Bernard Hanotiau

Prof. Bernard Hanotiau is widely recognized as one of the most prominent international arbitration specialists worldwide. Prior to founding Hanotiau Tossens Goldman, he was a founder of Hanotiau & van den Berg in 2001.

Bernard acts mainly as arbitrator but also as counsel and expert and has experience under all major international arbitration rules. Since 1978, he has been involved in more than six hundred international arbitration cases (commercial and investment) as party-appointed arbitrator, chairman, sole arbitrator, counsel and expert in all parts of the world and in all sectors of the industry including construction, distribution, energy, technology and telecommunications, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, mining and finance. 

Bernard is professor emeritus of the University of Louvain, Belgium. He is visiting professor at the NUS University of Singapore and honorary professor of the EPCL University in Shanghai. He is a member of the Court of Arbitration of SIAC (Singapore) and ISTAC (Istanbul). He is on the list of arbitrators of most international arbitration institutions. 

Bernard features in Band one in the International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators - Global Market Leaders’ rankings table of Chambers and Partners’ 2025 Global Guide and in Band one in the International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators – Europe-wide rankings table of Chambers and Partners’ 2025 Europe Guide. He also features in Band one in the Dispute Resolution: Arbitration in Belgium Legal Rankings of Chambers and Partners’ 2025 Global Guide.

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Since 1978, Bernard has been actively involved in international arbitration as party-appointed arbitrator, chairman, sole arbitrator, counsel and expert in various parts of the world in more than six hundred arbitration cases. Amongst the parties engaged in these arbitrations have been states (including on the basis of BIT’s) and state entities, high technology and telecommunications corporations, construction and real estate companies, airport designers and developers, owners and lessees of shopping malls, shopping parks, department stores and hypermarkets, oil, gas and mining companies, pipeline manufacturers (and related industries), dredging companies, operators of – and manufacturers of parts for – nuclear and thermal power plants, water and electricity suppliers, pharmaceutical and chemical companies, providers of medical services, automobile manufacturers and manufacturers of parts for the automobile industry, distributors and manufacturers of various kinds of raw materials, goods and equipments, fashion merchants and retailers, suppliers of precious metals, owners and retailers of luxury brands, food suppliers, breweries, manufacturers of military supplies, satellites and telescopes, airlines and railways, GDS’ operators, banks and investment companies, hotel management corporations, publishers and advertising companies, insurance and reinsurance companies. 

Bernard is a member of the panel of arbitrators or has been receiving appointments as arbitrator under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC, Paris), The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the American Arbitration Association (ICDR), ICSID, the Cairo Arbitration Centre, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Russian Arbitration Association, DIAC (Dubai), ADGM (Abu Dhabi), CIETAC (Beijing), BIAC (The Beijing International Arbitration Centre), HIAC (Hainan), SHIAC (Shanghai), SCIAHK (Hong Kong), the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, SIAC (Singapore), TRAC (Teheran), HKIAC (Hong Kong), KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur), KCAB (Seoul), the BVI International Arbitration Centre, the Permanent Court of International Arbitration (PCA, The Hague; also on the PCA specialized panel of arbitrators for disputes relating to outer space activities), the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation, WIPO (Geneva), CEPANI (Belgium), the Danish Institute of Arbitration, the Netherlands Arbitrage Instituut (NAI), the Swiss Arbitration Chambers, the Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre (OAC), the Pacific International Arbitration Centre (PIAC), BIAMC (Bali), the Centre for Arbitration and Conciliation of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, VCCA (Vilnius), the Lima Centro de Arbitraje, the French Arbitration Association, the French-German Chamber of Commerce (Paris), CMAP (Paris), P.R.I.M.E. Finance, IATA (Geneva), CAS (Lausanne). He is also frequently appointed as arbitrator in UNCITRAL and other ad-hoc arbitration cases. 

• Docteur en droit, (Jd), Catholic University of Louvain (1970).
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• Certificate of attendance, Academy of American and International Law, the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas (1971).
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• Master of Laws, (LL.M), Columbia University in the city of New York (1973).
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• Agrégé de l'enseignement supérieur, (PhD), Catholic University of Louvain (1979) (Private International Law).

