Arbitration in China

Introduction to Chinese arbitration law.- The arbitrationagreement.- Jurisdiction.- Procedural rules of arbitration.- Recognition andenforcement of the arbitral award.- A recent cause of turmoil in the landscapeof Chinese arbitration: the so-called "CIETAC split".- Commencing arbitrationproceedings in China: filing a Notice of Arbitration.- Jurisdiction Challengeby the Respondent.- Applying Enforcement of Arbitration Tribunal's Final Award.-Statutory, Judiciary and Administrative Provisions Quoted in the Text.

Giovanni Pisacane is abusiness lawyer specializing in internationalpractice. He has been practicing as a business lawyer since 1996 andhas extensiveexperience in arbitration and mediation. He completed aMasters in Private International Law at The Hague Academy in the Netherlands. In 2004 he founded GWA,an international legal and tax consulting firm, in Shanghai. He wasappointed as a Special Advisor for Italy-China business relations bythe Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Giovanni Pisacane is amemberof the panel of arbitrators of SHIAC (ShanghaiInternational Arbitration Center) and VIAC (Vienna International ArbitralCentre), and is also a member of the ECLS (European China Law Studies Association),the IBA Arbitration Committee (International Bar Association) and the ICCA(International Council for Commercial Arbitration).

Lea Murphy is a businesslawyer specializing in international business law.She received her Bachelorof Laws, with a focus on arbitration, from the University ofFlorence, and earned her LLM at the National University of Singapore andat ECUPL in Shanghai.

Her practice encompassesadvising on corporate legal issues for diverse commercial transactions, resolving disputes on various matters under labor, corporate andcontract law and assisting at SHIAC (Shanghai International Arbitration Center) and CIETAC(China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission) internationalcommercial arbitrations.

CalvinZhang qualified as a PRClawyer in 2000. He is experienced in both litigation and arbitration infront of PRC Courts, the SHIAC(Shanghai International Arbitration Center) and the CIETAC(China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission).

With a Chinese andAmerican legal education and training, he has represented many European andAmerican MNCs from a wide spectrum of industries. He has also been involved innon-litigation legal services and has represented a wide rangeof European and American clients.