Procedural Law

Despite frequent frictions in recent trade relations, the growing scale of the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies—the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States—has given rise to an ever-greater number of civil and commercial disputes. For decades, the common assumption among American lawyers was that enforcing a U.S. court judgment … Continued

CONTRACTS / FORCE MAJEURE Is the COVID-19 pandemic (“Pandemic”) a force majeure event? A party may be excused for non-performance under a contract if the non-performance is a direct and immediate result of an event which constitutes an act of God or force majeure.  Decrees by the Moscow mayor and regulations issued by heads of … Continued

Highlights: The recent separation of the two former branches from the well-known Chinese arbitration institution-CIETAC and the branches’ establishment as independent arbitration institutions have brought confusion to the domestic and international arbitration community and businesses with regard to some arbitration agreements providing for arbitration at a CIETAC branch. The recent judgments of two Chinese courts … Continued