Chambers of Mark Dempsey SC

Arbitrator Mediator Expert Determiner

Arbitrator Mediator Expert Determiner

Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner

2012 – present

Senior Counsel, NSW and Australian Bars

2004 – 2024

7th Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers – Sydney, Australia

Maxwell42 International Arbitration Chambers - Singapore 

Barrister - NSW and Australian Bars

1988 – 2004

7th Floor Wentworth Selborne Chambers – Sydney

Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers - Sydney 

Solicitor

1982 – 1988

Allen, Allen & Hemsley (now known as Allens)

Corporate, Finance and Litigation Departments – Sydney, Australia

English

Member of Dispute Resolution Board Foundation – 2012-2015 and from 2024 Member of ACICA Professional Advisory Board – since 2024 Member of ICC Australia – since 2024 Co-Chair of NSW Bar Association International Committee from 2023, and member since 2021 Arbitrator on the Dubai International Arbitration Court (DIAC) Arbitrator List – since 2023 Member of London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – since 2023 Member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators – since 2022 Member of Expert Determination Panel at the Resolution Institute – since 2021 Chair and Head of Chambers – 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Sydney – 2020 to 2022 Member of the Society of Construction Law (SoCL) (Singapore) – since 2020 Member of Victorian Bar – since 2020 Director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) – 2019 to 2024 Chair of the International Committee of the Australian Bar Association (ABA) – since 2019 Member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) – since 2019 Member of the Society of Construction Law (SoCL) (Australia) – since 2018 Member of the Society of Construction Law (SoCL) (UK) – since 2015 Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) – since 2014 Panel Arbitrator & Mediator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) – since 2013 Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) – since 2012 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) – since 2012 Director of Counsels Chambers Limited – 1993 to 2002 Member of the Australian Bar Association – since 1988 Member of the New South Wales Bar Association, ACT Bar Association– since 1988

BA LLB (Hons) Australian National University, Canberra ACT

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Theatre (Bell Shakespeare), Symphony, Opera