Mr Nathan Landis (BA, LLB, Grad Dip LP, Grad Dip Mil Law (Merit), LLM (Commendation), DipICArb)
President
Nathan Landis is an experienced and versatile dispute resolution lawyer who has appeared in a broad range of matters in…
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Nathan Landis is an experienced and versatile dispute resolution lawyer who has appeared in a broad range of matters in a number of different jurisdictions; his practice focuses on dispute resolution in the energy and resources sector.
Mr Michael Gronow KC
Vice President
Michael is a Barrister at Law, Victoria and a Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School. Educational and professional qualifications: Bachelor…
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Michael is a Barrister at Law, Victoria and a Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School.
Educational and professional qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Melbourne (1988)
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Melbourne (1990)
Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of Australia (1991)
Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria (1991)
Master of Laws, University of Melbourne (1995)
Member of the Victorian Bar (1997)
Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Western Australia (1997)
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2001)
Senior Counsel – Victoria (2017)
Queens Counsel – Victoria (2018)
Diploma in International Arbitration (2018)
Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2019)
Victorian Bar Pro Bono Trophy (2019)
Relevant experience:
2006 – Current: Author, McPherson’s Law of Company Liquidation
2004 – Current: Joint Editor, Australian Bankruptcy Cases (New Series)
1999 – Current: External Lecturer in Insolvency Law, Melbourne Law School (subject co-ordinator since 2005, Senior Fellow since 2016)
1998 – Current: Co-author, Australian Bankruptcy Law and Practice
1997 – Current: Barrister, Victorian Bar, practising in Commercial Law including Insolvency Law (Silk from 2017)
1991 – 1997: Solicitor and Senior Associate, Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst)
Current Board Memberships:
2017 – Current: Member, Insolvency Practitioner Registration and Disciplinary Committees
2015 – Present: Member, Anglican Church Professional Standards Review Board (Victoria)
2005 – Present: Member, Electoral Tribunals of University of Melbourne Student Union and (since 2014) Graduate Students’ Association (nominee of Dean of Law School)
2011 – Present: Trustee, St Peters’ Eastern Hill Charitable Foundation
2004 Present: Member, Law Council of Australia, Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee
Former Board Memberships:
2014- 2019: Secretary, Melbourne Anglican Trusts Corporation
2014 – 2015: President, Medico Legal Society of Victoria
2012 – 2014: Vice President (Legal), Medico Legal Society of Victoria
2011 – 2012: Member, Victorian Bar Council
2006 – 2015: Member, Committee, Medico Legal Society of Victoria
1999 – 2005: Member, Victorian Bar Council
Mr Damian Sturzaker (Dip. Law (S.A.B) Sydney University, Dip. Private International Law, LLM, BA)
Treasurer
Damian is one of the longest serving national councillors of the Australia Branch and the head of the Dispute Resolution…
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Damian is one of the longest serving national councillors of the Australia Branch and the head of the Dispute Resolution team at Marque Lawyers, where he specialises in international arbitration.
Damian has over 30 years’ experience as a commercial litigator with specialist expertise in the areas of international arbitration and cross border dispute resolution. He has run international arbitrations in London, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is recognised as one of Australia’s leading lawyers in the field of Dispute Resolution by Legal 500, Best Lawyers and the Chambers Global and Asia Pacific Guides.
Damian has worked for major law firms in Australia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. He was awarded the Diploma of Private International Law by the Hague Academy of International Law in 1998, an honour obtained by only six other Australians.
Damian is a past President of the Australian branch of the International Law Association and is the branch’s representative on the international committee on International Arbitration. He is also an Australian representative for the World Bank Doing Business survey and the Australian reporter for Kluwer Arbitration.
He is a visiting professorial fellow in international arbitration at UNSW law school and has lectured at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Diploma Course as well as co-presenting the Accelerated Route to Fellowship course.
P: +61 2 8216 3066
E: damians@marquelawyers.com.au
Dr Dominic Katter (FCIArb, FCIArb, PRIMed,Adj, FHKICAdj)
Company Secretary
Dr Katter is a member of the Queensland Bar and is experienced in resource, infrastructure, building and revenue litigation and…
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Dr Katter is a member of the Queensland Bar and is experienced in resource, infrastructure, building and revenue litigation and arbitrations. He has appeared as Counsel in Royal Commissions, inquiries and statutory investigations.
He has been Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore International Commercial Court)
Individual with right of audience (Part II) – The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts
Barrister (Queensland and the High Court of Australia)
Barrister and Solicitor (Victoria and New Zealand)
Legal Practitioner (New South Wales, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory)
Lawyer (Papua New Guinea)
Legal Practitioner (admission for specific matters) (Solomon Islands)
Read more https://35westchambers.com/barristers/dr-dominic-katter/
Mr Leon Chung
Councillor
Leon holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Sydney. He is…
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Leon holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Sydney.
He is admitted to practise as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and of ACICA.
Leon is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in the Disputes Group. He is an experienced and highly regarded litigator and arbitrator. His practice encompasses commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and inquiries, international arbitration and disputes and providing crisis and risk management and strategic advice to Boards. Leon has advised and acted across a number of industries for global clients.
He has particular expertise in alternative dispute resolution processes including international arbitration, expert determination and mediation; in international investments and cross-border transactions including FTAs and investment treaties; and in corporate responsibility compliance with anti-foreign corruption and sanction regimes.
Leon is consistently ranked as a leading commercial litigator and arbitrator. Most recently he was listed in Best Lawyers Australia as a leading lawyer in Disputes, Alternative Disputes Resolution and Regulatory Practice and in Doyle’s Guide as a Pre-Eminent Arbitration Lawyer. He was also named in Global Arbitration Review’s Who’s Who’s Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders 2017 and 2018 and Asia Pacific Legal 500.
Leon is a Councillor and Vice-President of CIArb Australia and a director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, which are Australia’s leading dispute resolution bodies.
Mr Andrew Di Pasquale
Councillor
Andrew Di Pasquale practises in commercial law, public law and international commercial arbitration. Prior to joining the bar, Andrew was…
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Andrew Di Pasquale practises in commercial law, public law and international commercial arbitration.
Prior to joining the bar, Andrew was solicitor with varied commercial experience including working as a Senior Legal Consultant for DLA Piper – Dubai, as a solicitor in the construction groups of King & Wood Mallesons (then Mallesons Stephen Jaques) and Clayton Utz, and as in-house counsel for a mining company, Mitsubishi Development. Andrew was also the legal assistant to international arbitrator Neil Kaplan CBE, QC, SBS.
During his time as a solicitor, Andrew worked on large scale infrastructure projects, in both transactional and litigious capacities. Andrew also spent time on secondment to Telstra, Meraas Development (Dubai) and the Tourism Development Infrastructure Corporation (Abu Dhabi).
Mr Geoff Farnsworth
Councillor
Geoff is one of Australia’s leading transport and commodities lawyers with 30 years’ experience in the field. He practices in…
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Geoff is one of Australia’s leading transport and commodities lawyers with 30 years’ experience in the field. He practices in complex commercial, disputes and regulatory matters for clients involved with transport, agribusiness and energy and resources. He works closely with industry associations and brings a close working knowledge of industry practices to his legal advice. He advises clients in relation to dispute resolution (including domestic and international arbitration); Admiralty claims and ship arrest; ship sale and purchase; port logistics; regulatory matters; domestic and international sale of goods; trade finance and insurance; governance, business structures and competition law.
Geoff has been recognised in the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific guide for providing strategic and effective legal advice in the shipping space and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in Australia as a leading lawyer in ‘Transportation Law’, ‘Shipping & Maritime Law’ and ‘Trade Law’ since 2013. Geoff has also been recognised as a leading ‘Admiralty, Shipping & Maritime Law’ lawyer by Doyle’s Guide since 2016. In 2022, he was named by Who’s Who Legal as a global leader in the shipping space.
Geoff has a substantial arbitration practice both as arbitrator and advocate in relation to domestic and international transport and sale of goods. His relevant experience and qualifications include:
- Professional Certificate in Arbitration from the University of Adelaide (2006)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
- Secretariat to Grain Trade Australia Dispute Resolution process for 20 years.
Read more: https://www.holdingredlich.com/lawyers/sydney/geoff-farnsworth
Mr Tom French
Councillor
Tom specialises in commercial dispute resolution (including litigation, arbitration, and adjudication) in projects & construction, energy & resources, and professional…
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Tom specialises in commercial dispute resolution (including litigation, arbitration, and adjudication) in projects & construction, energy & resources, and professional practices.
Tom regularly advises contractors, principals, and engineers on major infrastructure disputes in respect to the construction of infrastructure on significant mining and resources projects in the Asia Pacific region, and in respect to the construction of significant commercial projects in Western Australia. Tom also acts for resources companies and services contractors in respect of commercial disputes, including oil and gas, iron ore, wind and solar, lithium, and uranium.
Tom has appeared in all superior courts in Western Australia and New South Wales, and the Federal Court and Full Federal Court of Australia, on appeals, trials, and interlocutory matters. He has also appeared in the High Court of Australia.
Career highlights
- Acted for a top tier contractor in respect of disputes arising out of Optus Stadium.
- Acted for a national contractor in respect of claims upstream arising out of the construction of solar and wind farms in Queensland.
- Acted for an iron ore producer in respect of rectification of mining infrastructure and business interruption claims following a fire on site.
