Mark Dempsey, SC

Credentials

ADMISSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

  • 2004   Appointed as Senior Counsel for the State of NSW (SC)
  • 1988    Admitted to the Bar of NSW
  • 1983    Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and the ACT

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2020   Senior Fellow, Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC)
  • 2014    Accredited Mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS)
  • 2013    Fellow, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC formerly, KLRCA)
  • 2012    Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia (FCIArb) – Arbitrator
  • 2012    Fellow and Arbitrator, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
  • 1982    Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts: Australian National University, Canberra

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Appellate
  • Arbitration – International & Commercial
  • Commercial Law and Equity
  • Construction and Infrastructure Law
  • Competition and Consumer Law
  • Corporations and Insolvency
  • Banking Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Mediation – International and Domestic
  • Professional Liability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988 – Present  : Barrister and Senior Counsel, 7th Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers – Sydney, Australia

1982 – 1988        : Solicitor, Allen Allen & Hemsley (now, Allens Linklaters): Corporate, Finance and Litigation Departments – Sydney, Australia

CLIENTS

Include Commonwealth and State agencies (including Transport for NSW), major international and national infrastructure, mining, construction and engineering, manufacturing and trading companies, banks and major cultural, sporting and charitable institutions.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

  • Member of NSW Bar Association International Committee – from 2022 
  • Director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) – 2019
  • Chair of the International Committee of the Australian Bar Association (ABA) – from 2019
  • Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) – since 2012
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) – since 2012
  • Panel Arbitrator & Mediator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
  • Senior Fellow Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC)
  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
  • Society of Construction Law (Australia and UK) (SoCL)
  • Australian Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Bar Associations of ACT, NSW and Victoria
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