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MHJMC Designated as a Mediation Institution Handling CEPA Investment Disputes with Its 21 Mediators Listed as Hong Kong Designated Mediators
24 December 2018
On 17 December 2018, the Trade and Industry Department of HKSAR Government has announced on its website that the mechanism for settling investment disputes arising from Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) is mediation. It has introduced the mediation mechanism established by the Mainland and Hong Kong under the Investment Agreement. Meanwhile, the lists of designated institutions and mediators mutually agreed by the two sides have also been released:
Mediation institutions handling disputes between a Hong Kong investor and the Mainland:
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade / China Chamber of International Commerce Mediation Center
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Mediation institutions handling disputes between a Mainland investor and Hong Kong:
Hong Kong International Arbitration Center - Hong Kong Mediation Council
Mainland - Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center
MHJMC is honoured to be designated as one of the mediation institutions that are mutually agreed by the governments of two sides. Twenty-one mediators have been nominated by MHJMC and designated by the Department of Justice of HKSAR as the mediators of the Hong Kong side. The list is as follows:
- Mr. Chan Bing Woon
- Dr. Chan Kan Ip Philip
- Dr. Mingchao Fan
- Ms. Guo Xuanling
- Prof Iu Ting Kwok
- Mr. Kwan Wai King Frankie
- Ms. Kwok Wai Fong, Kitty
- Mr. Lai Tsz Kin
- Mr. Law Chi Kei Jacky
- Dr. Law Wai Hung
- Mr. Li Likun
- Ms. Pang Melissa Kaye
- Mr. Quan Chao Hui
- Mr. Sum Ronald Kwan Ngai
- Ms. Winnie Tam, SC
- Dr. Christopher To
- Ms. Wong Yan Amy
- Dr. Yau Pak Man
- Mr. Yuen Kwok Keung, Rimsky, SC
- Ms. Zhang Si Qi
- Ms. Zhong Zhifen
As the first mediation center jointly established by two major Mainland and Hong Kong mediation institutions, MHJMC enjoys the dual advantages under the principle of "One country, Two systems”. With the development of the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, MHJMC is bound to provide diversified cross-border dispute resolution services to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau and international enterprises and see a further consolidation of Hong Kong’s status as a dispute resolution hub in Asia Pacific region.
