Albert Jan van den Berg
IT Tower, 9th Floor
Avenue Louise 480 B.9
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (1999–2001); Partner, Stibbe Simont Monahan Duhot, Amsterdam (1988–1999); Partner, Van Doorne & Sjollema Advocaten, Rotterdam (1980–1988); Attorney at law, Law Firm of Salah Hejailan, Riyadh (1982); T.M.C. Asser Inst. for International and European Law, The Hague (1978–1980); Private assistant, Prof. Dr. Pieter Sanders (1975–1978)
President (2014–2016), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); President (2003–2010), Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI); Secretary-General (1980–1988), NAI; former Vice-President, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); FCIArb (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), London
Member, China International Commercial Court of the Supreme People’s Court, International Commercial Expert Committee; China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) International Advisory Board, Beijing;
Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris; LCIA Company, London; International Advisory Board, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Nominations Committee, HKIAC; Council, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA); Advisory Board, Geneva University Master in International Dispute Settlement; Board of Trustees, Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University School of Law ; Executive Committee, Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL); Editorial Board, Global Arbitration Review, London and Tijdschrift voor Arbitrage, Rotterdam; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of World Investment & Trade
Various panels of arbitrators, including: American Arbitration Association (AAA, ICDR), New York; Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna; Arbitral Tribunal for Football, World Cup Division for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Geneva; Asian International Arbitration Centre, Kuala Lumpur; Center for Arbitration and Mediation, Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada; Center for Arbitration and Conciliation, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce; CIETAC; CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; HKIAC; Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Indonesian Board of National Arbitration (BANI), Jakarta; International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington; NAI; Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); Arbitrator on the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the Bank for International Settlements (Hague Treaty of 20 January 1930)
Presiding, sole and party-appointed arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations (ad hoc, AAA/ICDR, CRCICA, DRCAFTA, DIAC, ECT, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, NAFTA, NAI, OHADA, SCC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL); frequently acts as counsel in international commercial arbitration matters; The International Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration Lawyer of the Year Award 2006, 2011 and 2017; Global Arbitration Review, Award for “Best Prepared and Most Responsive Arbitrator” 2013
The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 (Deventer 1981); extensive publications and lectures on international commercial arbitration (see www.hvdb.com); General Editor, ICCA Publications (1986-2018), including YearBook Commercial Arbitration; see also www.newyorkconvention.or