About
The newyorkconvention.org website is an initiative of Professor Albert Jan van den Berg.
Professor Albert Jan van den Berg is the founder of van den Berg Arbitration in Brussels, Belgium. He acts as sole, presiding and party-appointed arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations (ad hoc, AAA/ICDR, CRCICA, DIAC, DRCAFTA, ECT, ICC, 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&A, post-privatization, professional associations, real estate, sales, satellites, shale gas, solar energy, sports, telecom, and turnkey projects. Professor van den Berg also frequently acts as counsel in international commercial arbitration matters and in setting aside proceedings.
Professor van den Berg is on many panels of arbitrators, including the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre; American Arbitration Association (AAA), New York; Asian International Arbitration Centre, Kuala Lumpur; Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center; Center for Arbitration and Conciliation, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce; Center for Arbitration and Mediation, Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada; China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing; CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Indonesian Board of National Arbitration (BANI), Jakarta; International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington; Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC); Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI); Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); and Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC). He is an arbitrator on the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the Bank for International Settlements (Hague Treaty of 20 January 1930).
Professor van den Berg is Honorary President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), having served as President from 2014 to 2016. He was also President and Secretary-General of the NAI and Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He is Emeritus Professor of Law (arbitration chair) at Erasmus 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 at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, and Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing.
Professor van den Berg was General Editor of ICCA Publications from 1986 to 2018. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Global Arbitration Review, London and the Tijdschrift voor Arbitrage, Rotterdam; and the Advisory Board of the Arab Yearbook of Public and Private International Law. He has extensively published and lectured on international arbitration. His legal education includes law degrees from the University of Amsterdam (1973), University of Aix-en-Provence (1974) and New York University (1975), as well as doctoral degrees from the University of Aix-en-Provence (1977) and Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1981).
Professor van den Berg is a member of the CIETAC International Advisory Board; Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris; LCIA, London; ICCA; International Advisory Board of the HKIAC; Council, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA); Arbitrator Committee, Thailand Arbitration Center; Arbitration Court, Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); Advisory Board of the Geneva University MIDS; Board of Trustees of the Institute of International Commercial Law of Pace University School of Law; and Executive Committee, Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL). He is Awareness Ambassador of the ICC Task Force on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration.
Professor van den Berg was conferred “Arbitration Lawyer of the Year Award” by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in 2006, 2011, and 2017, and “Best Prepared and Most Responsive Arbitrator” by the Global Arbitration Review in 2013 and listed in Chambers, ranked Band 1 (2024) and Who’s Who Legal, Global Elite Thought Leader (2025). On 26 March 2026, he received the GAR Lifetime Achievement Award. See here 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.
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"), which is available online here.
