Guantao Chengdu assists UNCITRAL Intersessional Meeting on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform
Guantao Chengdu recently received a letter of appreciation from Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, thanking Guantao Chengdu for its active participation in the UNCITRAL Intersessional Meeting on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (Eighth Intersessional Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III), who provided strong support for the high-quality organization of the meeting.
The UNCITRAL Intersessional Meeting on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (the Eighth Intersessional Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III) was successfully held in Chengdu from October 24 to 25, 2024. It mainly discussed the appellate mechanism and multilateral instruments on investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform. This was the first time that an international meeting of its kind was held in Mainland China.
The professional and efficient intersessional meeting attracted more than 140 UNCITRAL officials, some state delegates of Working Group III, observers from all over the world, well-known university experts and scholars, PRC and foreign arbitration experts, and contributed much wisdom and experience to further building consensus, promoting the ISDS reform and optimizing the global investment rule of law environment.
As legal advisers to Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, Guantao Chengdu partners and associates including Qiu Guangli, Yang Xuhui and Qin Xiaoxue provided full legal support for the activities of the intersessional meeting and were invited to attend the UNCITRAL Intersessional Meeting on ISDS reform.