# kaal:claim:2029983-022

**Claim.** In Converium the Amsterdam Court of Appeal declared an international collective settlement binding on the parties even though the class members had only tenuous connections to the Netherlands.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- WCAM collective settlement proceedings
- none of the defendants and only a few plaintiffs were domiciled in the Netherlands
- alleged wrongdoing occurred outside the Netherlands and claims were not brought under Dutch law

**Source quote.**

> The Amsterdam Court of Appeal in its Converium decision declared an international collective settlement binding on the parties to a settlement where the class members had rather tenuous connections to the Netherlands (none of the defendants

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Richard W. Painter, *Forum Competition and Choice of Law Competition in Securities Law after Morrison v. National Austral* (2012), II.B.2.b. Converium, page 45

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Richard W. Painter, Forum Competition and Choice of Law Competition in Securities Law after Morrison v. National Austral (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2029983

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**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** converium, netherlands, jurisdiction, collective-settlements, wcam

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