Personal bio

Mark is a highly experienced barrister, arbitrator and adjudicator specialising in construction, infrastructure, commercial, and property dispute resolution.

He has been appointed as sole arbitrator in a wide range of commercial disputes including construction and infrastructure projects, commercial leases, forestry, real estate and commercial contracts.

Mark graduated BA/LLB from the University of Canterbury (Christchurch) in 1993, and was admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1994. Mark completed a LLM (Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2001.

He is a Fellow and former Council Member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ). He is also a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He is on a number of arbitral panels including the ICC, ACICA and AMINZ.

Mark is one of the founding members of FortyEight Shortland Barristers chambers in the Vero Centre at 48 Shortland Street, in the heart of Auckland’s legal and financial district.