Schweizerisch-Chinesische Rechtsgesellschaft besucht das Shenzhen International Arbitration Institute

On January 27, 2021, at the invitation of the Shenzhen International Arbitration Committee, a delegation from the Swiss-Chinese Law Association (SCLA) visited the Shenzhen International Arbitration Committee for a friendly exchange of views. As a result, it reached preliminary cooperation intentions on the “Geneva Mediation Institute + Shenzhen Arbitration Support model.” More than 30 members of the Swiss-Chinese Law Association, international arbitrators, government representatives, and foreign lawyers from more than 15 countries and regions attended the meeting online. They had an in-depth exchange with the Shenzhen International Arbitration Court. Shenzhen International Arbitration Court International Cooperation and Development Department Huang Guo Yong, Deputy Director Shao Jinli, Consultant Deng Kaixin and Consultant Peng Yanbing received the delegation of the Swiss-Chinese Law Association. In addition, a delegation of 8 persons, including Zhang Tianze, the Director of SCLA Qianhai Cooperation Center, Li Libin, a partner of Zhong bLun Law Firm, Zhang Jian, the Honorary Advisor of SCLA and Director of Dacheng (Shenzhen) Law Firm, Li Lei, the Advisor of SCLA and a lawyer of Guanghe Law Firm, Zeng Fengchi, the Advisor, Xie Jingwen, the Secretary, Hu Jie, a lawyer of Zhong Lun Law Firm, and Huang Jiajie, a lawyer of Dacheng (Shenzhen) Law Firm, participated in The offline headquarters visit. Representatives of the association’s online members included Mauricio Gomm, partner of GST in the United States; Olga Tsiptse, attorney of the Supreme Court of Greece; Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado, former director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil; Godson Ugochukwu, Fortress Law Firm in Nigeria; Turkish Arbitration Yonca Fatma YÜCEL, Vice-Chairman of the Turkish Arbitration Commission (ISTAC), Khoo Kok Chong, a lawyer representing Malaysia, Agada John Elach, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (ICMC), Pawel Sikora, partner of KKG Law Firm, Poland, Samantha Mathieu, a lawyer from Germany, Mohammed Shafiuddin, a lawyer from India, and Swiss-Chinese Law. Shafiuddin, and Hermann Knott, Chairman of the Dispute Mediation Committee of the Swiss-Chinese Law Association.

Both sides briefly introduced the background, current status, and development of their respective institutions. Huang Guoyong said that the annual case handling volume of Shenzhen International Arbitration Institute is huge, with more than 7,500 cases in 2019 and 2020. The scale of case handling is also ambitious, involving more than 6 billion worth of cases in 2020; the case coverage is extremely wide, involving more than 20 foreign countries and regions and serving the Greater Bay Area region and provinces and cities within the country. The Managing Director of SCLA, Zhang Tianze, and Hermann Knott, a member of the SCLA Mediation Committee, also introduced the background and development of SCLA offline and online, respectively. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Geneva, the Swiss-Chinese Law Association is an international organization with a global perspective, with 162 members from more than 14 countries joining the association. The association provides a platform for high-end dialogue for Chinese lawyers to learn about international trade rules and is joining the observer seat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In addition, the association has created the “Swiss-Chinese Law Review” issue, cloud conference system, and web system to serve the global legal community and build a professional exchange and cooperation development platform for legal professionals. On behalf of SCLA, Li Libin introduced the Association’s Qianhai Cooperation Center. He said that we understand that in 2021 the office of SIAC will also move to Qianhai, for which the two organizations will certainly have closer ties.

Huang Guoyong wies darauf hin, dass das Shenzhen International Arbitration Court (SIAC) während der Epidemie im Jahr 2020 die Bearbeitung über sein Online-System verstärkt hat, ganz im Sinne einer Kombination aus systemweiter Online- und Offline-Bearbeitung, um der Nachfrage nach Schiedsverfahren während der Epidemie effizient gerecht zu werden. Seit 2007 arbeitet SIAC mit Alibaba zusammen und hat eine Online-Schiedsplattform für Transaktionsstreitigkeiten entwickelt. Das Cloud-Plattform-System hat sich in den letzten Jahren rasch entwickelt, von Schiedsverfahren in der Cloud über die Übermittlung des Schiedsspruchs auf KI-Seite bis hin zum Kundenservice auf Mobiltelefonen, und ist zu einem Musterbeispiel für die innovative Praxis von Rechtsdienstleistungen in China geworden.

Li Libin stellte das von der Vereinigung in Genf gegründete Arbitration Institute vor. Als professionelle rechtliche Schiedsorganisation strebt das Geneva Arbitration Institute der Swiss-Chinese Law Association ein langfristiges Fallkooperationsmodell mit Schiedsrichtern aus Shenzhen an. Herr Huang stellte ausserdem das ausgereifte Modell «Übersee-Mediation + Festland-Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit» des Shenzhen International Arbitration Committee vor und nannte Institutionen in Hongkong und Singapur als Beispiele. Beide Seiten erörterten das Modell «Geneva Mediation Institution + Shenzhen Arbitration Support», stimmten der Möglichkeit einer Zusammenarbeit zu und legten vorläufige Kooperationsabsichten fest.

Hermann Knott, Zhang Tianze und Huang Guoyong hielten am Ende des Besuchs Schlussbemerkungen. Der Besuch förderte den Austausch zwischen den beiden Institutionen, vertiefte und teilte Fragen der Rechtspraxis und erzielte einen Konsens über die künftige Zusammenarbeit. Dies legte den Grundstein für die gemeinsame Förderung des Einflusses beider Institutionen in der Branche und den Blick auf eine weitere Zusammenarbeit im Bereich der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit.