
Arnaud NUYTS
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Arnaud Nuyts is Partner in the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice. An experienced lawyer who has practiced in the United States, England and Belgium, he focuses on multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration.
He represents major corporations from civil law jurisdictions before US, English and Commonwealth courts, and US and English companies involved in litigation before the Belgian courts. He handles cross-border disputes and arbitration for the oil and gas, construction and food industries, as well as the film industry and media clients in various jurisdictions including Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, New York, California, Nigeria, Switzerland, Greece, Jordan and Vietnam.
Arnaud has been instructed by English solicitors to appear and argue issues of international jurisdiction and human rights before the High Court and the Court of appeal in London. He also specialises in cross-border judicial assistance, including the taking of evidence in Belgium for use in US and English proceedings. He has been involved in major arbitration proceedings involving clients from civil law and common law jurisdictions.
He is Professor at the University of Brussels (ULB) where he lectures on private international law and international contracts and the international law of electronic commerce and intellectual property. He is the author of several publications and he has published around 50 articles in Belgian and international journals. He has been commissioned by the European Commission to coordinate a study on the domestic rules of international jurisdiction in the 27 Member States of the European Union. He has recently appeared as an expert before the European Parliament on the reform of the Judgment Regulation (Brussels I).
Arnaud holds a law degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Brussels (ULB) as well as a master of law (LL.M.) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied at the Universities of Columbia, New York and at Harvard.
Recent matters
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Representing a major Middle-East contractor, in an ICC arbitration against an Australian sub-contractor in relation to a €1.6 billion infrastructure project in Qatar;
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Assisting and representing one of the main Benelux cinematographic distributors in arbitration proceedings in Los Angeles under the IFTA (Independent Film & television Alliance) Rules;
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Assisting and representing one of the Middle East’s largest oil and construction companies in handling a high-profile oil dispute involving enforcement proceedings in more than 15 countries;
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Assisting US and Belgian clients in a series of proceedings involving the deposition of witnesses in Belgium under the US style discovery rules.
Professional memberships
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American Bar Association, Section of International Law
French, English
- GAR EAR – Construction Disputes
- Cross-Border Class Actions : The European Way
- Droit international des affaires
- International Litigation in Intellectual Property and Information Technology
- The Enforcement of Jurisdiction Agreements
- Le règlement communautaire sur l'obtention des preuves
- The Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens
- Liedekerke strengthens its leading position in the Chambers Europe 2022 rankings
- Liedekerke's Expertise Recognised by Leaders League 2022 rankings
- Liedekerke successfully represented the Republic of Poland before the Belgian Courts
- Liedekerke's expertise recognised by Chambers Global 2022
- Our International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution experts - meet Arnaud Nuyts
- Liedekerke contributes to the European Arbitration Review 2022 Guide
- Arnaud Nuyts at the Paris Arbitration Week (PAW) 2021
- The GAR100 2021 recognises Liedekerke's International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice
- New high-profile hire confirms Liedekerke’s leading position in international arbitration
- Liedekerke strengthens its leading position in the Chambers Europe 2021 rankings
- Liedekerke is delighted to announce the promotion of Bruno Hardy and Davy Vandenbussche to Senior Attorney
- Liedekerke recognized in the 13th edition of GAR 100
- Liedekerke assisting with ground-breaking Virtual Court Trial
- Liedekerke recognized in the 2020 Chambers Global Rankings
- Liedekerke authors the Chapter on Construction Arbitration in Europe in the GAR European Arbitration Review 2020
- Arnaud Nuyts in Munich at the 8th Journal of Private International Law Conference
- Liedekerke successfully assists Reynders Etiketten N.V on an application by Reckitt Benckiser (India) for appointment of an arbitrator on behalf of Reynders Etiketten
- Liedekerke recognized by Chambers Europe in the 2019 Rankings
- Liedekerke recognized in the 2019 Chambers Rankings
- Arnaud Nuyts speaks at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
- Arnaud Nuyts and Maxime Vanderstraeten contribute to the "Journal de droit européen"
- Arnaud Nuyts speaker at the Jura Falconis Conference 2018
- Les Codes Thématiques
- Maïka Bernaerts lauréate du Prix Nadine Watté
- Arnaud Nuyts, Speaker at ICC Conference in Paris on 23 May 2014