Biography
| NATIONALITY: | Dutch |
| LANGUAGES: | English, Dutch, Spanish and French |
| OFFICE: | Paris |
Stijn is an associate at Derains & Gharavi, specialised in international arbitration. His areas of practice include international commercial disputes and corporate litigation. He has acted in proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.
Stijn pursues a Master of Laws (LL.M) at Harvard Law School where he is a Fulbright scholar, and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Amsterdam.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Since Jan. 2021 | Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) |
| Sept.-Dec. 2019 | Student Associate, Corporate Litigation, Stibbe (Amsterdam) |
| March-Aug. 2019 | Student Associate, Corporate Litigation, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Amsterdam) |
| Aug. 2017- Feb. 2018 | Intern, Economic Diplomacy, Netherland Embassy in Peru, Lima (Peru) |
| May-July 2017 | Student Associate, Litigation & Arbitration, Allen & Overy (Amsterdam) |
EDUCATION
| 2022 | Candidate for Master of Laws (LL.M), Fulbright scholar, Harvard Law School (Cambridge, USA) |
| 2020 | Master of Laws (LL.M), cum laude, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| 2018 | Bachelor of laws (LL.B), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) |