Willem van Baren is a partner in the Amsterdam office of Allen & Overy LLP. He has a wide experience in international and domestic arbitration, including related litigation. He acted as lead counsel in numerous corporate, financial, trade and commerce related disputes under ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL, DIS and SCC Rules and in ad hoc arbitrations in such fields as corporate acquisitions and joint ventures, energy, projects, construction, insurance, offshore, maritime, aviation, and agency and distribution. He regularly sits as arbitrator in NAI, ICC, TAMARA and ad-hoc cases and is also CEDR accredited mediator. Willem is the acting President of the Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute. As of 1 November 2016 he will become a full time independent arbitrator.