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Lazić, Vesna
Rockanjelaan 39, 2554 BP The Hague (The Netherlands)
+31 6 21258794
[email protected]; [email protected]
Dutch/Croatian
07 February 1962
Female
Desired employment / International Commercial Arbitration/Private International Law
Occupational field
Work experience
Dates 2003 – present
Occupation or position held Associate Professor
Teaching and research in the field of International Commercial Arbitration and Private International Law
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, Nobelstraat 2a, 3512 EN Utrecht, The Netherlands
Types of business or sector Academic
Dates 1992 - present
Occupation or position held
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Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Senior researcher International Commercial Arbitration/Private International Law
Teaching, research and consultancy in the field of International Commercial Arbitration/Private
International Law European Law, Insolvency Law, Contract Law, research and project acquisition and
management
T.M.C. Asser Institute for International Private and Public Law, European Law and International
Commercial Arbitration, PO Box 30461, 2500 GL The Hague, the Netherlands
Academic / consultancy
Dates
Oct 1989 - June 1991
Occupation or position held
Associate in a law firm
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Legal advice/legal practice
Law office of Z. Rakic, Beogradska 5, 54000 Osijek, Croatia
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Type of business or sector Legal Practice
Dates January 1985 – October 1989
Occupation or position held Legal assistant/Candidate for the Bar exam
Main activities and responsibilities Legal advice/legal practice
Name and address of employer District Court Osijek, Bulevar JNA 5, 54000 Osijek, Croatia
Types of business or sector Legal advice/legal practice
Education and training
Dates
1998
Title of qualification awarded Doctorate Degree in Law
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
“Insolvency Proceedings and Commercial Arbitration’
Name and type of organisation University of Utrecht, Faculty of Law, Utrecht, The Netherlands
providing education and training
Dates 1989
Title of qualification awarded Bar examination
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covered
Name and type of organisation Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia
providing education and training
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providing education and training
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Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Mother tongue(s)
1985-1990
LL.M in International Private and Public Law
‘Conflict of Laws in Product Liability’
University of Zagreb, Law Faculty, Croatia
1980 – 1985
Master of Law, BCA in Law
Private law, Public Law, Economic Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law
University of Osijek, Faculty of Law, Osijek, Croatia
Croatian
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European level (*)
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English
C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User
Dutch
C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C1 Proficient User
German
B2 Independent User B1 Independent User A2
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A2
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French
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A2
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Technical skills and competences
In-depth knowledge of the private international law and law of international commercial arbitration.
Computer skills and competences
Word, WordPerfect, Content Management Systems (website)
Annex 1 Selected publications
Books:
Insolvency Proceedings and Commercial Arbitration, International Arbitration Law Library, Kluwer Law International, 1999, 381 pp.
Conflict of Laws on Product Liability – The Hague Convention of 1973, unpublished dissertation presented at the University of Zagreb
(1990), 188 pp.
Studies:
A European Framework for Private International Law: Current Gaps and Future Perspectives, Study requested by the European
Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs PE 462.487 2012 (2012) 109 p., available at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=79510 (with X. Kramer, M. de Rooij, R.
Blauwhoff, L. Frohn)
Articles:
Using the ‘Group of Companies’ Doctrine to Extend Arbitration Agreements to ‘Third-Parties’, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor handelsrecht (NTHR),
no. 6 December (2013), pp. 332-341.
‘The Revised Lis pendens rule in the Brussels Jurisdiction Regulation’, Review of European Law, No. 2 (2013) pp. 5-27; published also in
Croatian ‘Revizija pravila o litispendenciji u Uredbi Brisel I’, in: J. Garašić (ed.), European Law on Civil Procedure – Selected Issues/ Europsko
građansko procesno pravo - izabrane teme, Narodne novine, Zagreb (2013) pp. 103-123. ‘
‘Enhancing the Efficiency of Dispute Settlement Clauses in the European Union, in: N. Bodiroga-Vukobrat/G.G. Sander/S. Rodin (eds.), Legal
Culture in Transition - Supranational and International Law Before National Courts, Europäisches und internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, Band 4,
Logos Verlag, Berlin (2013) pp. 181-209.
‘Arbitrage en faillissement in internationaal perspectief’, Tijdschrift voor arbitrage (TvA) Special 2012/4, pp. 241-247.
