Professor Doug Jones AM RFD
Director
Professor Doug Jones AM is one of the leading arbitrators in the Asia-Pacific region. He is a Sydney-based partner in the Australian law firm of Clayton Utz where he heads the International Arbitration and Major Projects Groups of the firm. Doug is a door tenant at Atkin Chambers, London.
His experience includes acting as Arbitrator and Counsel in major international Arbitrations, and advising on major projects in the areas of buildings, road and rail infrastructure, power, potable and waste water, mining infrastructure and processing, and on and offshore oil and gas. He has had extensive experience in PPP and PFI projects. Details of his experience can be found at www.dougjones.info.
He is currently the President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (President Elect 2011), a foundation fellow and graded arbitrator of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia, President, Dispute Review Board Foundation Australia and a member of a number of panels of International Arbitral bodies.
In January 1999 Doug was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his services to construction law and dispute resolution.
Doug is ranked Tier 1 - Most in Demand Arbitrator in Chambers Asia 2009, he is ranked (sole) Leading Lawyer in Australia in PLC Which Lawyer 2009/2010, and noted in Chambers Asia 2008 as “a leading light for Asia-Pacific arbitration work.”. He is named in The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers 2008 as one of the Most Highly Regarded Individuals - Global. He is the only Australian lawyer nominated in the prestigious global list of the top nine lawyers.