• Brussels and Paris

Bernard has received the following distinctions:

• Prix Jules Destrée 1981, Union des Avocats Belges.
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• Robert G. Storey International Award for Leadership (USA, 2009).
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• GAR “Arbitrator of the Year” Award, March 2011.
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• Who’s Who Legal (now Lexology Index) “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration Award, April 2016.

He is described as a lawyer “held in high esteem for his excellence as an arbitrator”. “He regularly sits in complex commercial and investment treaty cases”. “He is very steadfast and very good at moving matters forward”. “He has a sound judgement of cases”. “He has outstanding experience”. (Chambers & Partners 2025 Global and Europe guides)

• French 
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• English
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• Dutch
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• Spanish (passive)

• Belgian

Former occupations

• Assistant Professor of Law, University of Louvain, Centre for International Law, 1970-71.
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• Aspirant, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1971-75.
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• Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, 1973-1975.
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• First Assistant Professor of Law, University of Louvain, Centre for International Law, 1976-1979. 
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• Professor of Law, University of Louvain (1979-2012) and University of Namur (Belgium) (1976-2007).

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Present Occupations

• Attorney at Law, Brussels Bar. 
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• Attorney at Law, Paris Bar.
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• Visiting Professor, NUS University Singapore (2019-  ) and Honorary Professor, EPCL University Shanghai (2023-   ).

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Past functions in international arbitration associations

• Former Chairman, Arbitration Commission of the Young Lawyers International Association (1975-1979).
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• Former Chairman, Belgo-Luxemburg branch of the International Law Association (1980-1996).
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• Former President of the Club of International Arbitrators (Milano, 1993-1994).
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• Former Chairman of the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice Group of the World Law Group (1992-1998).
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• Former Chairman, Belgian delegation, European Court of Arbitration (1999-2002).
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• Former Co-Chairman (2002-2004), Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Committee (D) of the International Bar Association (Vice-Chairman, 1998-2002).
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• Trustee, The Centre for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation) (2001-2004).
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• Former Vice Chairman of the Court, London Court of International Arbitration (2006-2008).
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• Former Vice Chairman of CEPANI (Belgian Arbitration Centre) (2002-2011).
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• Former Vice Chairman, Institute for Transnational Arbitration, The Centre for American and International Law, Dallas, Texas (2000-2012).
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• Member of the Sanctions Board of the World Bank group (Washington D.C., 2007-2018).
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• Officer of the LCIA-MIAC Users’ Council (2013-2018).
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• Former Vice-Chairman of the Board, Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (2012-2019).
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• Member of the ICC International Arbitration Commission (1990-2022).
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Present functions in international arbitration associations

• Member of the Advisory Board, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).
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• Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
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• Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre.
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• Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre International Advisory Board (HKIAC).
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• Belgian member of the arbitration commission of the International Law Association (ILA).
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• Member of the Institute of the International Chamber of Commerce (I.C.C.).
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• Member of the SIAC Users Council (2017-   )
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• Member of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration Advisory Board (Dallas) (2022 - ) 
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• Member of the Board of the Association for Innovative Practices in Arbitration (AIPA) (2022 -   )
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• Member of the International Arbitration Club (United Kingdom).
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• Member of the International Club of Arbitrators (Milan).
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• Member of FRANCARBI (Association Arbitrage et Francophonie).
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• Member of the International Bar Association.

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Bernard Hanotiau has published various books and has written numerous articles on international arbitration and international law as well as on other legal topics. He is regularly invited as speaker, particularly on issues of international arbitration. His publications includes: 

Books

• Complex Arbitrations: Multi-party, Multi-contract & Multi-issue, Wolters Kluwer, The Hague, 2006, second edition 2020.

• Class and group actions in arbitration, ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2016 (edited with Eric A. Schwartz)

• Players’ Interaction in International Arbitration, ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2012 (edited with Alexis Mourre).

• Multiparty Arbitration, ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2010 (edited with Eric A. Schwartz).

