Academic Position : Lecturer (International Commercial Arbitration) - Queen's University

Education : Deakin University (LLB (Hons) - 1999); University of Melbourne (LLM - 2006; BCom - 1995)

Experience as counsel:

International arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC, JCAA,LCIA and SCC (mostly energy and construction); arbitration-related proceedings before national courts; Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC Court of International Arbitration (2001 - 2005)

Experience as arbitrator:

Sole arbitrator, president, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator under various rules (ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB etc.)

Publications:

• "William Nagel v. The Czech Republic: Is the "Investment Question" Jurisdictional Substantive or Both?," 2006(2) Stockholm Int'l Arb. Rev. 147 (with M. Polkinghorne)

• "Practical Issues In Arbitration Practice Involving The People’s Republic of China," 21(9) Int'l Arb. Rep. 30 (2006) (with M. Polkinghorne)

• "Questions pratiques nées de la procédure arbitrale impliquant la République populaire de Chine," Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers 159 (Sept./Nov. 2006) (with M. Polkinghorne)

• "Interest in ICC Arbitral Awards: Introduction and Commentary," 15(1) ICC Bull. 53 (2004) (with L. Hammoud)

• "Amaltal Corp. Ltd v. Maruha (NZ) Corp. Ltd. – Scope of the public policy exception," 2004(5) Int'l Arb. L. Rev. N-66

• "Awards and Orders Dealing with the Advance on Costs in ICC Arbitration: Theoretical Questions and Practical Problems," 14(1) ICC Bull. 59 (2003)

• "Terms of Reference and Negative Jurisdictional Decisions: A Lesson from Australia," 18(2) Arb. Int'l 125 (2002) (with S. Greenberg)

• "Suspension of the Enforcement of Awards under Article VI of the New York Convention – Proof and LSAs," 5(1) Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 1 (2002)

• "Shades of Delocalisation – Diversity in the Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore," 17(5) J. Int'l Arb. 123 (2000)

• "Confidentiality and Privacy in International Commercial Arbitration: The Lessons of Ali," 2000(4) Vindabona J. 89• "Beaufort Developments (NI) Ltd v. Gilbert-Ash (1998) 2 All ER 779," Building Dispute Practitioners Society Newsletter (Mar. 2000)

• "Multi-party, Multi-contract Rules and the Arbitrators' Role in Finding Consent," in The Powers and Duties of an Arbitrator: Liber Amicorum Pierre A. Karrer 327 (P. Shaughnessy and S. Tung eds., Kluwer, 2017)

• "A Mountain Too High: The Challenge of Setting Aside an Arbitral Award on the Basis of Fraud in Different Jurisdictions," (2013) 1 SchiedsVZ 20 (with M. Burianski et al.)

• "A Uniform, Three-step Approach to Interest Rates in International Arbitration," in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law: Synergy, Convergence and Evolution, Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten 431 (S. Kröll et al. eds., Kluwer, 2011)

• "William Nagel v. The Czech Republic: Is the 'Investment Question' Jurisdictional, Substantive or Both?," 2006(2) Stockholm Int'l Arb. Rev. 147 (with M. Polkinghorne)

• "Questions pratiques nées de la procédure arbitrale impliquant la République populaire de Chine," Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers 159 (Sept./Nov. 2006) (with M. Polkinghorne)

• "Amaltal Corp. Ltd v. Maruha (NZ) Corp. Ltd. – Scope of the public policy exception," 2004(5) Int'l Arb. L. Rev. N-66

• "Awards and Orders Dealing with the Advance on Costs in ICC Arbitration: Theoretical Questions and Practical Problems," 14(1) ICC Bull. 59 (2003)

• "Suspension of the Enforcement of Awards under Article VI of the New York Convention – Proof and LSAs," 5(1) Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 1 (2002)

• "Shades of Delocalisation – Diversity in the Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore," 17(5) J. Int’l Arb. 123 (2000)