Niels van Loon

Counsel Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (20) 4629457
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (20) 4629457
Niels van Loon

Niels van Loon

Biography

Niels van Loon is a corporate litigation lawyer based in Amsterdam. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, tort litigation, directors' liability claims and commercial arbitration. 

Niels represents clients in minority squeeze out proceedings and enquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals. Niels further acts as counsel in international commercial arbitration under the rules of several arbitral institutions, including the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) where he also sits as an arbitrator, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Niels has served as a deputy judge at the Gelderland District Court from 2021 to 2024.

Niels is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a member of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA), the Corporate Litigation Association (Vereniging Corporate Litigation), the International Bar Association (IBA), and the Solicitors' Association of Higher Courts Advocates (SAHCA).

Professional experience

Education

Education

  • Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), 2017
  • Specialisatieopleiding Vennootschaps- & Ondernemingsrecht (Cum Laude), Grotius Academie, 2014
  • LL.M., Columbia University, Columbia Law School, 2001
  • JD, Maastricht University, European Law School, 2000
  • Joint LL.M. Programme European Law, University of Nottingham, 1998

Admissions

Admissions

  • Advocaat, qualified in the Netherlands 2001
  • Attorney at Law, admitted in New York 2002
  • Solicitor Advocate, England & Wales 2013
  • Rechtsgebiedenregister van de Nederlandse orde van advocaten: Burgerlijk Procesrecht
  • Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association: Burgerlijk Procesrecht
  • Op grond van deze registratie zijn zij verplicht elk kalenderjaar volgens de normen van de Nederlandse orde van advocaten tien opleidingspunten te behalen op ieder geregistreerd hoofdrechtsgebied
  • Based on this registration, they are required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar

Memberships and activities

Memberships and activities

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Member, Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA)
  • Member, Corporate Litigation Association (Vereniging Corporate Litigation)
  • Member, New York Stats Bar Association (NYSBA)
  • Member, International  Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member, Solicitors' Association of Higher Courts Advocates (SAHCA)

Languages

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German

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