At 7 p.m. on June 24, 2021 (1 p.m. Geneva time), Shenzhen Qianhai international commercial mediation center, Swiss Chinese Law Association and Geneva International Mediation Center signed a memorandum of cooperation online in the conference room on the 23rd floor of Hong Kong China Travel Service building, Futian District, Shenzhen.

Gao Shu, chairman of Shenzhen Qianhai international commercial mediation center, Wen Guihe, chairman of the board of supervisors, Zhu Hong, executive chairman and secretary general, and others attended the signing ceremony. Lawyer Huang Huanyu of the International Department of the mediation center presided over the ceremony.

Zhang Tianze, director of the Swiss Chinese Law Association, and Hermann Knott, member of the board of directors of the Geneva International Mediation Center, attended the signing ceremony on behalf of the Swiss Chinese Law Association and the Geneva International Mediation Center.

Figure ｜ signing memorandum

Simon Lawrence, managing partner of global arbitration group, Yonca y ü cel, Istanbul Arbitration Center, Gary birnberg, appeal mediator of Florida, Bernardo cartoni, partner of kancalaria cartoni law firm, Samantha Mathieu, partner of Samantha law firm, Kenneth Barden, independent consultant of Green Climate Fund More than 40 people, including Anna lachowska, chairman of the International Disability Committee, Olga tsiptse, chairman of the Greek branch of the EU digital protection expert committee, and Xiao Wanhua, senior partner of Shanghai Oriental Cambridge law firm, witnessed this important moment online.\

Figure ｜ online signing delegates

Shenzhen Qianhai international commercial mediation center has developed so far. Among the 116 first batch of mediators, international, Hong Kong and Macao mediators account for 40%. In the future, one belt, one road and another international business dispute will be further promoted. We will intensify our efforts to attract more international experts to the mediation center and become a foreign mediator. We will also increase the coverage of international commercial mediation centers in international commercial disputes.

Swiss Chinese Law Association (hereinafter referred to as "SCLA" or "Swiss Chinese Law Association"), founded in 2019 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an international bar association organization composed of 200 members from more than 19 countries / regions, including representatives of five major industries. The association strengthens legal understanding and cooperation between Europe and China by promoting exchanges between lawyers, scholars, the public sector and the private sector. Its main service areas include international investment, dispute settlement, M & A, public policy and international organization relations.

In February 2021, the Swiss Chinese Legal Association initiated the establishment of the Geneva International Dispute Institute. Both the Geneva International Mediation Center and GIDI are promoting the global development of mediation as an international dispute settlement mechanism. The organization uses the "mediation arbitration" model to better implement mediation agreements around the world, and promotes cross-cultural cooperation and exchange of mediators through training.

Figure ｜ introduction of Swiss Chinese Law Association

At the signing ceremony, Zhu Hong, executive chairman of the mediation center, pointed out that since its inauguration in August 2020, Shenzhen Qianhai international commercial mediation center has established close cooperative relations with many institutions. In the future, it will continue to promote cooperation with Swiss Chinese Law Association and Geneva International Mediation Center, share professional platforms, resources and advanced ideas, and realize win-win cooperation, mutual promotion Common development.

Wen Guihe, chairman of the board of supervisors, said that the mediation center will become an international mediation center and hopes that more international mediation elites will join. In the future, the three parties can have more forms of cooperation and strengthen exchanges and cooperation.

Finally, chairman Gao Shu congratulated the three parties on completing the signing and reaching an important milestone and epoch-making cooperation. We look forward to the early end of the epidemic. We welcome mediators from various countries to gather in Shenzhen for face-to-face communication and carry out normalized, more, efficient and in-depth mediation case cooperation.

Photo (from left to right) Wen Guihe, the supervisor of the mediation center, Gao Shu, the chairman, Zhu Hong, the secretary general, and Huang Huanyu, the lawyer of the International Department

According to the memorandum of cooperation signed by the three parties, Shenzhen Qianhai international commercial mediation center will establish a regular exchange mechanism with the Swiss Chinese Law Association and the Geneva International Mediation Center, and carry out in-depth cooperation in promoting commercial mediation cooperation, mutual recognition of mediators, joint mediation and training of mediators through jointly holding conferences, seminars and forums, Promote the development of transnational mediation.