Academic Position : Professor of Law - Universities of Louvain and Namur (Belgium)

Education : Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium (Doctorat en droit - 1970, Agrégation de l’enseignement supérieur - 1979); Columbia University, New York (LLM - 1973)

Experience as counsel:

International and domestic arbitration proceedings, ad hoc and institutional (mostly ICC and CEPANI)

Awards rendered:

• PCA Case No. 2012-16 (UNCITRAL) (formerly AA 434), Murphy Exploration & Production Company – International v. Republic of Ecuador, Final Award, 10 Feb. 2017 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/15/21, Menzies Middle East and Africa S.A. and Aviation Handling Services International Ltd. v. Republic of Senegal, Award, 5 Aug. 2016 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/14/8, Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) v. Montenegro, Award, 26 Jul. 2016 (full text ITA)

• PCA Case No. 2012-16 (UNCITRAL) (formerly AA 434), Murphy Exploration & Production Company – International v. Republic of Ecuador, Partial Final Award, 6 May 2016 (full text ITA)

• PCA Case No. 2011-09 (UNCITRAL), Khan Resources Inc., Khan Resources B.V., and Cauc Holding Company Ltd. v. The Government of Mongolia, Award on Merits, 2 Mars 2015 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/12/6, Muhammet Çap & Sehil Inşaat Endustri ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti. v. Turkmenistan, Decision on Respondent’s Objection to Jurisdiction under Article VII(2) of the Turkey-Turkmenistan Bilateral Investment Treaty, 13 Feb. 2015 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/13, Alapli Elektrik B.V. v. Republic of Turkey, Decision on Annulment, 10 July 2014 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/04/4, SAUR International SA v. Republic of Argentina, Award, 22 May 2014 (full text ITA, French)(full text ITA, English)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/10/17, de Levi v. Republic of Peru, Award, 26 Feb. 2014 (full text ITA, English)(full text ITA, Spanish)

• ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/6, Lao Holdings N.V. v. Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Decision on Jurisdiction, 21 Feb. 2014 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/11/23, Mr. Franck Charles Arif v. Republic of Moldova, Award, 8 Apr. 2013, (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/07/22, AES Summit Generation Ltd. and AES-Tisza Erömü Kft. v. Hungary, Decision of the Ad hoc Committee on the Application of Annulment, 29 June 2012 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/04/4, SAUR International S.A. v. Argentine Republic, Décision sur la compétence et la responsabilité/Decisión sobre jurisdicción y sobre responsabilidad), 6 June 2012 (full text ITA, French) (full text ITA, Spanish)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/3, LESI SpA and Astaldi SpA v. République algérienne démocratique et populaire, Award, 12 Nov 2008 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/16, Rumeli Telekom AS, Telsim Mobil Telekomikasyon Hizmetleri AS v. Republic of Kazakhstan, Award, 29 July 2008 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22, Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd v. United Republic of Tanzania, Award, 24 July 2008 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22, Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd v. United Republic of Tanzania, Procedural Order No. 5, 2 Feb 2007 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22, Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd v. United Republic of Tanzania, Procedural Order No. 3, 29 Sep 2006 (full text ITA)

• Ad hoc (UNCITRAL) Case, E (BVI co) v. T (Irish co), Award, 8 Jul. 2003

Publications:

• Complex Arbitrations - Multiparty, Multicontract, Multi-Issue and Class Actions (Kluwer, 2006)Numerous articles on international commercial arbitration and international commercial law, including:

• "The Review of Arbitral Awards by Domestic Courts - Introductory Report," in The Review of International Arbitral Awards, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 6, at 7 (E. Gaillard ed., Juris Publishing, 2010) (with O. Caprasse)

• "Arbitrability, Due Process and Public Policy Under Article V of the New York Convention -- Belgian and French perspectives," 25(6) J. Int'l Arb. 721 (with O. Caprasse)

• "Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration," in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and International Arbitral Awards - The New York Convention in Practice 787 (E. Gaillard and D. Di Pietro eds., Cameron May, 2008) (with O. Caprasse)

• "Panorama de jurisprudence belge," Cahiers de l'arbitrage, Gaz. Pal., Mar. 28-29, 2008

• "Document Production in International Arbitration: A Tentative Definition of 'Best Practices'," in Document Production in International Arbitration 113 (ICC Pub., 2006)

• "A New Development in Complex Multiparty-Multicontract Proceedings: Classwide Arbitration," 20(1) Arb. Int'l 39 (2004)

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de droit des sociétés," in Liber Amicorum Claude Reymond - Autour de l'arbitrage 97 (Litec, 2004)

• "The Conduct of the Hearings," in The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitratin 369 (L. Newman and R. Hill eds., Juris Publishing, 2004)

• "Faut-il ouvrir le for arbitral aux actions collectives?," in De Lege Ferenda - Réflexions sur le droit désirable en l'honneur du Professeur Alain Hirsch 87(A. Hériter Lachat and L. Hirsch eds., Slatkine, 2004)

• "L’annulation des sentences arbitrales [On the setting aside of arbitral awards]," 2004 J.T. 413 (with B. Hanotiau)

• "Quand l'arbitrage s'en va-t-en guerre: les perturbations par l'Etat de la procédure arbitrale," 2003 Rev. arb. 805• "The Res Judicata Effect of Arbitral Awards," in Complex Arbitrations 43 (ICC Pub. No. 688E, 2003)

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges de propriété intellectuelle: une analyse comparative," 21(1) Bull. ASA 3 (2003)

• "Problems raised by complex arbitrations involving multiple contracts-parties-issues. An analysis," 18 J. Int'l Arb. 251 (July 2001)Member of the editorial board, International Business Law Journal / Revue de droit des affaires internationales, American Review of International Arbitration, and ADR Currents

• Complex Arbitrations - Multiparty, Multicontract, Multi-Issue and Class Actions (Kluwer, 2006)

• Co-editor, Class and Group Actions in Arbitration (with E. Schwartz, ICC Pub. No 771, 2016)

• Co-editor, Multiparty Arbitration (ICC Pub. No. 701, 2010) (with E.A. Schwartz) §§Numerous articles on international commercial arbitration and international commercial law, including:

• " Introduction," in Class Actions in Arbitration (B. Hanotiau, E. Schwartz eds., ICC Pub. No. 771, 2016)

• "Non-signatories, Groups of Companies and Groups of Contracts in Selected Asian Countries: A Case Law Analysis," 32(6) J. Int’l Arb. 571 (2015)

• "Belgium," in Interim Measures in International Arbitration (L.W. Newman and C. Ong eds., Juris, 2014)

• "¿Cuáles son los límites a la discreción de un tribunal a la hora de dirigir procediminetos?," in Arbitraje Internacional: pasado, presente y futuro, Libro homenaje a Bernardo Cremades e Yves Derains 105 (C.A. Soto Coaguila, D.R. Marsano de Mur, eds., Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 2013)

• "La extensión de los efectos del convenio arbitral a no signatarios: ¿Una marginalización de consentimiento?," [The Extension of the Arbitation Clause to Non-Signatories: A Marginalization of Consent?], 2(2) Anuario Latinoamericano de Arbitraje (Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 2012) (with E. Stein)

• "Back to Basics. Or Why the So-called 'Group of Companies Doctrine' Should Be Disregarded Once and for All - A Comment on Dow chemical v. Isover Saint Gobain," in Essays in Honour of Hans Van Houtte 125 (P. Wautelet, T. Kruger & G. Coppens eds., Hart Publishing, 2012) (with B. Den Tandt)

• "Consent to Arbitration: Do We Share a Common Vision?," 27(4) Arb. Int'l 539 (2011)

• "The Parties to the Arbitration Agreement," in Liber Amicorum en l’honneur de Serge Lazareff 323 (L. Levy & Y. Derains eds., Pedone, 2011)

• "International Arbitration in a Global Economy: The Challenges of the Future," 28(2) J. Int’l Arb. 89 (2011)

• "Les droits de la défense dans la procédure arbitrale," Note following the May 25, 2007 decision of the Belgian Cour de cassation, 2010 RCJB 445 (with O. Caprasse)

• "The Review of Arbitral Awards by Domestic Courts – Introductory Report," in The Review of International Arbitral Awards, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 6, at 7 (E. Gaillard ed., Juris Publishing, 2010) (with O. Caprasse)

• "Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration," in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and International Arbitral Awards – The New York Convention in Practice 787 (E. Gaillard and D. Di Pietro eds., Cameron May, 2008) (with O. Caprasse)

• "Panorama de jurisprudence belge," Cahiers de l'arbitrage, Gaz. Pal., Mar. 28/29, 2008

• "Document Production in International Arbitration: A Tentative Definition of 'Best Practices'," in Document Production in International Arbitration 113 (ICC Pub., 2006)

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de droit des sociétés," in Liber Amicorum Claude Reymond - Autour de l'arbitrage 97 (Litec, 2004)

• "The Conduct of the Hearings," in The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitratin 369 (L. Newman and R. Hill eds., Juris Publishing, 2004)

• "Faut-il ouvrir le for arbitral aux actions collectives?," in De Lege Ferenda - Réflexions sur le droit désirable en l'honneur du Professeur Alain Hirsch 87(A. Hériter Lachat and L. Hirsch eds., Slatkine, 2004)

• "L’annulation des sentences arbitrales [On the setting aside of arbitral awards]," 2004 J.T. 413

• "The Res Judicata Effect of Arbitral Awards," in Complex Arbitrations 43 (ICC Pub. No. 688E, 2003)

• 18(3) J. Int’l Arb. 251 (2001) §§Member of the editorial board, International Business Law Journal / Revue de droit des affaires internationales, American Review of International Arbitration, and ADR Currents