The Best Arbitrator in The World

The answer is Albert Jan van den Berg. According to the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2006, van den Berg was named the best international commercial arbitrator in the world. Here is an excerpt of their announcement: “Albert Jan van den Berg of Hanotiau & van den Berg has been named the leading commercial arbitrator in the world at the 2006 Who’s Who Legal Awards. Following on from the success of the 2005 awards, Who’s Who Legal has used the thousands of nominations received from clients and private practice professionals in the course of an ongoing research process to identify the pre-eminent lawyer and firm in each of the 27 practice areas covered in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2006, published in March. Managing editor Callum Campbell said: “We are delighted to recognise Albert Jan van den Berg as the winner of the Who’s Who Legal; The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Arbitration Lawyer of the Year Award. He received more recommendations than any other practitioner in our research, and is the world’s leading commercial arbitrator.” The awards are based on a number of factors, including the feedback received in the ongoing research process, past performance in the research and the overall aggregate number of weighted votes cast in their favour. The awards are announced in the The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, and identify the pre-eminent lawyer and firm in each of the 27 practice areas covered by the Who’s Who Legal series. For the first time this year, the awards also recognise the overall leading firm in 47 countries around the world.”