On November 24, 2016, Liu & Partners attended the 2016 UNCITRAL Vietnam Workshop on harmonization of trade law and outlook for practitioners in ASEAN held at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam. Over 150 lawyers, judges, academics and students from Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fiji and Sri Lanka attended the event to discuss Vietnam’s accession to the CISG coming into force on January 1, 2017. Professor João Ribeiro, the Head of UNCITRAL-RCAP opened t

Arbitration is one of the many private dispute resolution mechanisms that parties may adopt to resolve their disputes. It is legally binding, enforceable, and final. With international commercial arbitration, parties can readily choose from a number of established institutions and rule-making bodies to administer and supervise the process. These include the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Hong Kong Internat

Liu & Partners Founder, Mr. Jan-Wei (David) Liu, was invited to speak to over 300 audiences including judges, lawyers, academics, and the police force at the 4th Lake Tai Sinology Forum in Jiang Su Province on “Taiwan’s experience with the Rule of Law and the ‘Chinese Dream’” on September 29, 2016. Other speakers included Mr. Zhongqiu Zhang (Professor and Deputy Dean of the Institute of Legal History of China University of Political Science and Law); Mr. Yanlei Wu (Former Pa