• L’Arbitrabilité, Académie de Droit International de La Haye, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 2003.

• L’expansion du trafic aérien en Belgique, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 1999 (éditeur).

• Le droit international privé américain, L.G.D.J., Paris et Bruylant, Bruxelles, 1979.
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Articles in the field of international arbitration and international contracts

• "L'arbitrage commercial dans les relations belgo-soviétiques", Journal des Tribunaux, 1983, 462.

• "Le défaut dans la procédure d'arbitrage commercial international", Mélanges Vander Elst, 1987, t. II, 375.

• "Les conflits de lois en matière d'obligations contractuelles et non contractuelles", Journal des Tribunaux, 1987 (with M. Fallon), p. 97 et 117.

• "L'arbitrage comme mode de résolution des litiges informatiques", Droit de l'informatique, 1987, 34.

• "Régime juridictionnel et portée de l'obligation de modérer le dommage dans les systèmes juridiques nationaux et le droit du commerce international", Revue de droit des affaires internationales, 1987, 393.

• "L'arbitrage en République Populaire de Chine après la ratification de la Convention de New York", Revue de l'Arbitrage, 1987, 541 and Cahiers juridiques et fiscaux de l'Exportation, Paris, 1988.

• "Beslechting van automatiseringsgeschillen en arbitrage", Computerrecht, 1988, 31.

• La confidentialité des données vis-à-vis des parties et des tiers, Rapport au séminaire C.C.I. sur l’arbitrage commercial international : l'administration de la preuve dans les procédures arbitrales internationales, Paris, June 1988.

• "Multiparty arbitration in France, The Netherlands and Belgium“, Report to the ICC Seminar on multiparty arbitration, Stockholm, mai 1989.

• "Un autre mode de résolution des litiges commerciaux : l'arbitrage", Gestion 2000, Management et Prospective, 1989, 111.

• "L'arbitrage international en Belgique", in L'arbitrage, Travaux offerts au professeur Fettweiss, Story-Scientia, 1989, 143.

• "International Commercial Arbitration in Belgium", American Review of International Arbitration, 1990, 327.

• "Chronique de droit des contrats internationaux, Belgique", Revue de droit des affaires internationales, 1991, 1003.

• "Arbitration and Franchising", Report to IBA conference, October 1992.

• "La détermination et l'évaluation du dommage réparable : principes généraux et principes en émergence", in Transnational Rules in International Commercial Arbitration, ICC publications, 1993, 209. 

• "Examen de jurisprudence, droit des contrats internationaux, 1991-1992",  Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 1993, 121.

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges relatifs à la résiliation d'une concession exclusive de vente à durée indéterminée", note under ICC award n° 6379, Revue de Droit Commercial Belge, 1993, 1146.

• "Satisfying the burden of proof in international commercial arbitration : the viewpoint of a civil law lawyer", Arbitration International, 1994, 317.

• "L'arbitrabilité et la favor arbitrandum : un réexamen",  Clunet, 1994, 899.

• "L'arbitrabilité en droit belge face à la pratique internationale", Mélanges Dalcq, Bruxelles, Larcier, 1994, 269.

• "Objective Arbitrability, its limits, its problem areas", Bulletin de l'Association Suisse d'Arbitrage, 1994, 26.

• "La pratique de l'arbitrage international en matière bancaire", in "Les modes non judiciaires de règlement des conflits", Bruylant, Bruxelles 1995, 67.

• "Arbitrage et concessions de vente", note under Comm. Bruxelles, 5 octobre 1994, Journal des Tribunaux., 1995,  346.

• "Arbitrage international et droit belge de la concession", Revue de l'Arbitrage, 1995, 311.

• "Competition Law Issues in International Commercial Arbitration", American Review of International Arbitration, 1995, 287.

• "La loi applicable par l'arbitre en cas de faillite d'une des parties à la procédure", Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 1996, 29.

• "Arbitrage, médiation, conciliation : approches d'Europe Continentale et de Common Law", Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 1996, 203.

• "What law governs the issue of arbitrability ?",  Arbitration International, 1996, 391.