‘The Commission’ Proposal to Amend the Arbitration Exception in the EC Jurisdiction Regulation: How “Much Ado About Nothing” can end up
in a “Comedy of Errors” and in Anti-suit Injunctions Brussels-style’, Journal International Arbitration 29, no. 1, February (2012) pp. 19-48.
‘The Amendment to the Arbitration Exception suggested in the Commission’s Proposal: the Reasons as to Why it Should be Rejected’,
Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR), No. 2, 2011, pp. 289-298.
‘Cross-Border Insolvency and Arbitration: Which Consequences of Insolvency Proceedings Should be Given Effect in Arbitration?’, in S. Kröll,
L.A. Mistelis, P. Perales Viscasillas, V. Rogers (eds.), International Arbitration and International Commercial Law: Synergy, Convergence and
Evolution, Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten, Kluwer Law International (2011), pp. 337-363.
‘Country Reports: Netherlands’ in: F.-B. Weigand, (ed.), Practitioner’s Handbook on International Arbitration, Oxford University Press (2009) pp.
617-693 (with G. Meijer).
‘The Arbitration Exception in the Brussels Jurisdiction Regulation in the Light of the Judgment of the European Court of Justice in Allianz SpA et
al. v. West Tankers, Inc.’, Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR), No. 2, 2009, pp. 1-25.
‘Improving the Service of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in the European Union: Regulation (EC) No. 1393/2007 of 13 November 2007’,
in: V. Šaula (ed.), "Regional Cooperation in the Field of Civil Proceedings with International Element", MPP Zbornik/PIL Yearbook, Banja Luka,
2009,pp. 38-63.
‘The Impact of Uniform Law on the National Law in the Netherlands: Limits and Possibilities – Commercial Arbitration’, Electronic Journal of
Comparative Law (EJCL), no. 2, 2009, pp. 1-22.
‘Revising the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules – Towards a Greater Degree of Transparency in Investment Arbitration’, in: M. Kostić-Mandić
(ed.), Private International law and Protection of Foreign Investors, MPP Zbornik/PIL Yearbook, Podgorica, 2008 pp. 1-31.
‘Recent Developments in Harmonising “European Private International Law” in Family Matters’, European Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 10,
2008, No. 1, p. 75-96.
‘The Role of Courts and Arbitral Institutions under the Croatian Arbitration Act: Does the Act Present a "Friendly" Legal Framework for
Arbitration?’, Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, Vol. 14, 2007, p. 21-40.
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‘Where Do We Stand on the Rome I Regulation?’, in K. Boele-Woelki/F.W. Grosheide (eds.), The Future of European Contract Law, Liber
Amicorum for E. Hondius, Kluwer Law International, 2007, p. 19-42 (with K. Boele-Woelki).
‘The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements of 2005: Scope of Application and Main Rules’, in G. Knežević/V. Pavić (eds.),
Državljanstvo i medjunarodno privatno pravo/Haške konvencije (Nationality and International Private Law/Hague Conventions), Zbornik radova
III konferencije o medjunarodnom privatnom pravu, JP Službeni glasnik, Belgrade, 2007, pp. 214-237.
‘Enforcement of the Arbitral Awards Annulled in the Country of Origin’, Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, Vol. 13 (2006), pp. 179-204.
‘Arbitration Law Reforms in the Netherlands: Formal and Substantive Validity of an Arbitration Agreement’, in: J.H.M. van Erp/L.P.W. van Vliet
(eds.), Netherlands Reports to the Seventeenth International Congress of Comparative Law, Utrecht 2006, Intersentia, Antwerpen-Oxford,
2006, pp. 125-147.
‘Bankruptcy and Arbitration: the Effects of Insolvency Proceedings on Arbitration’, paper presented at the Conference on “Bankruptcy and
Arbitration”, 8 March 2004 in Jakarta, (conference papers)
‘Insolvency Proceedings and Commercial Arbitration’, Paper presented at the “International Insolvency Conference: A New Focus in the 21st
Century”, 19-22 March 2003 in Singapore (conference papers)
‘Country Reports: Netherlands’ in: F.-B. Weigand, (ed.), Practitioner’s Handbook on International Arbitration, C.H.Beck/DJØF, 2002, pp. 889948 (with G. Meijer).
‘Arbitration and Insolvency Proceedings: Claims of Ordinary Bankruptcy Creditors’, Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (December 1999),
pp. 1-29.
