Bas van Zelst is Professor of Dispute Resolution & Arbitration at Maastricht University and Partner at Van Doorne in Amsterdam. He has extensive experience in conducting and advising on national and international commercial arbitration and related proceedings before the regular courts. He has particular expertise in advising on, and conducting proceedings relating to, distribution agreements and a particular interest in (cross-border) seizure and enforcement proceedings. In the past, Bas was involved in (advising on) arbitration procedures under the ICC, NAI, LCIA, UNCITRAL and DIS arbitration rules. From 2006/2007 Bas was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School. In 2017 Bas van Zelst was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver