Blake Dawson

Our firm

Blake Dawson is an international law firm with Australian origins and is one of Australia's leading law firms. We practise principally in the Asia and Oceania region. We advise on most areas of Australian law including banking and finance, capital markets (debt and equity) & securitisation, commercial litigation and arbitration, commercial property, company law and governance, competition and consumer protection, construction, environment, financial markets, funds management and superannuation, government, health, industrial relations and employment, infrastructure, insurance & risk management, intellectual property and patents, IT, communications and media, M&A, native title, project, asset and structured finance, resources and energy, restructuring and insolvency, retail finance, tax, tourism and gaming and trade & transport.

We have a large dispute resolution team, comprising of more than 150 lawyers across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. We are known as a "leading practice" in dispute resolution and our clients attest that our team members “understand legal issues, explain them in a coherent manner and apply them in a commercial way” (Chambers Global 2004-05).

International Commercial Arbitration

Our specialist international commercial arbitration team provides advice to corporations and governments in all aspects of arbitral proceedings including:

  • negotiating and drafting binding arbitration agreements
  • appointing an arbitrator
  • agreeing the procedure to be adopted in the arbitration;
  • preparation and presentation of evidence
  • understanding of international rules for administering and conducting arbitration including UNCITRAL, ACICA, ICC, CIETAC, LCIA & HKIAC
  • developing strategies for dealing with arbitral proceedings
  • engaging counsel
  • appeals from arbitral awards to courts of competent jurisdiction

Many of our team are members of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators of Australia and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and some are graded arbitrators.

Contacts

For more information visit our website www.bdw.com

Sydney
Alex Baykitch, Partner
Phone: +61 2 9258 6752
Email: Alex.Baykitch@blakedawson.com

Melbourne
Gordon Hughes, Partner
Phone: +61 3 9679 3395
Email: gordon.hughes@bdw.com

Brisbane
Ray Lindwall, Partner
Phone: +61 7 3259 7444
Email: ray.lindwall@bdw.com

Perth
Mirina Muir, Senior Associate
Phone: +61 8 9366 8760
Email: mirina.muir@bdw.com.a