International Arbitration 2025

CHINA Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ernest Yang, Xiaoshan Chen, Han Ma and Dewey Song DLA Piper UK LLP DLA Piper UK LLP is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The firm’s leading international arbitration practice has lawyers located worldwide. Many of its lawyers are recognised leaders in the field of inter - national arbitration and work for the institutions that administer international arbitration across the world. DLA Piper’s global team has vast experience in con - ducting international arbitration, acting as counsel or

sitting as arbitrator under all the major institutional and procedural rules, including those of the AAA, CI - ETAC, DIAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Milan Cham - ber of Commerce, SCC, SIAC and UNCITRAL. The global reach of the firm means it is particularly well placed to put together teams that speak the “right language” – not just literally, but also in the sense of understanding first hand the key business, political and cultural issues.

Authors

Ernest Yang is co-head of international arbitration for Asia- Pacific at DLA Piper. He is experienced in managing international disputes covering areas such as trade and commodities, joint ventures,

Han Ma is an of counsel in the litigation and regulatory group at Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm. He has extensive experience in international and foreign commercial arbitration and litigation. Han has handled

energy, international investment and technology. Ernest is also experienced in handling arbitration disputes in various venues, before arbitral institutions such as the SCC, CIETAC, HKIAC, BIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SCMA, SHIAC and SIAC. Since 2011, he has been accepting arbitrator appointments and has been appointed as an arbitrator in various jurisdictions. Ernest is on the panels of SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC and BIAC, and he is newly appointed to the HKIAC Council.

disputes across a range of sectors, including international sales of goods, mergers and acquisitions, construction, technology and trade secret disputes. He regularly represents clients in proceedings before major arbitration institutions such as the ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, SHIAC and SCIA, as well as in PRC courts at various levels.

Dewey Song is an associate in the litigation and regulatory group at Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm. With significant experience in commercial arbitration, he has represented clients before leading institutions including

Xiaoshan Chen is the China head of international arbitration at DLA Piper. He is the key point of contact for DLA Piper’s China-related international commercial arbitration. Xiaoshan is experienced in handling international

the HKIAC, BIAC, CIETAC and SHIAC. Dewey’s practice also encompasses arbitration-related litigation matters before various courts in Mainland China.

arbitration both inside and outside of Mainland China, before institutions such as BIAC, CIETAC, HKIAC, SHIAC and SIAC, and has expertise in handling disputes covering areas such as construction, joint ventures, energy, shipping and shipbuilding.

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