Mr Thomas Stouten > Houthoff > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Houthoff Offices
WEENA 365
3013 AL ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Thomas Stouten
Position
Thomas specialises in both (cross-border) court litigation as well as arbitration under the auspices of – inter alia – the ICC, DIAC, UNUM, UNCITRAL, ICSID and NAI. He has extensive experience in complex disputes, often with multi-jurisdictional aspects, covering a broad range of issues arising from both commercial and corporate transactions. Because of his international law practice, Thomas also worked in both the New York and London offices of Houthoff from where he coordinated multi-jurisdictional disputes.
He coaches the team of Leiden University that participates in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition and he acts as an arbitrator during this competition. Thomas also has acted as secretary in arbitrations in the past. He gives lectures regarding arbitration and frequently speaks at conferences. Thomas publishes in the Dutch Journal on Arbitration, the Dutch Journal on Property Law, Arbitration World (5th and 6th edition) and recently in the Dispute Resolution Journal of the ABA and also the Handbook on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration.
Languages
Dutch, English
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: arbitration
(Next Generation Partners)Houthoff continues to be a premier arbitration firm in the Netherlands, in addition to regularly assisting with complex, high-value arbitration-associated court and Supreme Court litigation, including the enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards. The team has wide-ranging expertise in commercial arbitration matters, as well as investment treaty arbitration, where it represents states and investors in a range of ICSID, UNCITRAL, and other investor-state proceedings. The practice also assists with cross-border mandates and cases that require cross-sector knowledge. Practice head Dirk Knottenbelt
focuses on international arbitration and is especially well versed in corporate and commercial arbitration. Thomas Stouten typically handles matters with cross-border elements and is co-chair of the enforcement and recognition subcommittee of the IBA Arbitration Committee. Remme Verkerk is experienced in enforcement and set-aside proceedings. Eva Milou Moison is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: arbitration Netherlands
- Next Generation Partners Netherlands > Dispute resolution: arbitration
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Environment and planning
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Project finance and PFI
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Fintech