Biography
| NATIONALITY: | Dutch |
| LANGUAGES: | English, Dutch, Spanish and French |
| ADMISSION: | New York |
| 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 is a member of the New York Bar. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Harvard Law School,, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Amsterdam.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Since October 2022 | Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) |
| January – December 2021 | Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) |
| September – December 2019 | Student Associate, Corporate Litigation, Stibbe (Amsterdam) |
| March – August 2019 | Student Associate, Corporate Litigation, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Amsterdam) |
| August 2017 – February 2018 | Intern, Economic Diplomacy, Netherland Embassy in Peru, Lima (Peru) |
| May - July 2017 | Student Associate, Litigation & Arbitration, Allen & Overy (Amsterdam) |
EDUCATION
| 2022 | 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), cum laude, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) |