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Tom de Waard

Address: 

Clifford Chance LLP
Droogbak 1A
1013 GE Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Phone Number: 
+31 20 711 9380
Fax Number: 
+31 20 711 9999
Email: 
tom.dewaard@cliffordchance.com
Born: 
1946, The Hague
Languages: 
Dutch English French German
Nationalities: 
Dutch
Education: 
J.D. 1971, Leiden Univ.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Amsterdam and Netherlands bar 1971
Present Position: 
Partner, Clifford Chance; Member, Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics N.V; Chairman, Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Member, Compensation Committee; Chairman, Supervisory Board of BE Semiconductor Industries N.V
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Clifford Chance, The Netherlands (2000– ); Partner, Stibbe, Blaise & DeJong, New York (1985–1990); Partner, Stibbe, Blaise & DeJong, Amsterdam (1979–1985 / 1995–2000); Dean of the Dutch Bar Association (1993–-1995);Presidium of the Advisory Committee on Legislation to the Government of the Netherlands (1998-2001)

Professional Associations: 

Amsterdam Bar Assoc.; Dutch Bar Association, International Bar Association, Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Netherlands Arbitration Institute

Arbitration Experience: 

Oil and Gas Upstream. Arbitration concerning gas proceeds from the Eems-Dollard sanctuary. Ad hoc arbitration counsel for one of the oil majors; Oil and gas upstream. Arbitration concerning the taxation of the gas proceeds from the Eems-Dollard sanctuary, counsel for one of the oil majors. NAI arbitration; Power/M&A Arbitration concerning the liability for stranded cost contracts under the applicable SPA. Counsel for Electrabel. NAI arbitration; Partnership Agreement. Arbitration concerning the resignation of a partner from a partnership of patent attorneys. Arbiter. Ad hoc arbitration; Partnership Agreement. Same Sale and Purchase of a chemical products distribution company, Arbitration concerning claims under the representation and warranties of a SPA. UNCITRAL arbitration. Chairman of the arbitration panel. Retail. Arbitration concerning the realization of a super market in a new city development. NAI arbitration. Arbiter. Hospitality. Arbitration concerning the operations of a hotel chain in the Netherlands. NAI arbitration. Arbiter.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Capital Market Transactions
Corporate
Mediation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Author of chapter on Dutch Procedural Law in major publication on Dutch Law (Juridisch Zakboek) (Deventer); the introduction of the LLP into Dutch law, Groningen 4 October 2002.