Henk Snijders
H.J. (Henk) is an independent arbitrator, legal advisor, and em. professor of Civil Law and Civil Procedure at Leiden University, Netherlands. He is the Dutch representative on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for arbitration and mediation, member of the Dutch Arbitration & ADR Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and an honorary member of the Executive Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute. Henk also serves as chief editor of the Dutch Arbitration Review and has authored numerous publications on arbitration law.
Since 1985, Henk has acted as an independent arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration cases (ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL and EDF, among others). His expertise spans arbitration, law of procedure, contract law and property law, and he has served as both an arbitrator and legal advisor in domestic and international commercial disputes.
He holds a master’s degree (1973) and a doctorate in law (1978) from Leiden University. Henk has also served as a deputy judge in the District Court of The Hague and the Appellate Court of Arnhem-Leeuwarden and teaches postgraduate courses on international arbitration.
For more information it can be referred to the website www.hjsnijders.com.