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By Huang Tao  King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group

The fast growth of China’s economy has gotten more and more foreign enterprises to invest in Mainland China. Foreign investors need to establish a local presence Chinese, for example, a representative office, a branch, a subsidiary, or a joint venture so that they can do business in China. As the business ties between China and the rest of the world strengthen, the number of China-related business disputes has been increasing.

Arbitration is one of the most favored international business transaction dispute resolution mechanisms because it is convenient, efficient, and the cross-border enforceability of arbitration awards tends to be higher than court judgments.
Continue Reading The Validity of Arbitration Agreements under Chinese Law

作者：黄滔 金杜律师事务所争议解决组

近几十年来，随着中国经济的快速发展，越来越多的外国公司选择在中国大陆（“中国”）投资，投资方式包括设立代表处、分支机构、子公司、合营（合作）企业或者与中国公司建立贸易纽带。中外经济合作加强也使涉及中国因素的争议在近几十年内迅猛增加。

由于其便利、高效的特点以及裁决跨境执行力的日益增强，仲裁已成为涉外合同中最受欢迎的争议解决机制之一。尽管如此，在某些情况下，即使当事人同意将彼此之间的争议提交仲裁，由于对仲裁条款的效力存在争议，最终也只能将争议提交法院解决。另外，考虑到不同的国家及地区的法律对仲裁协议或条款的效力或执行力存在不同要求，已经及将要在中国开展业务或和与中国公司或个人进行商业往来的企业及商人应对此予以特别的关注。Continue Reading 如何起草国际商事合同中的争议解决条款

作者：叶渌  罗必成  金杜律师事务所争议解决组

一、在仲裁地对裁决提出异议

相对于执行程序，争议解决的过程中获得一个令人满意的仲裁裁决相对容易一些，但即使裁定胜诉方获得经济赔偿，败诉方却拒绝支付时，胜诉方需要采取进一步措施以真正获得赔偿。其间每一个步骤都意味着败诉方可能会拒绝或延期支付。

即使执行程序开始之前，裁决债务人仍有机会阻止裁决债权人采取救济措施：对仲裁裁决提出异议的常见的方式是向仲裁委员会所在地的法院申请撤销裁决。Continue Reading 我能否在此饮茶在别处享用我的点心—-已被撤销的仲裁裁决能否在其他管辖中得以执行？

By Ariel Ye and James Rowland   King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group

I.        Challenging the award in the place of arbitration

Achieving a favorable arbitral award is sometimes the easy part of the dispute resolution process. Where the successful party is awarded money damages and the unsuccessful party resists payment, the successful party will still need to take further steps to actually obtain the money awarded. Each step will present the unsuccessful party with another opportunity to resist or delay payment.

Even before arriving at enforcement proceedings, there is a threshold opportunity for the award debtor to prevent the award creditor from securing its remedy: by challenging the award, usually in an ‘action to set aside’, before the national courts in the place of arbitration.Continue Reading Should Arbitral Awards That Have Been Set Aside Be Enforced in a Different Jurisdiction?