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Company Background

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) was established in 1985 to assist disputing parties to solve their disputes by arbitration and by other means of dispute resolution. It was established by a group of the leading business and professional people in Hong Kong to be the focus for Asia of dispute resolution.

HKIAC is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee. It operates under a Council composed of business and professional people of many different nationalities and with a wide diversity of skills and experience. Administration of HKIAC is conducted by the Council through the Center's Secretary-General who is its chief executive and registrar.

Business Activities

The Centre provides a free information services on dispute resolution and through its council of leading local experts and its international network of contacts is able to provide a very wide range of literature and data relating to arbitration and other means of dispute resolution. The Centre maintains a growing library of books and publications which are available for reference to interested members of the public.

HKIAC's free information service covers the following areas:

- Furnishing general information and assistance in connection with both international and domestic dispute resolution.
- Answering enquiries concerning any proposed conciliation, mediation or arbitration in Hong Kong.
- Providing information on arbitration law and procedure relating to international arbitrations in Hong Kong.
- Giving information on appropriate forms of arbitration clauses.
- Advising on arbitrators' fees.
- Making any relevant enquiries of and arrangements with arbitration centres elsewhere in the world.

Parties should nevertheless obtain separate legal advice when necessary.