Organisation: Netherlands Arbitration Institute

A court in North Carolina has enforced a Netherlands Arbitration Institute summary award that ordered the US-based former owner of a bankrupt Dutch insurer to pay US$166 million to its trustees. 

12 August 2024

Camilla Perera-De Wit is stepping down as secretary general and director general of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) to return to private practice as counsel and arbitrator.

13 June 2024

A Russian court has restrained an HKIAC arbitration against a Gazprom affiliate while refusing to impose a €1.8 billion penalty on the German claimant – as another Gazprom subsidiary asks it to block an arbitration brought by a Dutch gas pipeline operator.

19 April 2024

A Dutch court has refused to appoint the Netherlands Arbitration Institute to administer a dispute between US fast food chain Subway and an Austrian business development agent – also finding it lacked jurisdiction to grant interim relief.

04 April 2024

The Dutch Supreme Court has refused to reinstate a technology developer’s US$116 million award against an affiliate of Chinese social media platform Weibo that was set aside because of the lack of a valid arbitration agreement.

15 March 2024

Shell and ExxonMobil have filed a contractual arbitration against the Netherlands over arrangements for the closure of the largest natural gas field in Europe. 

14 February 2024

The French Arbitration Committee’s under-40 group (CFA40) has named Agnès Bizard of King & Spalding, Irène Léger of Staunch and Sacha Willaume of Gide Loyrette Nouel as its new co-chairs.

31 January 2024

The trustees of a bankrupt Dutch insurer have asked a federal court in North Carolina to enforce a Netherlands Arbitration Institute award ordering its US-based former owner to pay €150 million.

19 October 2023

French national Irène Léger has left De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek to join Staunch, an Amsterdam disputes boutique set up by former colleagues from the same firm.

04 October 2023

French-Hungarian investment arbitration practitioner Veronika Korom is joining a new Austrian disputes boutique set up last year by former lawyers at WilmerHale and Konrad Partners, which has its official launch next week.

08 September 2023