Personal bio
I am a Senior Counsel at 13 Wentworth Selborne Chambers in Sydney and Gatehouse Chambers, London. With over 30 years at the Bar, I have considerable experience acting for, and advising, clients globally, in complex commercial, building and construction, professional negligence and insurance-related disputes. I have a strong interest in alternative dispute resolution, and in particular, international commercial arbitration. With Chambers in Sydney and London and possessing specialised knowledge and expertise in commercial, maritime and building and construction disputes, I have appeared in local and overseas jurisdictions, including Sydney, Hong Kong, London, Dubai and Frankfurt, within commercial arbitrations and mediations as counsel, arbitrator and mediator. I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a graded arbitrator with the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators, Australia, a BarADR approved arbitrator and mediator by the NSW Bar Association and a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). I am an accredited mediator under the Australian National Mediator Accreditation Standards and a court-appointed mediator by the Supreme and District Courts of New South Wales. I am also Chair of the Board of the New South Wales International Committee