‘Determination of the Law Applicable to the Substance of the Dispute in International Commercial Arbitration’, EMP No. 1-2 (1998), pp. 68-77.
‘Conclusion of Arbitration Agreements in Insolvency Proceedings – A Comparative View’, Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, Vol. 4 (1997), pp. 925.
‘The Effect of Arbitration Agreements in Insolvency Proceedings’, Hague Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 8 (1995), pp. 447-467.
‘The Law Applicable to Contracts of Employment’, Hague-Zagreb-Ghent Essays 8, 1990 (with M. Tepsic).
Book reviews:
J.G. Frick, “Arbitration and Complex International Contracts”, Contracteren, no. 1, 2003 (with K. Boele-Woelki).
R.Goode/H.Kanda/K.Kreuzer, 'Hague Securities Convention – Explanatory Report' 4 European Review of Private Law (2006) pp. 627-630.
Other(s):
Editorial functions:
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Business Organisations Law Review
Member of the Editorial Board of the Croatian Arbitration Yearbook
Annex 2 Teaching experience
2001- present
2004- present
2004- present
2009- present
2012- present
2012- present
2012- present
2011- present
2011
2003-2006
1994-2008
2006
2001-2005
Course coordinator/lecturer, Utrecht University, Course on “International Commercial Arbitration” (MA)
Lecturer, Utrecht University, lecture on “ICA” within the course “International Business Law”
Utrecht University, Coach of the Utrecht Team for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
Course coordinator/lecturer, University College Utrecht, Course on “International Commercial Arbitration”
Course Coordinator/lecturer of the Course ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ within the framework of Matra Patrol Project on the
Training of Judges at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague
Coordinator/lecturer of the Courses ‘Access to Justice’ within the framework of Matra Patrol Project on the Training of Judges at
the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague
Lecturer, Course on the ‘Administration of Justice’ within the framework of the Matra South Project on the Training of Judges at
the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague
Lecturer, MTEC Courses on the Training of Judges at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague
Course Coordinator/lecturer, Course on ‘Arbitration and National Courts’, Training for the Judiciary of Kazakhstan, at the T.M.C.
Asser Institute, The Hague
Utrecht University, lectures/seminars on International Private Law
T.M.C. Asser Instituut, “Asser College Europe” post-graduate course on International Trade Law, Module on “International
Commercial Arbitration” (intensive course on arbitration) and ‘International Trade Law’
Utrecht University -Washburn University Summer School on ICA
Groningen University, LL.M Course on “International Dispute Settlement”
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Annex 3 Carrying out Research Projects/Teaching Abroad
2013
2012
2010-2-12
2006
2005
2002
2000
1999
1999
1998
1997
Regulation Brussels I – Recast, Public lecture on 29 April 2013 held at the University of Rijeka
Project Coordinator, Project on Mediation in Macedonia
Project Coordinator, Training of Judges in Serbia: ‘Right to Judicial Protection: Settlement of Private Disputes with International
Elements’
Project on the PIL Network in the EU Member States
Project coordinator, Course on International Commercial Arbitration, Law Faculty, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research Project on the Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Matrimonial Matters in the EU Member States
Project Coordinator, Research Project on the Arbitration Law Reforms in the Republic of Armenia, Proposal for the New
Arbitration Act
Selected Issues in Insolvency Law – Comparative View/Cross-border Insolvency, Legal Training for Judges, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement Mechanism”, Training for Judges in Slovakia
Contract Law Reforms in Poland
Research Project on the “Judicial Protection of Minorities in the Republic of Croatia”, resulting in the decision of the
Constitutional Court of the RC
Annex 4 Conference Presentations
‘Enhancing the Efficiency of Dispute Settlement Clauses in the revised Regulation Brussels I’, presented at the conference held on 23-24
September 2012 in Zagreb
‘National Courts and Arbitration’, conference held on 24 March 2012 in Belgrade
‘Revising the Lis pendens rule in the EC Brussels Jurisdiction Regulation’, presented at the conference held on 23 September 2011 in
Skopje
‘Is there the need to Amend the Arbitration Exception in the EC Jurisdiction Regulation’, presented at the conference held on 17 June
2011 in Opatija
‘Commission’s Proposal to Amend the Arbitration Exception in the EC Brussels Jurisdiction Regulation: Reasons to abandon it’, paper
presented at the Conference ‘Nieuwste ontwikkelingen in Europees Internationaal Procesrecht: implicaties voor de internationale
procespraktijk’ held on 25 January 2011 in The Hague
‘What is Old and what is New in the Rome I Regulation’, paper presented at the conference on ‘New Developments in European Private
International Law for Contractual Obligations’, held on 23 April 2010, The Hague
‘Future of the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration’, introduction presented at the Conference held on 30 October
2009, Miami
‘Cross Border Insolvency and Commercial Arbitration’, paper presented at the Congress of American Bar Association, 29 October 2009,
Miami
‘Cross Border Insolvency and Commercial Arbitration’, paper presented at the Conference on the Cross-border insolvency on 24
September 2009, Zagreb
‘Enforcement of Annulled Arbitral Awards’, paper presented at the conference on ‘International Commercial Arbitration’ held on 27 March
2009 in Belgrade.
