10.12.07 16:51 Age: 17 yrs

SEMINAR: Thomas Klitgaard on Arbitration in China

On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Thomas Klitgaard, partner at Dillingham & Murphy, visited the head office of Lehman, Lee & Xu in Beijing to give a seminar on arbitration in U. S.-China trade related cases. Mr. Klitgaard addressed issues related to this topic, including applying an overseas judgment or arbitration award in China, dealing with the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, and a comparison of the Chinese and American approaches to arbitration and mediation.

Mr. Klitgaard has practiced law for over forty years in the United States and is an arbitrator and mediator of commercial, financial, intellectual property, distribution, and licensing disputes for the American Arbitration Association, and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. He is an adjunct professor of law in Asian legal systems at University of San Francisco Law School.

To learn more about Mr. Klitgaard’s practice, please visit Dillingham and Murphy’s website at: http://www.wirepaladin.com.

Lehman, Lee & Xu is a prominent Chinese corporate law firm and trademark and patent agency with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau, and Mongolia. The firm serves a diverse, international client base and has a long history of exchange with American and European lawyers and law firms. Mr. Edward E. Lehman, managing director is a leading expert on corporate law with twenty years of practice experience in Mainland China.   

To learn more about Lehman, Lee & Xu, please visit the firm’s website at www.lehmanlaw.com.