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指出，在2020年疫情期间，深圳国际仲裁院（SIAC）秉承全系统线上办理与线下相结合的精神，加大了线上系统的办理力度，高效回应疫情期间的案件仲裁需求。自2007年起，SIAC便与Alibaba合作开发了交易纠纷在线仲裁平台。近年来云平台系统发展迅速，从云端仲裁、AI端裁决推送，到手机端服务客户，成为中国法律服务创新实践的典范。
Li Libin介绍了协会在日内瓦成立的仲裁院。作为专业的法律仲裁机构，瑞士中国法律协会日内瓦仲裁院寻求与深圳仲裁员建立长期案件合作模式。Huang先生还以香港和新加坡机构为例，介绍了深圳国际仲裁委员会成熟的“境外调解+内地仲裁”模式。双方讨论了“Geneva Mediation Institution + Shenzhen Arbitration Support”模式，认同合作的可能性，并达成了初步合作意向。
参访结束时，Hermann Knott、Zhang Tianze和Huang Guoyong分别作了总结发言。此次参访促进了两家机构之间的交流，深入探讨并分享了法律实务问题，并就未来合作达成共识，为共同提升两家机构在行业内的影响力奠定了基础，并期待在仲裁领域开展进一步合作。
