新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC）为加强与中国内地律师和律所的交流，在上海自由贸易试验区（自贸区）内成立了代表处。
从2014年起负责SIAC中国区业务的负责人冯璞律师具备中国执业资格，将领导上海办事处。她之前在北京的一家律所担任法律顾问。
SIAC的上海办事处是该中心继印度孟买和韩国首尔之后新加坡公司在上海办事处，成立的第三家海外前哨站，前两家办事处均于2013年开业。随着中国在过去五年中跻身SIAC的五大外国客户来源地，预计新办事处将有助于该中心向中国用户介绍自身服务。
新办事处还将与中国的仲裁委员会合作，通过为仲裁员和从业者组织社交活动以及提供培训，鼓励采取全球最佳做法。
去年11月，香港国际仲裁中心也在自贸区正式成立了代表处。这些代表处的开设正值中国国务院希望支持“引进国际知名的商业纠纷解决机构”新加坡公司在上海办事处，以推动自贸区进一步发展。
SIAC sets up office in Shanghai
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has opened a representative office in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) as it looks to strengthen ties with lawyers and firms in mainland China.
Sophia Feng, a China-qualified lawyer who has been in charge of SIAC’s China desk since 2014, will head the Shanghai office. Previously, she was a counsel with a Beijing law firm.
SIAC’s Shanghai office is its third outpost abroad, following offices in Mumbai, India, and Seoul, South Korea, both of which were launched in 2013. The new branch is expected to help promote SIAC’s services to Chinese users, as the country has ranked in the centre’s list of top five sources of foreign clients in the last five years.
It also aims to work with China’s arbitration commissions to encourage global best practices by organising networking events and training workshops for arbitrators and practitioners.
In November, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) also formally established a presence in the Shanghai FTZ. These office openings come as China’s State Council looks to support “the introduction of internationally renowned commercial dispute resolution institutions” as its pushes for the FTZ’s further development.
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