The 2012 Revision of the CIETAC Arbitration Rules - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 67, No. 2
Anthony Connerty is a barrister in practice at Lamb Chambers, Temple, London. He is a CIETAC arbitrator. He has acted as counsel for Chinese clients in litigation in the English courts and in international arbitrations, and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in major international commercial arbitrations in multi-million U.S. dollar claims-AAA/ICDR, ICC, LCIA, SCC, LME and ICA - and in ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. He is an accredited mediator (IMI and CEDR) and acts as counsel and mediator in international mediations:
he has acted in mediations in Beijing and Singapore. He is chairman of the CIETAC Foreign Arbitrators’ Forum (www.cfaforum.co.uk) and head of the IDR Group® (www.idrgroup.org). His contact information is anthonyconnerty@idrgroup.org.
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr. Yu Jianlong, Secretary General of CIETAC, in writing this article.
Originally from Dispute Resolution Journal
CIETAC has changed its arbitration rules to bring them more in line with international arbitration practice and the rules of other international arbitral institutions.
The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) is one of the world’s major arbitration institutions and one of its busiest.1 Headquartered in Beijing, with sub-commissions in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Chongqing, CIETAC has nearly one thousand arbitrators on its panel, including 200 from jurisdictions outside of China. Over 40 arbitrators on the panel reside in the United Kingdom,2 nearly 50 reside in the United States, and more than 10 in Canada.