Hakim Boularbah

Area of specialisation

• Corporate Law / M&A Agency (Representation) Distribution, Franchising Finance and Banking Joint Ventures, Consortia, Cooperation Arbitration Sales, Purchases

Bar admission

• Belgium

Experience with legal system

• Belgium
• Switzerland
• France
• Luxembourg

Professional experience

Hakim Boularbah is partner at Loyens & Loeff (Brussels office) where he heads up the international litigation and arbitration practice. He specializes in the field of complex and international dispute resolution. He is recognized as an expert in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration at national, European and international levels (Legal 500, Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist Benelux, Chambers & Partners, GAR100, Leaders League, Who’s Who Legal Litigation, Arbitration and Asset recovery).

Hakim has broad experience both as (sole, chair or co-) arbitrator as well as counsel in national and international commercial arbitrations (CEPANI, ICC, OHADA, ad hoc, ...), especially in contract and corporate disputes.

He is frequently appointed as arbitrator by the ICC, the CEPANI or Belgian Courts of First instance.

Hakim also specializes in all types of court litigation related to arbitration (constitution of arbitral tribunal, challenge of arbitrators, setting aside of arbitral awards, interim and summary measures, document production against third parties, ...).

Hakim is one of the most renowned expert in Belgium when it comes to enforcement of arbitral awards, especially against sovereigns. He recently enforced in Belgium the awards in the Micula and Yukos cases.

Hakim co-authored the Belgian Chapter of the GAR Know How Guide on Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards. He also contributed to the 2nd edition of the global guide Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards. He is regularly invited to speak in conferences on international arbitration organized by CEPANI, IAI or Francarbi.

He is a member of the Brussels Bar, the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the CEPANI (the Belgian arbitration institution, the International Bar Association (IBA), and is Officer of the Class Action Committee of the IBA.

Hakim is Professor of Dispute Resolution Law at the University