CURRICULUM VITAE
SUMMARY
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Present
Independent Arbitrator
2008-2019
Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands
2003-2008
Senior Associate, White & Case LLP, New York, U.S.A.
2002
Assistant Advisor, Commonwealth Attorney-General, Canberra, Australia
2002-2003
Law Clerk, International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands
2001
Judge's Associate, High Court of Australia, Sydney & Canberra, Australia
QUALIFICATIONS
2003
Admitted as an attorney, New York State, U.S.A. (S.D.N.Y. 2004, 2nd Cir. 2006)
1999-2000
Master of Laws (LLM) New York University School of Law, U.S.A. (on Hauser Global Scholarship and Fulbright Award)
2000
Admitted as a lawyer, New South Wales, Australia
1994-1998
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of New South Wales, Australia (with University Medal for Law, awarded for ranking first of 280 students)
1994-1996
Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of New South Wales, Australia (major in French)
NATIONALITY
& LANGUAGE
Citizen of Australia and Ireland
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Native English speaker
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Working knowledge of French
OTHER CURRENT
ENGAGEMENTS
President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
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Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (designated to "Chair's List" by President of World Bank)
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Member, National Sports Tribunal (Australia)
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Senior Member, New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Australia)​
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Judge, Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal
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Panel of Experts to Develop a Paris Agreement Conciliation Annex, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
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List of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration for Sport
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Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
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Panel of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
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Panel of Arbitrators, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) International
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Panel of Arbitrators, Asian International Arbitration Centre
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Panel of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration for Art​
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PhD Candidate, Leiden University, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies