Mr Adrian Lai JP, Deputy Secretary-General of Asian Academy of International Law and National Correspondent of China to UNCITRAL, was invited to speak at the Judicial Roundtable, held under the theme ‘Recent Trends in Dispute Resolution’, of the 6^th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit under Hong Kong Legal Week 2025.

According to the 2025 International Arbitration Survey published by Queen Mary University of London, Hong Kong is ranked the second most preferred seat of arbitration globally and is the most preferred arbitration seat in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at the session ‘Interactions between Alternative Dispute Resolution and Court Proceedings’, Mr Lai succinctly deliberated on (1) Hong Kong SAR’s contributions to the CLOUT database; and (2) harmony and divergence of common law jurisprudence on selected issues concerning international commercial arbitration.

The Judicial Roundtable was attended by 49 delegates coming from 26 jurisdictions.