Bruno-Henri VINCENT and Jorden WOUTERS met as lawyers and accredited mediators.
With more than 30 years of professional experience as lawyers, and more than 15 years of experience as mediators, they had a lot of experience to share.
One of their observations was the public’s disappointment in traditional justice on the one hand. And a certain resistance towards so-called alternative dispute solutions on the other. Mediation is often seen as a risky investment whose success depends entirely on the other party. Arbitration, on the other hand, is considered too costly and suffers from the same shortcomings as traditional justice: a lack of sincerity, a minefield full of procedural issues, complex, etc.
From these observations grew the idea of creating an alternative route combining dialogue, negotiation, possibly mediation and the binding third-party decision.
This solution offers another form of justice, which can be labelled efficient, adapted, ethical, based on consensus and affordable.
Even if the parties do not reach an amicable settlement, a binding decision will follow, based on fairness and putting a definitive end to the dispute.
These principles were the basis for the establishment of ARBITRALL in October 2022.
Thank you very much for placing your trust in us,
Jorden & Bruno-Henri
the co-founders
Bruno-Henri VINCENT
Bruno-Henri VINCENT is a master in law, certified mediator in civil, social and commercial matters.
In the second half of the ‘80’s he founded a non-profit organization active in mediation in schools. A very young commitment that takes on a special meaning today.
In the early 2000’s, he was one of the founders of the not-for-profit organization Mediation and Social Conciliation, which brought together judges and labour lawyers in order to implement mediation in the Brussels Labour Court, forerunner in this field.
He practices and gives training in voluntary and judicial mediation
Being founder and chairman of the board of ARBITRALL is in a way the culmination of his thinking. Bringing together citizens and economic actors to manage their conflicts as usefully and peacefully that they do for other daily things.
Jorden Wouters
Conflict resolution is the essence of Jorden Wouters’ career. After decades of experience at the bar, he can call himself an expert in the field of dispute resolution.
Gradually, he started looking for methods to break through the classic escalation in legal disputes. Thus he ended up training as a mediator. He belongs to the first generation to receive this training. Since 2008, he has been certified as a mediator in civil and commercial matters. Shortly afterwards, he was recognized as a social mediator.
Since then, he has been passionate about mediation and other ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) methods.
His interest and experience in ADR made him active as a local ombudsman for the Dutch-speaking Bar Association in Brussels since the establishment of Ligeca, the Ombudsman Service, in 2016. In this he mediates disputes between consumers and lawyers.
Jorden has served on the ADR Committee of the Order of Flemish Bars since 2020.
In 2021 and 2022, he additionally followed the collaborative law training, so that he is also familiar with this specific method of dispute resolution.
At the end of 2022, he co-founded Arbitrall.
In short, Jorden’s career is build on the skills of extrajudicial dispute resolution.
