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He acts as sole, presiding and party-appointed arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations (ad hoc, AAA/ICDR, CRCICA, DIAC, DRCAFTA,&nbsp;ECT, ICC,&nbsp;ICSID, LCIA, NAFTA, NAI, OHADA, SCAI, SCC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL), relating to, inter alia, airports, aviation, banking, broadcasting, construction, defense projects, distributorship, electricity and gas supply, fashion, futures and options, gambling, information technology, insurance and re-insurance, investments, joint ventures, licensing, media, mining, nuclear energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, post M&amp;A, post-privatization, professional associations, real estate, sales, satellites, shale gas, solar energy, sports, telecom, and turnkey projects. 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He was also President&nbsp;and Secretary-General of the NAI and Vice-President of the London Court of&nbsp; International&nbsp;Arbitration&nbsp;(LCIA). He is Emeritus Professor of Law (arbitration chair) at Erasmus&nbsp;University, Rotterdam. He is currently Co-Chair of the International Arbitration LL.M. Program and Visiting Professor at teh University of Miami School of Law. He is also a Visiting Professor&nbsp;at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, and Tsinghua University Law&nbsp;School, Beijing.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm"><span><span><span>Professor van den Berg was General&nbsp;Editor of ICCA Publications from 1986 to 2018. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the&nbsp;Global Arbitration Review, London and the Tijdschrift voor Arbitrage, Rotterdam; and the Advisory Board of the Arab&nbsp;Yearbook of Public and Private International Law. He has extensively published and lectured&nbsp;on international arbitration.&nbsp;His legal education includes law degrees from the University of Amsterdam (1973),&nbsp;University of Aix-en-Provence (1974) and New York University (1975), as well as doctoral&nbsp;degrees from the University of Aix-en-Provence (1977) and Erasmus University, Rotterdam&nbsp;(1981).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm"><span><span><span>Professor van den Berg is a member of the CIETAC International Advisory Board;&nbsp;Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),&nbsp;Paris;&nbsp;&nbsp;LCIA, London; ICCA; International Advisory Board of the HKIAC;&nbsp;Council, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA); Arbitrator&nbsp;Committee, Thailand Arbitration Center; Arbitration Court, Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); Advisory Board of the Geneva University MIDS; Board of Trustees of the&nbsp;Institute of International Commercial Law of Pace University School of Law; and Executive&nbsp;Committee, Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL). 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105n 26 March 2026, he received the GAR Lifetime Achievement Award.&nbsp;See <a href="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1178860536">here</a> the video montage created by GAR on the occasion of Professor van den Berg’s receipt of the GAR Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his career.</span></span></span></p> <p>Professor van den Berg is the author of "The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958. Towards a Uniform Judicial Interpretation" (1981) (referred to as "NYAC I"), <a href="/resources/publications/nyac-i">which is available online&nbsp;here</a>.</p> <ul> </ul> </div> </div> </article><article class="Block Textblock Detail colored bgwhite left top hasimg txtwhite txt18 default linkdiv" data-block_id="51" > <figure> <img class="lazy" data-src="/media/images/textblock/6/0/60_gettyimages-172905442.webp" alt="" width="618" height="385" > </figure> <div class="inner"> <div class="Content ck-content"> <h2>The NewYorkConvention.org team:</h2> <div class="btgrid"> <div class="row row-1"> <div class="col col-md-1.5"> <div class="content"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vdb-arbitration.com/team/albert-jan-van-den-berg">Professor Albert Jan van den Berg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.arb-boutique.com/lawyers/niuscha-bassiri">Niuscha Bassiri</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.arb-boutique.com/lawyers/emily-hay">Emily Hay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vdb-arbitration.com/team/tarunima-vijra">Tarunima Vijra</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="col col-md-1.5"> <div class="content"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vdb-arbitration.com/team/albert-jan-jr-van-den-berg">Albert Jan Jr van den Berg</a></li> <li>Silvia Borelli&nbsp;(content manager)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> </div> </div> </article></div><div class='clearfix'></div></div> </div> <footer id="Footer" class="elementFooter" data-textalign="left"> <div id="footerBottom" data-border="false" style="--direction:row;"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col "> <div class="copyright">© Copyright New York Convention</div> <ul class="navbar footernav"> <li class="active"> <a target="_self" href="/about-nyc-org">
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