• "The future of mediation in Europe : a comparative approach", ICC Report, 1996. 

• "L'arbitrage et les contrats complexes" in L'interdépendance des contrats, Jeune Barreau, Bruxelles, 1997, 163.

• "L'exécution en Belgique des sentences arbitrales belges et étrangères" (with B. Duquesne), Journal des Tribunaux, 1997, 305.

• "L'arbitrage et le droit européen de la concurrence", in L'arbitrage et le droit européen, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 1997, 31.

• "Complex - multicontract - multiparty - arbitrations", in Arbitration International, 1998, 369.

• "The law applicable to the issue of arbitrability", ICCA Congress Series, 1998, 146.

• "L'exécution du contrat" in La Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises, Annales de Droit de la Faculté de Droit de l’UCL, 1998, 279.

• “La loi du 19 mai 1998 modifiant la législation belge relative à l’arbitrage", ASA Bulletin, 1998, 528.

• “Survey of a new statute amending Belgian legislation on arbitration”, American Review of International Arbitration, 1999, 327.

• “The law of 19 May 1998 amending Belgian arbitration legislation”, Arbitration International, 1999, 97.

• “Arbitration and bank guarantees – An illustration of the issue of consent to arbitration in multicontratct – multiparty disputes”, Journal of International Arbitration, 1999, 15.

• “L’obligation pour l’arbitre de respecter les délais d’arbitrage“, Journal des Tribunaux, 1999, 720.

• “Récentes évolutions législatives et jurisprudentielles en matière d’arbitrage en Belgique”, Gazette du Palais, 2000, 57.

• "Les méthodes alternatives de résolution des litiges", in Quel avocat pour le 21^e siècle ?, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2001, 141.

• “Panorama de jurisprudence belge”, Gazette du Palais, 2001, 59.

• "L’arbitrage et la Convention européenne des Droits de l’homme”, note under Bruxelles, 6 décembre 2000, Journal des Tribunaux, 2001, 572.

• "Un arbitre nommé par des sociétés du même groupe dans deux procédures parallèles est-il susceptible de récusation ? ", note under Tribunal de 1^ère Instance of Brussels,  14 July 2000, D.A.O.R., 2001, 278.

• "Problems raised by complex arbitrations involving multiple contracts – parties – issues – An Analysis", Journal of International Arbitration, 2001, 251-360.

• "Quelques réflexions à propos de l’autorité de la chose jugée des sentences arbitrales", Mélanges Lucien Simont, 2002, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 301.

• "Misdeeds, wrongful conduct and illegality in arbitral proceedings", ICCA Congress Series n° 11.

• "L’arbitrage et les groupes de sociétés", Gazette du Palais, Les Cahiers de l’arbitrage, 2002/2, 1^ère partie, p. 6.

• "L’arbitrabilité", Recueil des cours de l’Académie de Droit International, 2002, 25.

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de concession de vente : la poursuite d’une controverse", Note under Gent, 21 December 2000, DAOR, 2002, 326.

• "L’arbitrabilité des litiges dans l’ordre interne belge dans une perspective comparative", in Arbitrage et modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits, Editions Formation Permanente Commission Université-Palais, Université de Liège, 2002, 57. 

• "Multiparty – Multicontract Arbitrations : the joinder of additional or third parties in the course of an arbitral procedure", Stockholm Arbitration Report, 2002: 1, 134.

• "L’arbitrage des litiges de propriété intellectuelle : une analyse comparative", ASA Bulletin, 2003, 3.

• “A Experiencia da cautelar Pré-arbitral da CCI”, Revista de Direito Bancario, do Mercado de Capitais e da Arbitragem, 2002, 325.

• “The ICC Rules for a Pre-Arbitral Referee Procedure”, International Arbitration Law Review, 2003, 75.

• “Quand l’arbitrage s’en va t’en guerre : les perturbations par l’Etat de la procédure arbitrale”, Revue de l’Arbitrage, 2003, p. 805.

• "Multiparty – Multicontract Arbitration : a general presentation with special emphasis on energy disputes”, The Lebanese Review of Arab and International Arbitration, 2003, n° 27, p. 6. 

