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Michael PRYLES |
IAI Correspondent |
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Suite 304 521 Toorak Road Toorak Melbourne, Victoria 3142 Tel: +61.3.8590.5642 Tel: +61.407.900.186 (Cell) mail@michaelpryles.com
michael@michaelpryles.com
20 Esssex Street London WC2R 3AL United Kingdom Tel: +44.20.7842.1200 Fax: +44.20.7842.1270 mpryles@20essexst.com |
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Languages |
English (native); German |
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Nationality |
Australia |
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Bar Admission |
Melbourne - 1972
Sydney - 1989
Singapore |
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Education |
Bond University (Doctor of Philosophy - 1992); University of Melbourne (Doctor of Laws - 1982); Southern Methodist University, Texas (Doctor of the Science of Law - 1970) |
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Academic Position |
Adjunct Professor - University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, and Bond University and Murdoch University
Former Henry Bournes Higgins Professor of Law - Monash University, Melbourne |
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Experience as Arbitrator |
Chair, Sole arbitrator and member of the tribunal in numerous arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC and SIAC, in a variety of Asian, European and American venues; Member, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (appointed by Australia); Commissioner, United Nations Compensation Commission; |
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Experience as Counsel |
International arbitration proceedings in Melbourne and Paris, ad hoc and under the Rules of the ICC |
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Awards Rendered |
Publicly available awards include:
• ICSID Case No. ARB/14/25, Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China, Award, 9 March 2017 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/13/33, PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd. v. Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Award, 5 May 2015 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/13/33, PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd. v. Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures, 21 Jan. 2015 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No ARB/10/12, Standard Chartered Bank v. United Republic of Tanzania, Award, 2 Nov. 2012 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/09/17 (Annulment), Commerce Group Corp. & San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc. v. Republic of El Salvador, Decision on El Salvador's Application for Security for Costs, 20 Sept 2012 (full text ITA)
• UNCITRAL Case, Ulysseas, Inc. v. The Republic of Ecuador, Final Award, 12 June 2012 (full text ITA English) (full text ITA Spanish)
• ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/05/2, Cargill, Inc. v. United Mexican States, Award, 18 Sep 2009 (full text (redacted) ITA)
• ICSID No. ARB/05/15, Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi v. Arab Republic of Egypt, Award, 1 June 2009 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/04/2, Western NIS Enterprise Fund v. Ukraine, Order, 16 Mar 2006 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer) |
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Publications Relating to Arbitration |
• Dispute Resolution in Asia (Kluwer, 2d ed. 2002)
• International Trade Law (Law Book Co., 2d ed. 2002)
• Australian Private International Law (Law Book Co., 1991)
• Dispute Resolution in Australia / Japan Transactions (Law Book Co., 1983)
• Co-editor, Asian International Arbitration Journal
• Co-editor, Journal of International Arbitration
• Australia," in ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer, 2012)
Numerous articles on arbitration, dispute resolution, and private international law, including:
• "The Case for International Arbitration," Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Journal (forthcoming)
• "Mediation Confidentiality in Subsequent Proceedings," paper delivered at ICCA Conference (Beijing, May 2004) (forthcoming)
• "Internationality and Commerciality, under the UNICTRAL Model Law," Singapore (forthcoming)
• "Multiple Claims in Arbitration Between States the Same Parties," (paper presented to ICCA Congress, Dublin, 2008) (forthcoming)
• "The Kaplan Lecture 2009 - When is an arbitration agreement waived?," 27(2) J Int'l Arb. 105
• "Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards Under the New York Convention in Australia and New Zealand," 25(6) J. Int'l Arb. 2008 899 (with R. Garnett)
• "Reservations Available to Member States: The Reciprocal and Commercial Reservations," in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and International Arbitral Awards - The New York Convention in Practice 161 (E. Gaillard and D. Di Pietro eds., Cameron May, 2008)
• "Lost Profit and Capital Investment," 1(1) World Arb. and Med. Rev. 1(2007)
• "Reflections on Transnational Public Policy," 24(1) J. Int'l Arb. 1(2007)
• "The Recognition and Enforcement of Taiwan Arbitral Awards in Australia," 25(1) VJ 2007(1)
• "Limits to Party Autonomy in Arbitral Procedure," 24(3) J. Int'l Arb. 327 (2007)
• "Inoperative and Operative Arbitration Agreements-Developments in Australian Case Law," 23(3) J. Int'l Arb. 227 (2006)
• "Arbitrating Disputes in the Resource Industries," 22(5) J. Int'l Arb. 375 (2005)
• "Confidentiality," in The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitratin 415 (L. Newman and R. Hill eds., Juris Publishing, 2004)
• "Excluding the Model Law" (forthcoming in Int'l Arb. L. Rev.)
• "Application of the Lex Mercatoria in International Commercial Arbitration," 18(2) Int'l Arb. Rep. 1 (2003)
• "Australia and New Zealand," in Arbitration in Asia (M. J. Moser ed., LexisNexis, 2002)
• "Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses," 18(2) J. Int'l Arb. 159 (2001)
• "International Arbitration in Australia," a paper delivered to a seminar organised by the Commercial Arbitration Association of the Republic of China in Taiwan, Dec. 2001
• "Assessing Dispute Resolution Procedures," 7 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 267 (1996)
• "National Report on Australia," in International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration (Sanders ed., Kluwer, 1996)
• "The International Arbitration Regime in the Asia-Pacific Region," 10 ICSID Rev. 129 (1995)
• "Interlocutory Orders and Convention Awards: the Case of Resort Condominiums v. Bolwell," 10(4) Arb. Int'l 385 (1994)
• "Money Judgements in Australia," Corporate Counsel's International Adviser, Vol.110, Jul. 1994
• "Money Judgement in Australia," in International Recognition and Enforcement of Money Judgements Business Law Inc. (Paley ed., 1994)
• "The Drafting of International Arbitration Agreements," (paper delivered at ICC Conference on 'International Commercial Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific Region' Hong Kong, Mar. 1994)
• "Foreign Awards and the New York Convention," 9(3) Arb. Int'l 259 (1993)
• "Institutional International Arbitrations," Vol.2(4) The Arbitrator (1993)213 also published (1993)67 Aust. L. J. 503
• "Current Issues in International Arbitration in Australia," 9(4) J. Int'l Arb. 57 (1992)
• "Arbitration" in Australian Private International Law Third Edition (E. Sykes, M. C. Pryles eds., Sydney: Law Book Co, 1991)
• "International Arbitration in Australia," Vol.19(4) J. Japanese Institute of Int'l Bus. Law (1991) 453
• "Dispute Resolution Clauses in Contracts," 1990(1) Aust. Disp. Res. J. 116
• "International Arbitration in Australia," 1 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 37(1990)
• "Legal Issues Concerning International Arbitrations," 1990(64) Aust. L. J. 470
• "International Dispute Resolution and Litigation in Australia," Vol.16(10) Int'l Bus. Lawyer Nov. 1988
• "'Comparative Aspects of Prorogation and Arbitration Agreements," 1976(25) Int'l and Comp LQ 543 |
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Other Connections with France |
Former member (Australia), ICC International Court of Arbitration; Chairman, ICC Australia; Legal advisor to several French corporations |
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