The firm was established in 1989 with main focus in the field of commercial law. Throughout the years, the firm has developed a strong reputation in areas of law such as commercial law, arbitration, mediation, distribution and insolvency. Besides commercial undertakings, our firm frequently represents States, Diplomats and Diplomatic Missions. Billiet & Co is the official sponsor of Association for International Arbitraiton (AIA). Johan Billiet as founding partner at Billiet & Co, Brussels and founder and president of the Association for International Arbitration (AIA)has been dedicating his time, efforts and studies to promote arbitration worldwide. In this sense, AIA is a non-profit organization open to all those interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), irrespective of nationality and level of experience. Since its creation in 2001, AIA strives to bring together the global community in the field of ADR and to promote ADR. AIA also regularly organises conferences and seminars on the wide range of ADR issues in Belgium and we are actively involved in the organisation of various educational events internationally. Moreover, we organise tailored trainings on ADR topics. In addition, AIA encourages and promotes scholarship and publication in the field of ADR. For example, we invite our members and, in particular, young practitioners to submit their works for publication in our monthly newsletter ‘In Touch’. The newsletter provides more than 60,000 practitioners and academics worldwide with the latest updates on developments in the field of ADR. In addition, represents compilation of papers presented at the AIA’s conferences organised at least twice a year and serves to enhance the knowledge and understanding of ADR.