‘The Impact of Uniform Law on the National Law in the Netherlands: Limits and Possibilities – Commercial Arbitration’, report prepared for
the Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, with the auspices of the International Institute for the Unification of Private
Law (UNIDROIT), the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of Legal Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas) of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Mexican Centre of Uniform Law, held in Mexico City from 13-15 November
2008
‘Revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Rules – Towards a greater degree of transparency?’, paper presented at the seminar on the "Protection
of Investment", held on 18-19 October 2007, Monte Negro.
‘Insolvency Proceedings and Arbitration’, the 1st Mediterranean Middle East Counsel Forum, the European Court of Arbitration with the
cooperation of the Mediterranean Arbitration Council, 6-8 September 2007, Rome
'2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements', The Indian Society of International Law, International Conference on Private
International Law, 2-3 December 2006, New Delhi
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'Role of National Courts and Arbitral Institutions under the Croatian Arbitration Act', 14 Croatian Arbitration days, 30 November – 1
December 2006, Zagreb
'Recent Developments in Harmonizing ‘European Private International Law’ in Family Matters: Proposal for a Council Regulation
amending Regulation (EC) no 2201/2003’, IV Conference on Private International, Law, 26-27 October 2006, Zagreb
'Arbitration Law Reforms in the Netherlands: Formal and Substantive Validity of an Arbitration Agreement', XVII Congress of Comparative
Law, 16-22 July 2006, Utrecht.
‘The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements of 2005: Scope of Application and Main Rules’, paper presented at the
Conference on Private International Law, held on 5-6 October 2005, Belgrade, Serbia/Montenegro
‘Enforcement of Arbitral Awards’, Round table organized on 4 April 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan
‘Enforcement of the Arbitral Awards Annulled in the Country of Origin’, paper presented at the Seminar on “Private International Law and
Arbitration in the Enlarged European Union”, 19 November 2004, Prague, Czech Republic
‘Bankruptcy and Arbitration: the Effects of Insolvency Proceedings on Arbitration’, Conference on “Bankruptcy and Arbitration”, Jakarta,
Indonesia (8 March 2004)
‘Insolvency Proceedings and Commercial Arbitration’, at the “International Insolvency Conference: A New Focus in the 21st Century”,
Singapore (19-22 March 2003)
‘On-line Arbitration’, Tampere, Finland (VI CEE Congress, July-August 2000)
‘Provisional Summary Adjudication in Dutch Law of Civil Procedure (Kort Geding)’, Krk, Croatia (ACE Colloquium, 6-10 October 1999)
‘Arbitration Law in the Netherlands’, Slovakia (Seminar on ‘Out-of-Court Settlement Mechanism in the Netherlands’, 29-30 March 1999)
‘Choice of Law Problems in International Commercial Arbitration’, Prague, Czech Republic (Conference on ICA, 11-13 November 1997)
‘Conclusion of Arbitration Agreements in Insolvency Proceedings’, Zagreb, Croatia (IV. Arbitration Days, 4-6 December 1997)
‘Effect of Arbitration Agreements in Insolvency Proceedings’, The Hague, The Netherlands (Thirty sixth AAA Congress, 10-12 July 1995)
‘Implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Law in Canada and Hong Kong’, The Hague, The Netherlands (Colloquium on ICA, The Hague,
8 March 1995)
‘Choice of Law in International Obligations’, Gent, Belgium (VIII. Hague-Zagreb-Gent Colloquium, 7-12 May 1989)
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