Flip Petillion

Practice Areas

Alternative dispute resolution

Arbitration

Domestic Arbitration

International Arbitration

Commercial Arbitration

Court litigation

Antitrust and Competition

Art

Attachments

Automotive

Aviation and Aerospace

Banking and Finance

Construction, Engineering and Turnkey Projects

Defence Projects

Distribution, Agency and Franchising

Energy and Natural Resources

Fashion

Hospitality and Hotel Management

Insurance and Reinsurance

Information and Communication Technology

Intellectual Property

Internet

Investments

Joint Ventures, Consortia and Cooperation

Licensing

Maritime

Media, Broadcasting & Entertainment

Pharmaceuticals

Post Mergers and Acquisitions

Post Privatisation

Postal

Publishing

Sales and Purchases

Sports Law

Telecommunications

Transport

Career

Flip Petillion is a leading domestic and international negotiator, litigator and arbitrator. He appeared before Belgian Courts, and the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Flip Petillion has acted as counsel and also served as chairman, sole arbitrator and party-appointed arbitrator in arbitration proceedings under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC, Paris, France), the International Dispute Resolution Center (ICDR, New York, NY, USA), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland), the International Trademark Association (New York, NY, USA), the National Arbitration Forum (Minneapolis, MN, USA), the Independent Film and Television Association (Los Angeles, CA, USA), the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC, Prague, Czech Republic), the Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut (NAI, Rotterdam, the Netherlands), the Asian International Arbitration Center (AIAC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), the Belgian Centre for Sports Arbitration (C-SAR, Brussels, Belgium), and the Belgian Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CEPANI, Brussels, Belgium).

Before founding PETILLION in 2017, Flip was a partner in a U.S. law firm (International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution department; Intellectual Property department).

Flip’s volunteer work includes being the CFO of the Brussels Bar, presiding the Greener Arbitration Committee of CEPANI, presiding the GDPR Task Force of CEPANI, presiding the ICC IP and IT Commission, representing the Council of Flemish Bars in the Council of European bars.

Professional Memberships

Deputy judge in the Court of Appeals of Brussels since 2009.

Lecturer at, i.a., Leuven University and Beneluxstichting Beroepsopleiding Merken- en Modellengemachtigden (BBMM)

Member of the council and CFO of the Brussels Bar.

Publications

Books

Guide to the Alternative Resolution of Intellectual Property Rights Disputes, 2022, FPS Economy, Belgium. French and Dutch editions. Authors: Flip Petillion, Jan Janssen, Diégo Noesen.

Competing for the internet. ICANN Gate – An Analysis and a plea for judicial review through arbitration, 2017, Kluwer. Authors: Flip Petillion and Jan Janssen.

EU Marks a Quarter of a Century, Intersentia Cambridge, 2022. Editor.

“Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in the European Member States”, Intersentia Cambridge, 2019, Intersentia. Editor and author.

The implementation of IP Enforcement Directive 2004/48/EC in Belgium (Handhaving van intellectuele rechten in België / Respect des droit intellectuels en Belgique), 2017, Larcier. Editor and author.

Case Law overview on Intellectual Property, RABG (editions 2007-2021). Editor and author.

Case Law overview on Information Technology, RABG (editions 2017-2021). Editor and author.

Articles

“GDPR in Arbitration: A guide to GDPR Compliant Data Controlling and Processing in National and International Commercial Arbitration”, in VANDENBUSSCHE, W. (ED.), DE MEULEMEESTER, D. (ED.), FONCKE, V. (ED.), TACK, S. (ED.), Arbitrage, bemiddeling en andere vormen van conflictafhandeling: vandaag en morgen, Kluwer, 2023, 71-107. Authors: Flip Petillion and Jan Janssen.

“Greener Arbitrations: the role of arbitration institutions”, in The CEPANI & NAI Approach Towards Topical Trends in Arbitration, Kluwer, 2022, 87-104.

Arbitration and model texts for arbitrations, Modellen voor het bedrijfsleven, Kluwer (May, 2021).

Living-up to promises in Covid-19 Times – Advocating Force Majeure, Hardship and other concepts, petillion.law (May 2021). link

Litigation and enforcement in Belgium, Practical law, Thomson Reuters, January March 2021. link

Arbitration procedures and practice in Belgium, Practical law, Thomson Reuters, January 2021. link

Belgium chapter in S. ARNERSTÅL (ED.), International Trademark Licensing, Kluwer, 2021, 5-32. Authors: Flip Petillion, Jan Janssen, Diégo Noesen.

The Future of Arbitration – Identifying processes that could usefully be adopted in international commercial arbitration, ICCA 2018, Kluwer, (2020), 769-808.

Choosing an Arbitrator, Practical law, Thomson Reuters, 2019. link

Bifurcation of Disputes at Transaction Level, petillion.law (April 2018).

Dispute resolution in Belgium, Practical law, Thomson Reuters, 2018.

Legal Costs recovery. Special edition celebrating RABG’s 15th anniversary (2018).

Law Business Research Trademarks Law Review, Belgian Chapter.

Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guide 2018 on Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT), Belgian Chapter. Authors: Flip Petillion, Jan Janssen, Diégo Noesen.

Legal 500 Belgian Report on IP. Authors: Flip Petillion, Jan Janssen, Diégo Noesen.

The ICC Intellectual Property Roadmap. Current and Emerging Issues for Business and Policy Makers (13th Edition) (2017). Co-author.

“The UDRP road so far: successes”, Trademarks & Brands Online (November 2016). Co-author.

The composition of the arbitration tribunal, in Liber Amicorum Professor Michel Flamée, 2016.

The ICC Commission on Intellectual Property: Questionnaire on Specialized IP Jurisdictions (October 2016), Co-author.

Comment on the Madonna case related to the alleged copyright infringement and the song ‘Frozen’), Ingénieur Conseil (June 2016).

“Can self-regulation do the job?”, Trademarks & Brands Online (March 2016). Co-author.

List of older publications available on request