Kluwer: “The Emperor’s New Clothes”: Where Does the New York Convention End and the Brussels I bis Regulation Begin? The Spanish Procedural Strategy in Dutch Courts

By Gerard Meijer (Linklaters LLP; Erasmus University), Piotr Wilinski (Linklaters LLP; Erasmus University) and Thomas de Boer (Linklaters LLP)

There is no dull moment in the intra-EU realm. Pandora’s box has long been opened by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) with its Achmea decision leading to numerous ongoing challenges. In a recent ruling, the District Court of Amsterdam (“Amsterdam Court”) had to address a strategic manoeuvre by the Kingdom of...