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2021 China-Europe Investment & Legal Leaders Forum On May 9, 2021, the Sino-European Investment and Legal Leaders Forum 2021 was held in Nanshan, Shenzhen, jointly organized…
Bernando Cartoni addresses the topic of arbitrator’s bias by considering two recent and landmark decisions.
The Swiss-Chinese Law Association, the Geneva International Dispute Resolution Institute, and the Shenzhen Qianhai International Commercial Mediation Center have reached preliminary cooperation intentions, intending to reach…
All non-disclosure clauses that are an integral part of another contract involving an EU-based party must now be examined in the light of EU Directive 2016/943.…
The US, Turkey and China have stepped in to address cryptocurrencies in very different ways in the past few years.
Introduction Identifying the parties in dispute correctly is of paramount importance and any mistake can determine the nullity of the arbitral award. A very recent decision…
China’s 2020 revision of the Patent Law takes effect on 1 June, 2021. The amendment changes Article 65 to Article 71, which provides four rules for…
Introduction After many years of obscurity, the legal tech market is now booming and is trying to take over parts of the legal market. The very…
When discussing the culture of negotiation in Chile, we must first understand that this is a diffuse and somewhat incomplete area of our legal system. The…
The introduction of the European Union Cross Border Mediation Directive (2008/52/EC) has helped to augment mediation’s status as a means of resolving international disputes in Europe.…
Cultural Intelligence, also known as Cultural Quotient (CQ), has always been a critical legal skill but it is being increasingly taught and discussed. If we accept…
Anything can be negotiated. There are no concessions, only exchange and everything is business. A little child can negotiate with their parents or with a teacher,…
