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About AIA President President's message Administrator-Finance Secretary |
President
Mr. Johan Billiet is a partner of the Brussels office of the law firm De Meester, Ballon, Billiet & Co Lawyers, in short Billiet & Co and heads the firm's practice. He concentrates on commercial law, distribution and franchising, patent and trademark, arbitration, and bankruptcy law. During the period 1985-1991, Mr. Johan Billiet was lecturer in law at the Brussels Business School EHSAL. Currently, he is a member of the "Ligue internationale du droit de la concurrence" (International League of Competition Law) and the "Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle"(International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property). He is also often appointed as arbitrator and as a board member in corporate governance matters. He registered on the EU list at the Paris Bar in application of the European Directive 98/5/EU of February 16th, 1998. President's messageThe Association for International Arbitration was originally born out of an innate desire to create and develop a truly global network of professionals in the field of arbitration, be they arbitrators, legal practitioners, academics, scholars or students. The ultimate aim was, and remains still, to promote the use of arbitration and other efficient and appropriate means of ADR at both an international and more localised level. In today’s information era global trade and international relations continue to receive such high recognition, with trading parties on their way to being given full control over their commercial destiny, irrespective of the barriers that their diverse and distinguished legal systems often pose. The demands of such an age mean that there is no other mode of dispute resolution that more effectively affords the parties the benefit of circumventing complex legal uncertainties than arbitration. The Association for International Arbitration is currently working from an intellectual perspective, endeavouring to bring together all enthusiastic and like minded professionals who are keen to work towards finding ways and means of promoting mutual co-operation and understanding. We continue to strive to create an interest both in ADR and more specifically in arbitration amongst law student worldwide. This is done by providing them with a forum where they can access the latest legal research, seek advice and guidance from lecturers and professors from all across the globe and publish their own original research. I thank you for your interest in the AIA. Johan Billiet |
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