As the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Arrangement”) came into effect on 1 October 2019, parties to arbitrations administered by certain institutions and seated in Hong Kong may now seek interim measures from courts in Mainland China.  TianTong’s cross-border dispute resolution team prepares this article to address the mechanism under the Arrangement, as well as some of its main features and highlights.  A list of institutions and permanent offices in Hong Kong qualified under the Arrangement is attached in the article.  Recent updates on Chinese law are also provided.

A copy of the October 2019 newsletter is available here.