Flip Petillion

Area of specialisation

• Arbitration Agency (Representation) Competition Distribution, Franchising Energy and Natural Resources Information and Communication Technologies Intellectual Property Investment / Public International Law Sports Construction, Engineering Real Estate Sales, Purchases

Bar admission

• Belgium

Experience with legal system

• Belgium
• France
• Netherlands
• United Kingdom
• United States

Professional experience

Education

Master of Laws – Leuven University (1987) magna cum laude
Negotiation and Mediation Program by Professor Robert H. Mnookin of Harvard Law School – WIPO Geneva (2008)

Titles

Fellow CIArb
Deputy Judge Court of Appeals Brussels (since 2009)
Assistant Professor Leuven University, Department of International Law and External Relations (1987-1991)

Member

Brussels Bar, Council member, CFO, Founder and President Arbitration and ADR Commission
ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission
ICDR (AAA)
ICC Belgium, President IP and IT Commission
CEPANI, President Greener Arbitration Commission, President Task Force on Data Protection and Arbitration, Co-author of the ADR Rules for Domain Name dispute resolution
WIPO
CAC
Forum

Roles in Arbitration and ADR

Chairman, sole arbitrator, and party-appointed arbitrator in national and international arbitration proceedings under the rules of different centres and in ad hoc proceedings (since 2000) (ICDR, CEPANI, IFTA, NAI, WIPO, CAC, CEPANI).

Counsel in national and international arbitrations (CEPANI, ICDR, ICC, ICSID, SCC).

Lecturer

Master of IP and ICT Law Program, Leuven University (since 2016)
BMM (since 2012)
EUIPO (since 2019)

Books

Guide to the Alternative Resolution of Intellectual Property Rights Disputes, 2022, FPS Economy, Belgium.
Competing for the internet. ICANN Gate – An Analysis and a plea for judicial review through arbitration, 2017, Kluwer.

Articles

“GDPR in Arbitration: A guide to GDPR Compliant Data Controlling and Processing in National and International Commercial Arbitration”, in VANDENBUSSCHE, W. (ED.), DE MEULEMEESTER, D. (ED.), FONCKE, V. (ED.), TACK, S. (ED.), Arbitrage, bemiddeling en andere vormen van conflictafhandeling: vandaag en morgen, Kluwer, 2023, 71-107.
“Greener Arbitrations: the role of arbitration institutions”, in The CEPANI & NAI Approach Towards Topical Trends in Arbitration, Kluwer, 2022, 87-104.
Arbitration and model texts for arbitrations, Kluwer (May, 2021).