Speakers

Mr. Lijun Cao

Lijun Cao is a partner and co-head of Zhong Lun’s Dispute Resolution Department. He is licensed to practice law in China and New York State.

Lijun has extensive experience in international arbitration and commercial litigation. Lijun currently represents and advises clients on commercial arbitrations in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other jurisdictions, as well as lawsuits before various people’s courts in Mainland China. He also handles investment arbitration.

Lijun is also an experienced arbitrator. He sits on the panel of arbitrators of several arbitral institutions, including CIETAC, HKIAC, SIAC, AIAC, KCAB, WIPO, etc. Lijun is a Member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, a Member of the Advisory Committee of CRCICA, a Vice Chair of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of ICC China, and a Vice Chair of the Arbitration and Lawyer Mediation Committee of the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA).

Lijun has received numerous awards and recognitions from legal media and directories. Since 2014, Chambers Global has continuously ranked Lijun as a “Band 1” international arbitration lawyer. He received the award of “Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution/Arbitration” from China Law & Practice (CLP) in 2014 and 2015, and “Lawyer of the Year-China” by Benchmark Litigation in 2019.

Lijun’s publications include:

“A Guide to the CIETAC Arbitration Rules and Practice”, Oxford University Press, November 2020;
China Chapter, “The Global Damages Review – Edition 4”, The Law Reviews, October 2022;
“Chinese SOEs and Their Investments along the Belt and Road”, Chapter 11 of “Managing Belt and Road Business Disputes: A Case Study of Legal Problems and Solutions”, Wolters Kluwer, April 2021;
China Chapter, “Investment Treaty Arbitration 2021”, Law Business Research, November 2020;
“Harmony in Dispute: Influence of Chinese Culture on Chinese Arbitration”, Chapter 1 of “International Arbitration: When East Meets West: Liber Amicorum Michael Moser”, Kluwer Law International, October 2020.