Global Arbitration Review will be hosting its sixth live event in Hong Kong at the HKIAC which will have just opened its new state-of-the-art premises.

Speakers from around Asia will debate the current topics in Global Arbitration in GAR's usual interactive style where members of the audience are encouraged to participate.

To register your interest please email: events@GlobalArbitrationReview.com

This event is part of the Hong Kong Arbitration Week, discounts are available for registering for multiple events:

For more information, please visit: http://www.hkiac.org/hkaweek/

or contact: hkaweek@hkiac.org

All delegates are invited to the post-event cocktail reception hosted by Fangda Partners. The reception will be at the Four Seasons Hotel and commences from 6pm.

Conference chairs:

Michael Moser, arbitrator, 20 Essex Street

Justin D'Agostino, Herbert Smith Freehills

Speakers:

Teresa Cheng SC, Des Voeux Chambers

Jason Fry, Clifford Chance

Lord Goldsmith QC, Debevoise & Plimpton

Paula Hodges, Herbert Smith Freehills

Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills

James Hosking, Chaffetz Lindsey

Shreyas Jayasimha, AZB & Partners

Kevin Kim, Bae Kim & Lee

Nancy Kupfer, Marriott International Inc.

Julian Lew QC, 20 Essex Street

Reza Mohtashami, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Promod Nair, J Sagar Associates

José Ricardo Feris, deputy secretary general, ICC Court

Eun-Young Park, Kim & Chang

Guy Pendell, CMS

Cristian Conejero Roos, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira

Nish Shetty, Clifford Chance

Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

Yu Jin Tay, Shearman & Sterling

Jingzhou Tao, Dechert

Peter Thorp, Allen & Overy

Dorothy Ufot SAN, Dorthy Ufot & Co

Peter Yuen, Fangda Partners

Eve of conference - Speakers' dinner hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills

9.30: Chairs' welcome

9.40: Session One: Arbitration and China - what now and what next?

With more than 200 arbitration bodies administering thousands of cases, the "Middle Kingdom" has the potential to be one of the centres of gravity for arbitration. But have recent events within CIETAC altered that? Are Chinese institutions entering an era of"Warring States"? What problems have been created - and how can they be navigated?

Then there's HKIAC. It has new rules, new hearing facilities - but also a new local neighbour, CIETAC. Is HKIAC's position as the leading Chinese dispute resolution centre assured - or are others, including Singapore and the ICC, successfully moving onto its turf?

The chair of the panel will provocatively question leading names from the region on what the future holds when it comes to China and arbitration.

Chair:

Michael Moser, arbitrator, 20 Essex Street

Speakers:

Teresa Cheng SC, Des Voeux Chambers

Eun-Young Park, Kim & Chang

Peter Thorp, Allen & Overy

Yu Jin Tay, Shearman & Sterling

Jingzhou Tao, Dechert

Peter Yuen, Fangda Partners

11.00am: Coffee

11.30pm: Session Two: Symposium

A Tylney Hall-style session of rolling debate – guided by two experienced names. Topics for discussion will be collected in advance from the audience.

Chairs:

Justin D'Agostino, Herbert Smith Freehills

Julian Lew QC, 20 Essex Street

12.45pm: Lunch

2.15pm: Session Three: Dispute resolution for Outbound Asian investment

Chinese outward investment is now a significant global trend. What traps do Chinese companies need to avoid? A panel of international speakers will be asked to imagine that they are advising a Chinese energy business about to invest in a joint venture abroad, and to give brief presentations based on the four headline points they would put in their client-memo. Presentations are expected to cover

• issues surrounding arbitration clauses
• the best neutral seats for that jurisdiction
• traps for the unwary
• discovery

The session will also include segments on how to structure an investment for treaty protection and lessons to be drawn from current international disputes featuring Chinese companies.

Jurisdictions to be covered*

Latin America – Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina

W & E Europe - UK, Switzerland, Greece, Russia

Central Asia – Kazakhstan

North America – US and Canada

Africa – South Africa, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia

Middle East – Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia

Asia-Pacific – Australia, India, South Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Mongolia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

(*list may evolve during preparation for the conference)

Chair:

Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills

Panel:

Kevin Kim, Bae Kim & Lee

Paula Hodges, Herbert Smith Freehills

Dorothy Ufot SAN, Dorothy Ufot & Co

Nish Shetty, Clifford Chance

James Hosking, Chaffetz Lindsey

Guy Pendell, CMS

Reza Mohtashami, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Cristian Conejero Roos, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira

3.45pm: Coffee

4.15pm: Session four: Oxford-style debate, “India and international arbitration”

Motion: 'This house believes that India refuses to become a modern international arbitral jurisdiction'.

Chair:

Jason Fry, Clifford Chance

Debaters:

Lord Goldsmith QC, Debevoise & Plimpton

Promod Nair, J Sagar Associates

Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

Shreyas Jayasimha, AZB & Partners

Judges:

Julian Lew QC, 20 Essex Street

José Ricardo Feris, deputy secretary general, ICC Court

Nancy Kupfer, Marriott International Inc

5.30pm: Session five: Chairs’ wrap and predictions

Michael Moser and Justin D'Agostino distil the themes of the day and gaze into the GAR Live crystal ball.

5:45pm: Conference close

6.00pm: Cocktail reception hosted by Fangda Partners at the Four Seasons Hotel.

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