The 2026 listing of leading Australian Arbitration Lawyers details individuals identified by clients and peers as having particular expertise in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution matters across all Australian legal markets.
Preeminent
Gitanjali Bajaj, DLA Piper – Sydney
Leon Chung, Herbert Smith Freehills – Sydney
David Jenaway, A&O Shearman – Perth
Bronwyn Lincoln, Thomson Geer – Melbourne
Sean Marriott, HFW – Perth
Leading
David Anthony, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Sydney
Max Bonnell, Henry William Lawyers – Sydney
Jo Delaney, HFW – Sydney
Adam Firth, Ashurst Perkins Coie – Sydney
Tom Fletcher, MinterEllison – Brisbane
Cameron Hassall, Clifford Chance – Sydney
Elizabeth Macknay, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer – Perth
Dylan McKimmie, Norton Rose Fulbright – Brisbane
Tamlyn Mills, Norton Rose Fulbright – Sydney
Georgia Quick, Ashurst Perkins Coie – Sydney
Nastasja Suhadolnik, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Melbourne
Robert Tang, Clifford Chance – Sydney
Russell Thirgood, Thirgood Dispute Resolution – Brisbane
James Wang, Mallesons – Perth
Recommended
Daniel Allman, Norton Rose Fulbright – Sydney
Mark van Brakel, A&O Shearman – Perth
Timothy Bunker, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Brisbane
Ryan Cable, Dentons – Brisbane
Lee Carroll, White & Case – Melbourne
Jennifer Chambers, King & Spalding – Sydney
Julia Dreosti, Clifford Chance – Perth
Scott Foreman, LK Law – Adelaide
Tom French, MinterEllison – Perth
Ante Golem, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer – Perth
Gowri Kangeson, DLA Piper – Melbourne
Judith Levine, Judith Levine Independent Arbitrator – Sydney
Jonathan Light, Allens – Sydney
Crispian Lynch, Gilbert + Tobin – Sydney
Peter Pether, MinterEllison – Sydney
Elizabeth Poulos, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer – Brisbane
Peter Sadler, HFW – Perth
Cameron Sim, Peter & Kim – Sydney
Todd Spiller, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Brisbane
Andrew Stephenson, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Melbourne
Damian Sturzaker, Marque Lawyers – Sydney
Deborah Tomkinson, Peter & Kim – Sydney
I-Ching Tseng, Tseng Consulting – Brisbane
Erika Williams, Williams Arbitration – Brisbane