- Acted for an international contractor in respect to disputes arising out of the construction of the Combined Cycle Power Plant on the Ichthys LNG Project;
- Acted for an international contractor in respect to a dispute in the Supreme Court of Western Australia arising out of the construction of a loading platform facility on the Wheatstone LNG Project;
- Advised an international contractor in respect to a dispute arising out of the construction of infrastructure on the Roy Hill Iron Ore Project;
- Acted for a national contractor in respect to disputes arising out of the construction of the Perth Children’s Hospital;
- Acted for and advised a top tier national contractor in respect to disputes arising out of the construction of significant projects in the Perth metropolitan area;
- Acted for a Houston based oil and gas major in respect of claims under trade practices legislation of more than AUD 100 million in multiple legal proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia involving gas sale contracts;
- Acted for a large public oil and gas company in relation to the explosion of a pipeline feeding into Western Australia;
- Appeared as counsel for a top tier national contractor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in relation to a significant dispute involving the construction of a commercial strata complex;
- Acted for the principal against engineers on a professional indemnity claim in relation to a mining production plant in Africa and for an insurer defending a professional indemnity claim against engineers in relation to the design of a mining production plant in the Dominican Republic;
- Acted for various commodity trading companies as charterers in relation to disputes with vessel owners involving the arrest of vessels in Western Australia and for ship owners in relation to vessels under arrest in Queensland and Western Australia;
- Advised ship owners in Korea on issues relating to cross-border insolvency in Australia under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency and the Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth);
- Advised on obtaining interim measures under the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) against third parties in Australia in relation to arbitration proceedings in London;
- Advised a panel of three arbitrators on procedural aspects of expert evidence in relation to an international arbitration in Australia under the ICC Rules.
Mr Kristian Maley (LLB (Hons) (Murd), BA (Murd,) MSc (KCL), FCIArb)
Councillor
Kristian is a councillor of CIArb and a Senior Associate of Clifford Chance’s arbitration team. His practice focuses on resolving…
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Kristian is a councillor of CIArb and a Senior Associate of Clifford Chance’s arbitration team. His practice focuses on resolving construction disputes on major projects across the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors. His experience extends to international arbitration and all major forms of dispute resolution, as well as assisting owners and contractors with contract and claims management.
Kristian’s recent experience includes:
- a SIAC arbitration relating to the construction of an iron ore mine in Western Australia;
- a number of disputes arising from the supply of mining and handling equipment fabricated in China for Australian resources projects, including an UNCITRAL arbitration in Singapore;
- acting for owners and contractors in statutory adjudications relating to mining and LNG projects.
Before joining Clifford Chance Kristian was an in-house counsel with John Holland, and has worked in the global disputes team of a US-based global law firm. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a Councillor of CIArb Australia, and Chair of the CIArb Australia Young Member’s Group. He has a Masters degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London.
Mr Martin Scott KC (BA, LLB, LLM, FCIArb)
Councillor
Martin Scott QC principally appears in superior courts of record and large commercial arbitrations (including international and expedited arbitrations) Martin’s…
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Martin Scott QC principally appears in superior courts of record and large commercial arbitrations (including international and expedited arbitrations)
Martin’s expertise includes shipping and transport, competition and general commercial law and infrastructure and project disputes. A significant part of his practice involves related legal advice, both tactical and strategic. He has practiced as an advocate for over 25 years.
Typical disputes (arbitration and litigation) include large ship casualties, transport infrastructure, electricity generation, mining and oil and gas production, contracts of affreightment, trade and commodities. Most involve issues of private international law. Details are available on request.
He is listed in Best Lawyers for International Arbitration, Shipping and Maritime Law, Doyle’s Guide as a leading arbitration, construction and transport barrister and as a Band 1 shipping lawyer in Chambers’ Asia Pacific Guide.
He is Chair of the Victorian Bar’s International Arbitration Committee, a Board Member Melbourne Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre (MCAMC), a Board Member Australian Center for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and a delegate for Australia to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Prof. Jeffrey Waincymer
Councillor
Professor Jeffrey Waincymer’s research and teaching is primarily in the fields of international trade and investment law, international dispute settlement,…
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Professor Jeffrey Waincymer’s research and teaching is primarily in the fields of international trade and investment law, international dispute settlement, arbitration, taxation and mooting. He is the author of Procedure and Evidence in International Arbitration; WTO Litigation: Procedural Aspects of Formal Dispute Settlement; and Australian Income Tax: Principles and Policy (2nd ed) and is a joint author of A Guide to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; A Practical Guide to International Commercial Arbitration; and also International Trade Law: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed).
Professor Jeffrey Waincymer has also been an arbitrator for a range of institutions including the ICC, SIAC, VIAC and HKIAC, as well as having been an ad hoc appointed arbitrator. He also practices mediation and acts as an expert witness, trade and investment consultant and mediator. He has previously been an Australian Government Nominee as a non-governmental panellist for the WTO and ICSID.
Ms Erika Williams (FCIArb)
Councillor
Erika Williams is a leading international arbitration practitioner with over 10 years’ experience acting in some of Australia’s largest disputes…
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Erika Williams is a leading international arbitration practitioner with over 10 years’ experience acting in some of Australia’s largest disputes resolved through arbitration. Erika is experienced in commercial, construction and investment arbitration and has acted in arbitrations under various arbitral institutions including ACICA, LCIA, ICC, SIAC, CIETAC and JCAA.
Erika is on the arbitrator panels of leading arbitral institutions including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, the Resolution Institute and the Queensland Law Society and sits as arbitrator and tribunal secretary.
Erika also provides consultancy services to in-house counsel and firms involved in arbitration and cross-border litigation.