International IP and Commercial Neutral Eric Van Ginkel
We're delighted to have as one of our bloggers international IP mediator and arbitrator Eric Van Ginkel.
With a background in both transactional and litigation law practices, Eric has been dealing with complex international corporate and business transactions for more than three decades.
In addition to his IP practice, Eric has also litigated cases and advised clients concerning co-development deals, mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate developments, straight and syndicated loans, and license and distribution agreements.
Eric acted as in-house counsel for almost ten years, and in that capacity, supervised the litigation of a substantial number of cases in the member countries of the European Union.
Eric is an arbitrator and mediator for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), and the International Mediation and Arbitration Center (IMAC).
He also serves on the Panels of the United States District Court (Central District of California), the Los Angeles Superior Court and the California Court of Appeal (Second Division).
In addition to his LL.M. in dispute resolution from the Straus Institute, Eric holds Juris Doctor degrees from both the Law Faculty of Leiden University in the Netherlands and Columbia Law School in New York City. Being a Netherlands citizen living in California (having lived both in Europe and the United States), Mr. van Ginkel is sensitive to cross-cultural issues.
Eric is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German, and somewhat proficient in Italian and Spanish.
