follow-on or stand alone), as well as cases in which enforcement of the judgment or arbitral award is (expected to be) the main aspect. We operate on a no success no fee basis, ensuring full alignment of our interests with those of our clients.
Many of the hundreds of cases Omni Bridgeway has handled in its history related to dealing with the specific legal and financial matters surrounding (semi)-sovereign debtors and counterparties in political risk markets (sovereign immunity, bilateral investment treaties, international arbitration, political interference). In-house intelligence gathering capabilities (case relevant intelligence, asset tracing) and a multi-disciplinary approach where our in house teams work constructively together in a team with external counsel are the key to its success.
Omni Bridgeway does not operate as a fund but has a solid foundation based on long term proprietary capital. The company has an immediately available capital of EUR 150 million to further expand its activities in new litigation cases.
More information : www.omnibridgeway.com
Sponsor of the Drinks Reception
Ploum Lodder Princen
More information : www.ploum.nl/en
Sponsor of the Welcome Coffee
Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw (Arbitration Board for the Building Industry)
Whether a dispute involves the construction of an underwater road tunnel, the completion of a home or the technical installation of a commercial building, if parties in the construction industry cannot agree, they will often opt for the Arbitration Board for the Building Industry to adjudicate. RvA arbitrators heard some 685 construction disputes in 2015.
Incorporated in 1907, the RvA is an independent foundation employing more than 100 arbitrators. RvA arbitrators (expert-members) are selected primarily based on their track record in the construction industry. Virtually all lawyer-members are judges or former judges. Hearings are generally held near the building site involved, allowing arbitrators to immediately inspect the technical points of dispute if necessary.
Why the RvA in national and international construction disputes?
The unique combination of technical and legal expertise in construction present at the RvA ensures that construction disputes – compared to ordinary courts that appoint external construction experts – are handled quickly, efficiently and at reasonable cost. RvA awards have the same legal force as judgments rendered by ordinary courts.
The expert-members mostly also possess international experience with construction projects, while the lawyer-members are familiar with the application of foreign law. The Arbitration Rules (version of 1 January 2015) are available in English. In addition to the Rules and in consultation with the RvA, the parties may make arrangements to provide for special conditions of international arbitration, such as the method of appointing arbitrators, language, applicable law, dissenting opinion, and whether or not the award will be published.
Costs of arbitration with the RvA
The RvA requires a deposit when a dispute is brought. The deposit is intended solely as security for the RvA. The amount of the deposit and the costs of arbitration are determined by the principal amount of the claim in accordance with the guidelines of the Deposit/Moderation Table. The RvA deducts its costs from the deposit when invoicing the dispute.
More information (Dutch): www.raadvanarbitrage.nl
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