Kluwer: Navigating Exequatur: The Pro-Arbitration Stance of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal

By Irène Léger (Staunch) and Jochem Vlek (Staunch)

The Court of Appeal of Amsterdam (the “Court”) recently granted leave to enforce a foreign ICC award in the Netherlands, despite fraud allegations and pending setting-aside proceedings in France. The Court (i) accepted territorial jurisdiction on the basis of the claimant’s plausible intent to enforce within the jurisdiction, (ii) examined the fraud allegations with a...