About the Seminar:

China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) New Rules came into force on 1 May 2012. CIETAC has long been mainland China's leading arbitration commission. The New Rules are designed to make CIETAC arbitration more attractive to foreign parties. The changes introduced by the New Rules relate to matters such as the Substantive Law to be applied to an Arbitration, Conservatory and Interim Measures, Med-Arb. (particularly significant in the light of the recent decision of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal), the Language and Seat of Arbitrations, Summary Procedures, Consolidation and Multi Party Appointments. But will these changes make CIETAC Arbitration a real choice to rival SIAC, HKIAC and the ICC? .

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About the Speaker:  

John Bishop has been a construction lawyer for over 40 years, having qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1971 and in Hong Kong in 1982. He is the Life President of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association and in 2007 John was awarded the Clare Edwards Award for Lifetime Contribution to Construction Law.

John was previously the Senior Partner of Masons (now Pinsent Masons) and subsequently Head of the Hong Kong Office. He has for more than five years been based in Beijing where he is the Head of the Beijing Office.

He is a member of the ICC Hong Kong Committee and has held many other honorary positions including Dean of the Faculty of Mediation & ADR, Chairman of the Joint Consultative Committee of the London Court of International Arbitration, Member of the Civil Mediation Council and Vice Chairman of the Academy of Experts.

He has extensive experience of arbitration both as Counsel and as an Arbitrator as well as all other forms of ADR. He is appointed to the Panels of CIETAC and the Beijing Arbitration Commission.  

About the Chairman: 

Raymond Chan is a Partner of Chan Neo LLP, a firm of Advocates and Solicitors. He is a Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a member of various Arbitral Panels including the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the National Electricity Market of Singapore, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and the Singapore Institute of Architects.

He acts regularly for property developers, contractors and design consultants and has represented them as Counsel in the High Court as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. He was responsible for drafting the Standard Building Contract Forms for Private Sector Works – the REDAS Design & Build Conditions of Contract 3rd Edition and the 5th to 9th Editions of the Singapore Institute of Architects Conditions of Main Contract.

He is active as an arbitrator and has been appointed by the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC and by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre as Arbitrator in several international and domestic arbitrations. He drafted the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore Institute of Architects and the Arbitration Rules of the National Electricity Market of Singapore.

He has been the Course Director of the Fellowship Assessment Course conducted by the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators since 2011 and is listed in the 2012 Edition of the International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers as a Leading Construction Lawyer in Singapore. 

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