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 Adviser, 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 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 legal practitioner, 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
Vice-President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Member, Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal
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Tribunal Member, National Sports Tribunal (Australia)
List of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration for Sport
List of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
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Member, Disciplinary Board, UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon
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PhD Candidate, Leiden University, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
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Australian Representative, International Law Association Arbitration Committee
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Professional Standards Taskforce, International Council for Commercial Arbitration
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ESG Subcommittee, International Bar Association Arbitration Committee
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