Maarten DRAYE

Maarten Draye is a partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg in Brussels, specializing in arbitration and litigation.

He has built up a solid track record advising and representing clients before arbitral tribunals and state courts. He is a sought-after arbitration counsel and advocate in setting aside and enforcement proceedings as well as in Belgian and cross-border litigations, handling proceedings in three languages.

For over a decade, Maarten Draye has also sat as arbitrator, with experience as sole, presiding and party-appointed arbitrator as well as emergency arbitrator.

Maarten Draye regularly speaks and publishes on current arbitration-related topics. He co-authored and -edited the leading English language treatise on Belgian arbitration law and practice (Arbitration in Belgium - A Practitioner’s Guide, Kluwer Law International, 2016). He is co-editor-in-chief of b-Arbitra, the Belgian Review of Arbitration. He lectured on international commercial law and dispute resolution at ICHEC Brussels Management School and has taught arbitration at the Brussels Bar School.

In addition to his legal work, Maarten Draye represents CEPANI in UNCITRAL Working Group II on dispute settlement (Vienna/ New York) and Belgium at the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR. He serves as chairman of the Alumni & Friends of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary (AFSIA). He is also a member of the LCIA and CEPANI.

Since 2017, Maarten Draye has been recognized with praise by peers and clients in WWL and other reputable ranking platforms, such as GAR, Leaders League, and Legal500 who refer to him as "One of Belgium's best arbitration practitioners" who is "always well prepared to handle complex cases (in a variety of languages)".