Last year, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI), the Luxembourg Arbitration Center (LAC), the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA) and the Luxembourg Arbitration Association (LAA) signed a cooperation agreement and established the Benelux Arbitration and ADR Group to strengthen and promote arbitration and other ADR mechanisms in the BeNeLux area. 

A first demonstration of this new cooperation was the first joint event of the BeNeLux Arbitration and ADR Group held on 20 April 2023 at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. Speakers from the BeNeLux area provided key information and analysis on arbitration in the three countries.

Partner Elisabeth Omes was a panellist in a discussion entitled “Could a BeNeLux Uniform Arbitration Act and/or a Single BeNeLux Arbitration Court benefit the BeNeLux Arbitration Community?”.