Patrick Van Leynseele
| Address | 81 Avenue Louise, Brussels, Belgium, Postcode: AT-1050 |
| Phone | (+32) 262 710 10 |
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| pvl@dalvel.com | |
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| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | – Candidature in law, ULB 1974 (Belgium University) – Completed the 1st year of the candidature in Economic Sciences, VUB 1975 (Belgium University) – License in law, VUB 1978; Master of Comparative Law, University of Miami, FL 1979 |
| Bar Admission | Member of the Brussels, Belgium, Bar since 1979; Member of the New York, NY Bar since 1997. |
| Work Experience | In addition to a vast experience in litigation before the Belgian Court, Patrick Van Leynseele has been involved, as leading or as co-counsel, in numerous international arbitration matters under the auspices of the ICC, Cepani (Brussels arbitration institute), AAA (American Arbitration Association), or ad hoc arbitrations; He frequently acts as either chairman or party-appointed arbitrator in arbitration panels; Accepted on the (revised 1997 and 2002) American Arbitration Association panel of Neutrals; Appointed in a Ministerial Decree of 21/06/2004 as expert arbitrator in cases relating to the energy sector in the Wallon Region; Listed in “European Legal Experts” (2005 ed.) (Compilation of lawyers’ opinions on fellow professionals); Member of the CPR Institute in New York and its European Advisory Council. |
| Present Position | Partner of Dal & Veldekens; Deputy Justice in the Court of Appeals of Brussels since 1998. |
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| Publications | – “Pour un modele beige de la procedure de discovery”, Journal des Tribunaux 1997, 225-232 (with Marc Dal) (article on the use of US discovery-type procedures in Belgian procedural law) – “Current developments in EU telecommunications law” (World Telecom Law Report) 1997, (with Thomas Janssens) – Coordinator and writer of a series of articles on mediation and other ADR techniques published in the Journal des Tribunaux 1999, 233 e.s. (with Florence Van de Putte) – “Enseignements de !’experience quebecoise en matiere de mediation civile et commerciale”, Liege 2000 – “Bemiddeling in Belgie: het BBMC”: article in Dutch relating to mediation in Belgium, with the BBMC as specific example, published in a collective book “Mediatie in handelsgeschillen” (Acco 2000) – “Introduction au processus en matiere civile et commerciale” (with Florence Van de Putte), published in a collective book “La mediation civile et commerciale” (La Charte 2000) – “Mediace jako Doplnek (Ci alternative ?) Soudniho Procesu” (with Florence Van de Putte and Dr. Jur. Martina Dolezalova): introduction to mediation, published in Czech in Bulletin Advokacie, 2002, 8, p. 30-45 – “La mediation, qu’est-ce?”, Orientations aout-septembre 2003, 3; “La mediation dans le code judiciaire” (with Florence Van de Putte), J.T. 2005, 297 – “La structure de la loi du 21 fevrier 2005 sur la mediation”, in “La nouvelle loi sur la mediation”, reports of the conference of CEPANI of 21/04/2005, Bruylant 2005, p. 19-4 |
| Languages | French, Dutch, English, Italian, Spanish, German |