Chair · Mediator · Arbitrator · Project advisor

A trusted neutral for complex construction projects.

Arent van Wassenaer is appointed to chair dispute boards, to mediate, and to arbitrate on major construction and infrastructure work, and to advise on how projects are structured for success.

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Resolving disputes, and setting projects up so fewer arise.

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Dispute resolution

Disputes, resolved before they escalate.

Appointed as chair of standing dispute boards, as mediator, and as arbitrator. The work is avoidance-first: most disputes are best resolved early, on the project, long before they reach a hearing.

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Project setup

Built to succeed from the start.

Appointed to advise on how a project is structured — contracting structure, risk allocation and governance — from pre-contract through early execution.

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Four decades of neutral, considered judgement.

40+ yrsIn construction law since 1983, at Houthoff, Norton Rose Fulbright and Allen & Overy.
60Arbitrations chaired for the Netherlands Board of Construction Arbitration.
Nuclear → gridChairs dispute boards on OL3 Finland, the new EIB headquarters and TenneT's 2GW offshore converter.
Fellow, IACLInternational Academy of Construction Lawyers, and author of the Routledge guide.

A working principle

The best dispute is the one that never reaches a hearing.

Standing boards, early facilitation and clear governance resolve far more than arbitration ever does. The role is to keep a project moving, quietly and on its own terms.

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