RFTA has signed a memorandum with the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission

The Academy was visited by a delegation from the Guangzhou Arbitration Center — RFTA partners in the International Student Competition named after M.G. Rozenberg.

RAFT Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Tatiana Anisimova and the Chairman of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Wan Tianxi signed the “Memorandum on Joint Support for Talented International Lawyers.”

Key objectives of the cooperation include:

• I Integration of legal education and arbitration practice
• New internships and practical training opportunities for RFTA students in China
• Assisting the Academy in preparing specialists for the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission in international arbitration
• Collaboration in participation in cross-border and digital arbitration
• Joint organization of scientific events for students and professionals
• Development of educational materials and research activities
  

Within the framework of the visit of the Guangzhou delegation to the Academy there were held:
- International Scientific-Practical Seminar “BRICS and International Commercial Arbitration: Opportunities and Challenges of Development”
- the First Meeting of the BRICS Countries' Arbitral Centers International Expert Committee

Participants included representatives from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Among the speakers there were leading lawyers, arbitrators, scientists, and government officials. The discussions focused on the development of digital and cross-border arbitration, new approaches to dispute resolution, current challenges of law enforcement in BRICS countries, and new technologies in work processes.

Chairman of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Wan Tianxi emphasized that the creation of an International Expert Committee by the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission is the first step towards building a new architecture of BRICS countries’ arbitration system.

At the end of the event, Professor Nina Grigoryevna Vilkova and Head of the Department of Private International Law Elena Sitkareva received certificates appointing them as members of the International Expert Committee of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission.