Recently, a seminar on “International Arbitration in Latin America” was held online, and Mr. Wang Xintong, partner of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, was the moderator of the seminar. Benjimín Silva and Juan Pablo Labbé, senior lawyers from Jana & Gil Law Firm in Chile, were the keynote speakers, while Wu Chen, Director of Chenzhang Law Firm, and Prof. Shi Yewei, Researcher of the Rule of Law and Sustainable Development Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, made comments and speeches.

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At the beginning of the seminar, Benjimín Silva and Juan Pablo Labbé introduced the issues related to international arbitration in Latin America from the aspects of China's investment in Latin America, investment dispute resolution mechanism and international arbitration dispute resolution mechanism.

In his comments, Prof. Shi Yewei thanked and recognized the content shared by the two speakers, emphasizing the increasing international trade between China and Latin American countries, especially Chile, and the demand for international arbitration. In his opinion, understanding the “Calvo Doctrine” is the key to solving the above problems.

Subsequently, Mr. Wu Chen, Director of Chenzhang Law Firm, introduced the development history of international arbitration in Latin America in his speech, and compared and introduced international commercial arbitration in Latin America and China in the speeches of the two keynote speakers.

In the warm atmosphere of exchange, Ms. Wang Xintong announced the successful conclusion of the seminar, and that this event provided Chinese practitioners with a valuable opportunity to learn about issues related to international arbitration in Latin America. She said that we expect more and more practitioners to pay attention to international arbitration related issues in the future and to improve the level of foreign-related dispute resolution in order to adapt to the higher requirements for legal practitioners posed by the reality of increasingly frequent international trade and investment under the trend of economic globalization.

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