2017年12月20日，中伦律师事务所合伙人刘相文律师受邀出席了2017威科企业法务大会暨合规与风控论坛，并就中国企业跨境投资争议解决与风险防控等热点问题发表了演讲。

On December 20^th 2017, Mr. LIU Xiangwen (Kevin), partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm was invited to the 2017 Wolters Kluwer Corporate Counsel Conference & Forum of Compliance and Risk Control, and gave a speech on the issues of dispute resolution and risk control of Chinese enterprises’ cross-border investment.

本届论坛由北京企业法律顾问协会与威科先行共同主办，系威科企业法务大会系列活动的第七届。大会邀请了来自国资委的相关领导、大型中外企业的法务总监以及行业资深律师作为嘉宾就企业合规制度建设、《反不正当竞争法》的修改、反垄断领域的实践、跨境投资争议解决以及风险防控等广受关注的问题进行探讨和经验分享，吸引了来自上百家中外企业的200多名法务人员前来参加。

The Conference was hosted by Wolters Kluwer and Beijing Corporate Legal Consultant Association, and was seventh conference of Wolters Kluwer’s series.

Certain officials of SASAC, legal directors of some large companies, and senior lawyers were invited as guests to discuss and share their experiences on construction of compliance system, amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, legal practices in anti-trust, dispute resolution and risk control of cross-border investment, and some other hot concerns. Given that, over 200 corporate counsels from different companies were attracted and attended the conference.

中伦律师事务所合伙人刘相文律师受邀在会上发表了主题为《中国企业跨境投资争议解决及风险防控》的演讲，专就多数中国企业在"走出去"过程中所面临的投资争议和风险等重大问题进行了讲解和经验共享，并结合数起近年来发生的中信泰富收购西澳洲磁铁矿项目等中国企业跨境投资案例以及他在处理跨境投资纠纷过程中的启示，向到会的企业法务就风险防控问题提出了建设性的建议。

Mr. LIU Xiangwen (Kevin) delivered a speech titled as "Dispute Resolution and Risk Control of Chinese Enterprises’ Cross-Border Investment", specially focusing on the significant problems of disputes and risks that Chinese enterprises are confronted with when they are "going out". Based on the enlightenment of recent cross-border investment cases, like CITIC Pacific’s acquisition program with Sino Iron ,and his own practices in solving such disputes, Mr. LIU provided some constructive advice on the prevention and control of risks to the attendees.

刘相文律师首先从近年来中国企业境外投资的发展趋势、地域和行业分布等因素入手，指出在境外对不同地域或不同行业进行投资所面临的风险不尽相同，并结合典型案例就各类常见经济、政治等风险进行了精彩讲解。刘律师指出，中国企业在跨境投资活动中应当进一步风险防控，尤其是要充分发挥法律团队的作用，并开展全面的尽职调查，针对东道国的特点设计防控措施，从交易前期开始就要重视争议解决问题，慎重选择准据法争议解决方式。而对于长期进行跨境投资活动的企业则应当建立全面、系统的风险防范长效机制和后期资源整合机制，确保回收投资收益和保有商业资源。

Mr. LIU Xiangwen (Kevin) started the speech with the trend, geographical and industrial distribution of cross-border investment of Chinese enterprises in recent years, and pointed out that the risks in different regions or industries are different. Combined with typical cases, Mr. Liu delivered a wonderful explanation about the usual risks, such as economic risks, political risks and etc. Mr. LIU emphasized that Chinese enterprises should take further risks prevention and control measures in their cross-border investment activities, particularly in making the full use of legal team, conducting thorough due diligence, designing prevention and control measures according to the characteristics of host countries, and attaching more importance on dispute resolution problem starting in the pre-transaction stage by choosing the applicable law and dispute resolution mechanism prudently. For those dedicating long-term cross-border investment activities, a comprehensive and systematic long-term risk prevention and post- transaction resources integration mechanism should be established to ensure the reclaiming of investment revenue and retaining of commercial resources.

而对于大家最为关注的跨境投资争议解决问题，刘律师则分别从相关条约、国内法的规定和跨境争议解决的实务操作的角度对境外投资相关的国际投资争端解决机制、国际商事仲裁、投资保护条约与协定及外国法院判决在国内的承认与执行等问题进行了详细的介绍，并指出在一带一路的背景之下，大量的中国企业已经走了出去，并涉足全世界不同的地区、不同的行业，随着中国签署《选择法院协议公约》和中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会推出《投资仲裁规则》，境外投资相关的争议解决和救济制度也更加完善，中国企业跨境投资的法律环境将不断改善。

As to the most concerned issue of cross-border investment dispute resolution, Mr. LIU delivered detailed introductions about the international investment dispute settlement mechanism for cross-border investment, international commercial arbitration, investment protection treaties and agreements, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments in China, from the perspectives of relevant treaties, the provisions of domestic law and the professional practices of cross-border dispute resolution. He pointed out that under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative, a large number of Chinese enterprises have already "Gone Out" and approached different regions and industries of the world. With the signing of the "Convention on Choice of Court Agreements" and the launching of the "Rules on Investment Arbitration" of CIETAC, the dispute resolution and remedial system related to cross-border investment has been further improved, and the legal environment for cross-border investment of Chinese enterprises will be constantly improved.

中伦律师事务所合规/政府监管业务领域拥有22名合伙人（境内17名，境外5名）以及超过100名专业人士，他们由具备广泛国际视野及深厚本土经验的专家律师组成，其中包括前任检察官、前任法官、主要监管部门（公安、工商、发改委、海关、质检、外汇管理、环保、税务、反垄断等）前任官员以及同时具备中国与外国律师资格的专业人士和境内外大型跨国企业前任合规官等。中伦合规团队能够全方位提供契合客户需求的各类合规法律服务，先后处理过众多在国内外有重大影响的合规项目。中伦是在该业务领域内领先的中国律师事务所，被"商法（China Business Law Journal）"、"中国法律商务（China Law & Practice）"、"亚洲法律概况（Asialaw Profiles）"等多家权威独立评级机构评选为2016年度合规/政府监管业务领域的顶级律师事务所。

Zhong Lun Law Firm has an outstanding team of lawyers in the compliance and regulatory practice field, including 22 partners (17 in domestic offices and 5 in cross-border offices) and over 100 professionals consisting of former prosecutors, former judges, former government officials (including public security, Administration of Industry and Commerce (AIC), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), customs, Quality supervision and Inspection and Quarantine，State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), environmental protection, tax, anti-trust, etc.), as well as attorneys, admitted in China and other jurisdictions, and former compliance officers of major Chinese and international corporations. By providing comprehensive services, which are tailored to clients’ needs, and by handling numerous high-profile cases initiated by both domestic and foreign authorities, Zhong Lun has established its position as a pioneer in this practice area. Zhong Lun was awarded as the top law firm of the year (on compliance/regulatory practice) in 2016 by independent ranking agencies including China Business Law Journal, China Law & Practice, Asialaw Profiles, etc.