PARIS Event Introduction

The 2014 Annual Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China was jointly hosted by the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC Court) and the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) on 4 June 2014 at the ICC Global Headquarters in Paris. Nearly 100 leading figures from the worldwide arbitration community participated in the Summit as speakers and delegates, including officials of arbitral institutions, scholars from academic and research institutions, and partners from leading international law firms. The Summit was supported by Herbert Smith Freehills and WunschArb. The Summit featured the official release of the English language version of the BAC publication, Commercial Dispute Resolution in China: Annual Review and Preview (2014) (the Annual Review), which was prepared by leading Chinese experts from a number of different industries. The speakers discussed the latest commercial dispute resolution-related developments in China, covering (inter alia) arbitration, mediation, international trade, investment, construction, real estate, energy, intellectual property (IP) rights and finance.

PARIS Event Agenda

09:00-09:30

Welcome Address

Speakers:

Mr. John Beechey, President of the ICC Court

Madam Hongsong Wang, Vice Chairperson, BAC/BIAC

09:30-11:00

Arbitration and Mediation

Moderator:

Mr. Andrea Carlevaris, The Secretary-General of the ICC Court

Reporter:

Dr. Fuyong Chen, Deputy Secretary General, BAC/BIAC

Ms Khong Cheng-Yee, Director of and Counsel to the Asia Office of ICC Court Secretariat in Hong Kong

Ms Nadia Darwazeh, Counsel with Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Paris

Mr. Peter Thorp, international arbitrator based in Paris

Mr. Joseph Tirado, partner and global Co-Chair, International Arbitration Practice with Winston & Strawn law firm in London

Commentator:

Dr. Fuyong Chen, Deputy Secretary General, BAC/BIAC

11:00-12:00

Energy project

Moderator:

Mr. JingZhou Tao, Dechert LLP partner, Beijing

Reporter:

Dr. Xuehua Wang, Partner, Huanzhong & Partners

Mr. Zhi Bao, FenXun Partners partner, Beijing, co-author of the Annual Review

Ms. Carmen Nuñez-Lagos, the Paris office of Hogan Lovells partner

Commentator:

Ms. Carole Malinvaud, Gide partner, Paris

14:00-15:00

Construction engineering project

Moderator:

Mr. Ciccu Mukhopadhaya, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi

Reporter:

Ms. Jinghui Tan, Managing Partner of City Development (Beijing) Law Firm, BAC arbitrator

Mr. Wei Sun, Zhong Lun Law Firm partner

Ms. Annet van Hooft, Paris office of Bird & Bird partner, Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, ADR

Ms. Yan Bai, an advocate with the Paris office of Vogel & Vogel

Commentator:

Mr. Roland Ziadé, partner with the Paris office of Linklaters

15:00-16:00

Intellectual property rights project

Moderator:

Mr. Pascal Hollander, Hanotiau & van den Berg of Brussels partner

Reporter:

Dr. Guanbin Xie, Lifang & Partners partner, Beijing

Commentator:

Mr. Phillip Groz, partner with Schellenberg Wittmer of Zurich

16:00-17:00

Financial project

Moderator:

Mr. Armstrong Chen, Deputy Director of the China Banking Regulatory Commission

Reporter:

Dr. Xiuming Tao, JunZeJun Law Offices partner

Commentator:

Mr. Francisco Prol Pérez, partner with Prol & Asociados, Madrid

16:00-17:00

Closing Remark

Reporter:

Ms. Emmanuelle Cabrol, Paris office of Herbert Smith Freehills partner

Dr. Clarisse von Wunschheim, Founding Partner of WunschArb, Beijing