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IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSpeaker information
Douglas Jones
Biography
Doug Jones AO is a leading independent international commercial and investor-state arbitrator with over 40 years' prior experience as an international transactional and disputes project lawyer. Doug has chambers in Sydney and Toronto and is a door tenant at Atkin Chambers in London. He is also an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court. Doug has been involved in over 190 arbitrations which include construction, infrastructure, energy, commodities, intellectual property, joint venture, and investor-state disputes spanning over 30 jurisdictions around the world. He has extensive experience under the ICC, LCIA, AAA, ICDR, KCAB, AIAC (formerly KLRCA), CRCICA, SIAC, VIAC, SCC, DIAC, PDRCI, ACICA, Resolution Institute, AMINZ, QICCA and European Development Fund Arbitration and Conciliation Rules, as well as the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, in disputes of values exceeding some billions of USD. Doug has published and presented extensively, and holds professorial appointments at Queen Mary College, University of London and Melbourne University. In addition, Doug has held appointments at several international professional associations, including serving as the President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). Doug was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2012 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his distinguished service to the law and leadership in arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, policy reform, and national and international professional organisations. He was elected an Honorary Bencher of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn in 2020. For a list of Doug’s publications, see https://dougjones.info/wp/publications/
Session
What role has good advocacy in mediations and arbitrations?
Tuesday 10 October (1430 - 1730)
Room C4.7, Convention Centre, Level 4
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