Navigating cross-border dispute resolution and arbitration: Key insights for Chinese enterprises doing business abroad

Agenda

9.30 a.m - 9.35 a.m - Opening remarks

• Jia Shen (Secretary-General, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Sub-Commission/Arbitration Court)
• Lianjun Li (Partner, Reed Smith, Hong Kong)

9.35 a.m - 10.15 a.m. - Challenges and trends in cross-border disputes and arbitration for Chinese enterprises going abroad

• Min Li (Partner, Reed Smith, Hong Kong)
• Cheryl Yu (Partner, Reed Smith)

10.15 a.m - 11.15 a.m. - Recent legal developments in international economic and trade disputes across major jurisdictions

• Steve Tam (Partner, Reed Smith, Hong Kong)
• Timothy Cooke (Partner, Reed Smith, Singapore)
• J.P. Duffy (Partner, Reed Smith, New York)
• Clément Fouchard (Partner, Reed Smith, Paris)
• Peter Rosher (Partner, Reed Smith, Paris)
• Sally-Ann Underhill (Partner, Reed Smith, London)
• Bernard Yee (Managing Director, Resource Law LLC*, Singapore)

11:15 a.m - 11.30 a.m. - Tea break

11.30 a.m - 12.30 p.m. - Roundtable discussion: Key trends in arbitration legal practice and practical concerns

Moderator:

• Cheryl Yu (Partner, Reed Smith)

Speakers:

• Steve Tam (Partner, Reed Smith, Hong Kong)
• Wenying Wang (Former Secretary General of CIETAC HK and CMAC HK, member of the HKIAC Appointments Committee, independent arbitrator)
• Jia Si (Independent arbitrator)
• Guohua Wang (Professor and doctoral supervisor, international law at the East China University of Political Science and Law)
• Guoqing Fang (Partner at Grandall Law Firm Tianjin, CMAC arbitrator)
• Leslie Zhang (Vice President & General Counsel at United Energy Group Limited)
• Ying Nie (Chairman of Beijing Hengli Management Consulting Co., Ltd., CIETAC and CMAC arbitrator)

12.30 p.m - 12.35 p.m. - Closing remarks

• Prajakt Samant (Asia Managing Partner, Reed Smith, Singapore) / Min Li (Partner, Reed Smith, Hong Kong)

12.35 p.m - 2.00 p.m. - Lunch