• "The res judicata effect of arbitral awards", ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, special supplement 2003, Complex arbitrations, p. 43.

• "L'arbitrabilité des litiges en matière de droit des sociétés", Mélanges Claude Reymond, 2004.

• "Faut-il ouvrir le for arbitral aux actions collectives ?", Mélanges Alain Hirsch, 2004.

• "A new development in multicontract multiparty proceedings : classwide arbitration", Arbitration International, n° 1, 2004, 39.

• “Civil law and common law procedural traditions in international arbitration: Who has crossed the bridge?”, in Arbitral Procedure at the Dawn of the New Millennium, Reports of the international colloquium of CEPANI, October 15, 2004, Bruylant, Brussels, 2005, 85. 

• “Joinder of Parties and Joinder of Claims”, in Mélanges en l’honneur du Professeur François Knoepfler, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 2005, 191.

• “Groupes de sociétés et groupes de contrats dans l’arbitrage commercial international”, Juriste International, 2005, n° 3, p. 56, later on published in Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, 2007, 114.

• “L’arbitre, garant du respect des valeurs de l’arbitrage“, in Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution. Liber Amicorum in honor of Robert Briner, Paris, ICC Publishing, 2005, 365. 

• “The Merger of Civil Law and Common Law Traditions in International Commercial Arbitration”, in Prawo Prywatne Czasu Przemian, Liber Amicorum Stanislas Soltysinski, Poznán 2005, 807.

• “Groups of Companies in International Arbitration”, in Pervasive Problems in International Arbitration, Kluwer, 2006, 279 (L. Mistelis & J. Lew, editors).

• “Non-signatories in international arbitration : lessons from thirty years of case law”, in ICCA Congress Series n° 13, 2007, 341.

• “Les groupes de sociétés dans l’arbitrage commercial international”, in La convention d’arbitrage, groupes de sociétés et groupes de contrats, Bruylant, 2007, 113.

• “Mieux maitriser le temps et réduire les coûts dans l’Arbitrage International”, Liber Amicorum Guy Keutgen, Bruylant, Brussels, 2008, 377.

• “Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration” (with Olivier Caprasse), in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and International Arbitral Awards, The New York Convention in Practice (E. Gaillard and D. Di Pietro edts), Cameron May, 2008, p. 787.

• “Arbitrability, Due Process, and Public Policy under Article V of the New York Convention – Belgian and French Perspectives” (with Olivier Caprasse), Journal of International Arbitration, 2008, 6.

• “Massive Production of Documents and Demonstrative Exhibits”, in Written Evidence and Discovery in International Arbitration, ICC Publications, Paris, 2009, 357.

• “Investment Treaty Arbitration and Commercial Arbitration: Are They Different Ball Games?”, in 50 Years of the New York Convention, ICCA Congress Series N° 14, Kluwer, 2009, p. 146.

• “Multiple Parties and Multiple Contracts in International Arbitration”, in Multiple Party Actions in International Arbitration, Permanent Court of Arbitration (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2009, 35.

• “The Parties to the Arbitration Agreement”, Mélanges Serge Lazareff, Pedone, 2011, 323.

• “L’Arbitrabilité des Litiges de Propriété Intellectuelle”, in La résolution des litiges de propriété intellectuelle, University of Geneva, Law Faculty, 2010, p. 155.
  

• “L’Ordre Public comme motif d’annulation des Sentences Arbitrales”, First MACI Lecture (2010) (to be published).

• “Introductory report” in International Arbitration Institute, The Review of International Arbitral Awards (Emmanuel Gaillard Ed.), Juris, 2010, p. 7 (with Olivier Caprasse).

• La “Conferencia Preliminar” in Hacia una mayor eficacia en el arbitraje : control de tiempos y costos (R. Gutiérrez, Y. Derains and F. Mantilla-Serano, Ed.), Bogota, 2010, p. 85.

• “Introduction”, Multiparty Arbitration (Bernard Hanotiau and E. Schwartz, ed.), ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2010, p. 7.

