70 LAWYER MONTHLY ADR AWARDS 2024 Investment Arbitration Lawyer of the Year Areas of Expertise Litigation, arbitration and enforcement relating to construction, energy, finance, corporate equity, and real estate. CHINA Sun Wei Managing Partner - Zhong Lun Law Firm About Sun Wei Mr. Sun is a qualified to practice in People’s Republic of China and the New York State of the US. He graduated from New York University (LL.M), SOAS of University of London (LL.M.) and China University of Political Science and Law (LL.B.). Mr. Sun is Representative of China to UNCITRAL Working Group II, Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Member of ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Board Member of Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), Member of the International Advisory Board of Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Member of the Supervisory Board of Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC), Member of the Protem Committee for the Court of Arbitration of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and Member of the Rule Revision Committee for AIAC Arbitration Rules 2021, Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He is also Adjunct Professor at China University of Political Science and Law, Convenor of Construction Dispute Expert Group of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Chief Editor of China Construction Law Review (CCLR), and Secretary- General of The Permanent Forum of China Construction Law (PFCCL). Mr. Sun is frequently appointed as an arbitrator in international and domestic arbitration cases. He is a Panel Arbitrator of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR), Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA), Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC), and Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). He is also Panel Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC) and other leading arbitration institutions home and abroad. He is also Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL), and is on the List of Practitioner in International Arbitration of Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Mr. Sun has extensive experiences in arbitration, litigation and civil enforcement relating to construction and infrastructure, energy, finance, corporate equity, and real estate. He excels at sorting through intricate facts, quickly grasping key issues and assisting the clients in sketching out comprehensive and effective legal solutions. Mr. Sun has represented clients in many significant and complicated commercial dispute cases, covering jurisdictions such as the U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, Argentina, Peru, Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana, Namibia, Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zambia, etc. His most notable cases include: representing ED&F Man in applying for the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award rendered by the Sugar Association of London, which is a landmark case in China’s arbitral judicial review regarding public policy; sitting as the emergency arbitrator in the first emergency arbitration procedure in the Chinese Mainland; serving as the presiding dispute review expert in the first case applying the Construction Project Disputes Review Rules of CIETAC; acting as counsel in the first litigation in China between the applicant for independent guarantee and the issuer over wrongful payment under independent guarantee; served as the presiding case-managing attorney for a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) and successfully revoked an ICC arbitral award before the Singapore High Court and Singapore Court of Appeal, this was a very rare case where a Chinese enterprise successfully withdrew an arbitration award issued by an international authoritative arbitration institution in other jurisdictions.
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