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Phillip Georgiou, Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2013, previously published on May 2013 The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013 (the "Bill") was gazetted by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong") on March 28, 2013. The Bill contains a number of proposed amendments to the Hong Kong’s Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) (the...
| | CIETAC Rebranding in Shanghai and Shenzhen
Phillip Georgiou, Ashley M. Howlett, Jerry C. Ling; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 2013 In our Commentary in August 2012, we reported on the dispute between the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in Beijing ("CIETAC") and its Shanghai and South China (Shenzhen) Sub-Commissions.
| | Adding More Strings to the Bow: The 2012 Amendments to China's Civil Procedure Law
Ashley M. Howlett, Sonny Payne; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article January 15, 2013, previously published on January 2013 In August 2012, the People's Republic of China ("PRC") enacted amendments to its Civil Procedure Law ("CPL"). These amendments (collectively referred to as the "2012 Amendments") came into force on January 1, 2013 and are the most extensive amendments made to the CPL...
| | CIETAC Issues Announcement Suspending Shanghai and Shenzhen Sub-Commissions
Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article August 13, 2012, previously published on August 2012 In March 2012, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC") released amended arbitration rules that became effective on May 1, 2012 (the "Amended Rules"). Unfortunately, the release of the Amended Rules has led to a dispute between CIETAC in...
|  | CIETAC Issues New Arbitration Rules: Interim Measures and Consolidation Among the Highlights
Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On February 3, 2012, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Chamber of International Commerce revised and adopted the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”) Arbitration Rules, which come into effect on May 1, 2012....
| | Confidentiality in Asia-Based International Arbitrations
Phillip Georgiou, Ashley M. Howlett, Peter J. Wang; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on February 2012 The rise of Asia as an economic powerhouse over the past decade has also led to the region becoming a hub for international arbitration. This development is not surprising given that arbitration has been the preferred method of dispute resolution in the commercial world for a number of years. While...
| | China's Supreme People's Court Issues Rules on Foreign Investment Disputes
Victor C. M. Chang, Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article September 17, 2010, previously published on Septembe 2010 On May 17, 2010, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (“SPC”) passed the “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Disputes Involving Foreign-Invested Enterprises” (the “FIE Dispute...
| | China's Supreme People's Court Issues Clarification and Interpretation of the Contract Law
Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2010, previously published on March 2010 On April 24, 2009, the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (the "SPC") issued the "Interpretation II of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of the Contract Law of the People's Republic of China" ("Interpretation...
| | Fraudulent Misrepresentation of Key Project Personnel
Phillip Georgiou, Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article February 25, 2010, previously published on February 2010 Contractors and consultants often make pre-contractual statements to secure projects. A common precontractual statement is the promised involvement of a particular individual or group of individuals to comprise a project team. The assignment of an individual or team to key posts may distinguish a...
| | China's Construction Industry Comes under the Microscope
Ashley M. Howlett; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article September 4, 2009, previously published on August 2009 The construction industry in China has grown side by side with the Chinese economy, and the recent RMB 4 trillion (US$593 billion) government stimulus package has helped to fuel this growth in construction and infrastructure development. However, problems in land acquisition, construction quality,...
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