• “Les droits de la défense dans la procédure arbitrale”, note under Belgian Cour de Cassation, 25 May 2007, Revue Critique de Jurisprudence Belge, 2010, 453 (with Olivier Caprasse).

• “Faut-il abandonner le contrôle de la sentence arbitrale au regard de l’ordre Public ? ”, Petites affiches, 11 October 2010, n° 202, p. 7. 

• Hanotiau Bernard and Stein Erica, “La extensión de los efectos del convenio arbitral a no signatarios: ¿Una marginalización del consentimiento?” in Aplicación del convenio arbitral a partes no signatarias. Intervención de terceros en el arbitraje, Anuario Latino Americano de Arbitraje n°2, September 2012, 57.

• “The Parties to the Arbitration Agreement”, in Liber Amicorum Serge Lazareff, Pedone, 2011, p. 323.

• “International Arbitration in a Global Economy: The Challenges of the Future”, Journal of International Arbitration 28(2): 89-103, 2011. 

• “Consent to Arbitration: Do we share a common vision?”, Arbitration International, 2011, p. 539.

• “Groups of Companies and Groups of Contracts: A General Introduction”, The Fordham Papers, 2011, Arthur W. Rovine Ed., p. 121.

• “Dow Chemical. Back to basics. Or why the so-called “group of companies doctrine” should be disregarded once and for all” (with Barbara Den Tandt), Mélanges Hans Van Houtte, Hart Publishing, 2012, p. 125.

• “¿Cuáles son los límites a la discreción de un tribunal a la hora de dirigir procedimientos?”, Arbitraje Internacional Pasado, Presente y Futuro, Libro Homenaje a Bernardo Cremades e Yves Derains, Instituto Peruano de Arbitrage, Lima, 2013, Tomo I, p. 105.

• “Twenty five years of international arbitration: the past and the future”, World Arbitration and Mediation Review, 2013, p. 711.

• “The Arbitration Agreement” in Singapore International Arbitration : Law and Practice, Lexis Nexis 2014 (General Editors: David Joseph Q.C. and David Foxton Q.C.), pp. 33-78. Second edition in 2018, pp. 29-83.

• “Les grands enjeux de l’arbitrage commercial international”, b-Arbitra, 2015, pp. 7-15.

• “Non-signatories, Groups of Companies and Groups of Contracts in Selected Asian Countries: A Case Law Analysis”, Journal of International Arbitration, 2015, 571.

• “Are Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements Drafted with Sufficient Clarity to Give Guidance to Tribunals”, 5 American University Business Law Review, 2016, p. 313.

• “Panorama of World Case Law (Belgium)”, (with Charlotte Villeneuve), Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage, The Paris Journal of International Arbitration, 2011/3, p. 845; 2013/2, p. 513; 2014/2, p.373; 2016/3, p.673; 2018, p. 335.

• “The Arbitration Agreement” in Singapore International Arbitration: Law and Practice, Lexis Nexis 2014 (General Editors: David Joseph Q.C. and David Foxton Q.C.), pp. 33-78. Second edition in 2018, pp. 29-83.

• Res Judicata and the “Could Have Been Claims”, Liber Amicorum Michael Pryles, Wolters Kluwer, 2018, pp. 289-302.

• “The search for the truth in arbitration: Is it possible to start from a definition of “truth?”, in Do arbitral awards reveal the truth? Reports from the third joint CEPANI-NAI Colloquium held on March 21, 2019, Wolters Kluwer, 2019, pp. 1-7.

• “Non-Signatories, Groups of Companies and Groups of Contracts: Do we share a common approach?”, Liber Amicorum Cepani 50 Years of Solutions, Wolters Kluwer, 2020, pp. 181-182.

• “The Arbitrator’s duty to render justice: constraints and prerogatives”, International Arbitration: When East Meets West: Liber Amicorum Michael Moser, Wolters Kluwer, 2020, pp. 77-84.

• The Theories of Alter Ego and Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Few Clarifications on their Role and Application, Mélanges Yves Derains, 2021, Pedone, p. 105.

