Juan Patricio Lara, Argentine, is a lawyer and independent arbitrator. His practice areas are cross-border commercial and corporate disputes, trade, maritime/shipping, investments, commodities and agriculture. He specializes in China and Latin America related disputes. He speaks Spanish (native), English (professional) and Mandarin Chinese (intermediate). He is an arbitrator of the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Court (China), an arbitrator of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (China) and a member of the Advisory Committee of the General Arbitration Court of the Rosario Stock Exchange (Argentina). He is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a member of HK45 – Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He has been studying Chinese for more than ten years, he passed the HSK 3 and HSK4 Chinese language proficiency exams and has been in China in many times. He also passed the First Certificate in English and the International Legal English Certificate, both from the University of Cambridge (UK). He has a degree in Law and a postgraduate degree in Business Law. Since 2008 he has been admitted to practice law by Rosario Bar Association (Argentina) and the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina. He is a Senior Founding Partner at JPL Law Firm (Argentina).