GAR Live Shanghai, held on 19 June 2025 at the offices of Zhong Lun, was a resounding success. The GAR live events continue to provide an opportunity for leading International Arbitration practitioners to gather, network and exchange views.

Jason Fry KC delivered a thought-provoking Keynote Address touching on the need for civility between opposing advocates in international arbitration, followed by a succession of excellent speakers on diverse topics, Olga Boltenko, Mariel Dimsey, Gary Gao,

David Gu, Colin Liew, Xin Liu, Siraj Omar SC, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Winnie Tam SC, Brad Wang, Suosheng Xu, Ben Dominic Yap, Friven Yeoh, Weina Ye and Xi Zhang

Jeremy Bartlett  spoke in a session entitled “What Would You Do?”, in which the panel outlined a number of practical problems found in international arbitral practice, and put the audience to a vote on how they would have resolved the conundrum as Arbitrator if put in the ‘hot seat’. This was followed by open discussion between panel and audience. The Moderator was Alain Fahard and sharing the panel with Jeremy Bartlett were Henry Huang and Tim L’Estrange.

Thanks to Tao Jingzhou and Alastair Henderson who Co-Chaired the event with aplomb, to Zhong Lun for hosting the event and to the GAR personnel