Maarten Draye

Practice Areas

Maarten Draye is a partner specializing in arbitration and litigation.

He has built up a solid track record advising and representing clients before arbitral tribunals and state courts. He is a sought-after arbitration counsel and advocate in setting aside and enforcement proceedings as well as in Belgian and cross-border litigations, handling proceedings in three languages. For over a decade, Maarten Draye has also sat as arbitrator, with experience as sole, presiding and party-appointed arbitrator as well as emergency arbitrator.

Maarten Draye has been involved in more than 70 international arbitration proceedings governed by different substantive and procedural laws under a variety of arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, SWISS, DIS, CEPANI, CRCICA, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and OHADA) as well as ad hoc. His experience spans various fields and industries, including aviation, biochemistry, BITs, construction, distributorship & agency, fair trade practices, banking & finance, intellectual property, investments, joint ventures, post-mergers & acquisitions, real estate, sales & services, sports, and telecommunication.

Professional Memberships

Board Member, CEPANI; CEPANI representative in UNCITRAL Working Group II on dispute settlement (Vienna/ New York); ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR; Chairman, Alumni & Friends of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary (AFSIA); Member, LCIA.