• The issue of non-signatories: the Draft Restatement of the US law compared to the Law and Jurisprudence in other Jurisdictions, in George Bermann Festschrift - State of Arbitration, Juris Publishing, 2022, p. 719.

• 40^th Year Anniversary of the Dow Chemical Award, ASA Bulletin, 2022, p. 300 (with Leonardo Ohlrogge). 

• Legitimacy Concerns in International Arbitration, Revue de droit commercial belge, 2022, 1093. 

• The Multiple Issues raised by Multiparty – Multicontract Arbitrations relating to M&A Transactions, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration, C.H.Beck, 2023, p. 3.

• Why make it complex when it can be simple: the issue of defective, asymmetric, hybrid and uncoordinated arbitration clauses, Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, vol. 77, ano 20, p. 293-307.

• Determining Consent to Arbitration: Formalism, Realism, Negativism, Singapore Arbitration Journal, May 2023, 1.

• Pathological and Hybrid Arbitration Clauses, in Achieving the Arbitration Dream, Liber Amicorum for Professor Julian Lew, Wolters Kluwer, 2023, 231. 

• Respect de la force de chose jugée et ordre public belge (with Iris Raynaud), b-Arbitra, 2024, 539. 

• L’arbitrage et l’adaptation des contrats de durée, Synthèse, Revue de l’Arbitrage, 2025, p. 55.

• The New SIAC Arbitration Rules 2025 : Modernity, Efficiency, Transparency, ASA Bulletin 2025, p. 34.

• The Conduct of the Hearings in Lawrence W. Newman and Grant Hanessian, “The Leading Arbitrators’ Guide To International Arbitration” (4^th Edition, 2025), Juris, p. 595.

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Selection of Articles on other legal topics

• "Choice-of-law in tort cases: recent international developments", Bulletin, Alumni Association of the Academy of American and International Law, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1972, 36.

• "The Contract provisions of the Common Market Draft on Private International Law", Etudes et documents, Le contrat économique international, Volume II: Droit conventionnel (1973) (International Law department of the University of Louvain).

• "Depeçage in choice of law, an analysis", Etudes et documents, Le contrat économique international, Volume I: Droit comparé (1973) (International Law department of the University of Louvain).

• "Les clauses relatives aux contrats dans l'avant-projet de convention C.E.E. sur la loi applicable aux obligations contractuelles et non-contractuelles" (with P. Jenard), Le contrat économique international, Bruylant, 1975, 41.

• "The Council of Europe Convention on Products Liability", Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1978, 325.

• "Copyright in Belgium", Belgian Report to the International Lawyers’ Meeting on Copyright, Cannes, January 1978.

• "Torts et responsabilité civile", Annales de Droit de la Faculté de Droit de Louvain, 1980, I.

• "Tendances récentes de la jurisprudence américaine de droit international : contrats et responsabilité du fait des produits", Droit et pratique du commerce international, 1981, 4.

• "La Convention C.E.E. sur la loi applicable aux obligations contractuelles", Journal des Tribunaux, 1982, 749.

• "Extension of liability in Belgium", Rapport au Congrès de l'Institut des juristes canadiens, Louvain-la-Neuve, August 1981, Cambridge Lectures, 1982, 325.

• "Clauses pénales et clauses de dommages-intérêts liquidatoires en droit américain", Droit et pratique du commerce international, 1982, n° 4.

• "The American Conflicts Revolution and the European Tort Choice of Law Thinking", American Journal of Comparative Law, 1982, 73.

• "Tendances du droit de la Responsabilité" (with R. Dalcq et D. Philippe), Revue belge de droit international et de droit comparé, 1983, n° 1.

• "Le rôle des politiques et préférences de droit matériel dans la solution des litiges internationaux", Mélanges Dumon, 1983, 1146.

• "Les aspects internationaux de la responsabilité civile", Annales de l'Assurance, 1984.

• "Les clauses de limitation et d'exonération de responsabilité en droit américain", Droit et pratique du commerce international, 1985, 517.

• "La prévention des litiges par la technique contractuelle" (with M. Fontaine and D. Matray), Revue de droit des affaires internationales, 1987.

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