CEPANI is the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation. As such, it offers parties in dispute the administrative assistance for their arbitration and mediation proceedings, to allow them to reach a satisfactory solution for their conflict. The Centre strives to create the appropriate legal and administrative framework for the parties, to make possible a swift and safe resolution of their dispute. CEPANI was founded in 1969, under the auspices of the Belgian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Belgium) and the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO/FEB). Over the years, CEPANI’s reputation has steadily grown and it is now the main centre for dispute resolution in Belgium. At the heart of Brussels, amidst several important EU institutions and international organizations, CEPANI offers its services in a national as well as an international context. CEPANI is housed in the offices of the VBO/FEB in Brussels. Its members include business people, university professors, corporate counsel, lawyers and notaries. Internationally, it maintains close relations with similar centres around the globe and promotes the city of Brussels as an arbitration hub. CEPANI’s aims are twofold: CEPANI does not itself act as arbitrator, mediator, expert or independent neutral. Find the Articles of the Association by clicking here
CEPANI has a long standing tradition of entering into Collaboration Agreements with renowned and leading arbitration institutions around the world . These Agreements are primarily based on the promotion of all forms of alternative dispute resolution, exchange of information and the expression of mutual recognition and friendship. On 8 March 2016 the Board of Directors of the CEPANI decided to also enter into Partnerships with specialized Service Providers. * * * As CEPANI is the gateway to the Belgian Arbitration community, several enterprises have shown an interest of accessing thereto. CEPANI has decided in favor of such requests, whilst respecting the highest standards possible. CEPANI, as an arbitration institution, considers the standards of independence, impartiality and integrity as paramount and crucial features for its proper functioning and the threshold of the trust of its users. For that reason, Partners of CEPANI should be enterprises with the highest standards, immaculate reputation and leaders in their field. Partners of CEPANI cannot be party to an arbitration proceeding administered by CEPANI in any way. Partnerships should foresee a longstanding relationship and can only be visualized in a modest and esthetic way, through the CEPANI-website, the CEPANI-Newsletter and during conferences whereby CEPANI or CEPANI40 is the leading organizer. * * * Acolad is the European leader in professional translation and localization. The group has a presence in 14 countries and on 3 continents and distinguishes itself by its multi-local market approach. Acolad offers a wide range of language services, for all industries and sectors, including translation, localisation and interpretation. The Acolad group maintains a strong partnership with over 15 000 professional translators, all highly-trained wordsmiths. At Acolad, we combine the human expertise of our translators with technological innovation to offer you a custom solution that’s perfect for you. On November 15, 2016 CEPANI entered into a Partnership with Wolters Kluwer Belgium for an initial period of five years. Wolters Kluwer Belgium provides information, software and services. Our customers are legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, and HSE professionals and businesses. We help our customers to be more efficient and effective and support them in making decisions with confidence. CEPANI DIVERSITY & INCLUSION POLICY As an arbitration and mediation institution administrating judicial processes to resolve disputes, the founding principle of diversity and inclusion of equality is inherent to CEPANI’s core. CEPANI sees the value of diversity and inclusion as a way to gather, respect and include the different ways by which people identify, inclusive of age, colour, disability, ethnicity, gender, origin, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. CEPANI acknowledges the need to build an institutional culture that is equitable, accessible and welcoming to all. With this in mind, CEPANI empowers its members to make an impact on their business and their surrounding world. CEPANI fosters a culture that is unconditionally inclusive, and in return, expects that its members contribute with their different perspectives, ideas and experiences, in the context of any work or activity, with a single and common purpose: to help creating more opportunities for everyone, ensuring the involvement from all, with an emphasis on those who have been historically underrepresented, and building a more inclusive and diverse future in the world of arbitration. CEPANI is, and will continue to be, taking a number of initiatives around diversity and inclusion to reduce existing inequalities (such as gender gaps) in the arbitration community”. CEPANI DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COMMITMENT In our quality of CEPANI members, who are involved in the practice of national and international arbitration, we acknowledge the need to build an institutional culture that is equitable, accessible and welcoming to all. To achieve this, we are committed to make our best to: THE PLEDGE On November 10, 2016, the CEPANI Board of Directors signed the pledge for equal representation in arbitration. By doing so CEPANI confirms its will to take all the steps reasonable to it to ensure equal representation in arbitration.
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WHO?
CEPANI welcomes as a member any individual, from any country, who has a specific interest in arbitration and mediation.
WHY?
Membership of CEPANI offers a number of benefits:
- A reduction in the admission price to all CEPANI activities
- A reduction in the subscription price for all CEPANI publications
- Inclusion in the list of members published on the CEPANI website
- The annual subscription to the Belgian journal for arbitration, b-Arbitra
However, being a member of CEPANI does not guarantee being appointed as an arbitrator.
HOW?
Each membership application must be submitted to the President of CEPANI via email. The application will then be submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. The Board will then decide whether the submitted applications are to be accepted.
According to the Articles of Association, each candidacy must be supported by two existing members of CEPANI. If you do not know two CEPANI members who can support your application, please contact us.
Should you wish to become a member of CEPANI, please send an email to evc@cepani.be
The subscription fee for 2022 amounts to 255,00 EUR vat excl. (308,55 EUR vat incl.).
Your fee includes the annual subscription to the Belgian journal for arbitration, b-Arbitra.
Subsequently, please send a recent version of your curriculum vitae and ask the two existing members to send a letter informing the President of CEPANI of their support of your candidacy.
We thank you in advance for your interest in CEPANI and look forward to welcoming you at our next events!
Members
In 2004, under the auspices of CEPANI, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, CEPANI40 was founded. The organisation is specifically aimed at young professionals with an interest in arbitration.
With CEPANI40, we wish to offer a forum for young persons interested in arbitration, where they can exchange views, ideas and experiences about arbitration in a friendly and informal manner. To this end, CEPANI40 organises regular meetings where practice-oriented issues are addressed by arbitration experts. This way, we work to create opportunities for young professionals to debate all aspects of the practice of arbitration and to enable them to further engage in their area of interest.
Membership of CEPANI40 is free of charge and open to all persons under the age of 40 who have an interest in arbitration. It gives you a reduction in the admission price to all CEPANI activities
Please be aware that membership of CEPANI40 does not automatically imply membership of CEPANI itself and it does not give you the benefits of CEPANI membership.
If you are interested in becoming a CEPANI40 member and for a more detailed view of what we have to offer, please send us an email to Ms. Astrid Moreau amo@cepani.be ( with your Name, First Name and Date of birth). Also don’t forget to register online to our Newsletter to get our invites for our upcoming academic events and networking opportunities.
CO-CHAIRS
Guillaume Croisant, Attorney at law, Linklaters
Katherine Jonckheere, Attorney at law, Lalive
STEERING COMMITTEE
Sophie Bourgois, Stibbe
Dodo Chochitaichvili, Ariga law
Bart De Bock, Allen & Overy
Adrien Fink, Deloitte
Alexandre Hublet, White & Case
Jan Janssen, Petillion
Lily Kengen, Tossens, Goldman Gonne
Lauren Rasking, Allen & Overy
Iris Raynaud, Hanotiau & van den Berg
Beatrice Van Tornout, Liedekerke
Emma Van Campenhoudt, Secretary General, CEPANI
Ana Coimbra Trigo
Michael Farchakh