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Melbourne, AustraliaGLOBAL NEUTRALS / PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL RECORD
Darren James
Arbitrator & Mediator · Melbourne, Australia
Darren is an international award winning, commercial disputes lawyer. He has over 25 years of experience providing advice and representation in significant and high profile commercial disputes, Royal commissions and inquiries across a wide variety of industry sectors.
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OceaniaCURRENT BENCH
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mediation
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arbitration
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SECTOR
Banking and Finance
COUNTRY
Australia
CITY
Melbourne
REGION
Oceania
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PUBLIC BIOGRAPHY
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Darren was the exclusive two-time winner of the Most Influential Commercial Litigation Lawyer, Australia, 2019 and 2020 in the Corporate Excellence Awards, three-time winner of the ACQ5 Litigation Lawyer of the Year, Australia, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and winner of the Lexology ILO International Client Choice Award for Litigation (Australia) 2018. He is recommended in Doyle\'s Guide\'s list of leading Melbourne commercial disputes lawyers, and in Best Lawyers for alternative dispute resolution. He is a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and is on its Panel of Arbitrators, and is a Representative Neutral (Arbitrator, Mediator, Ombudsman & Negotiator) with the Federation of Integrated Conflict Management.
Darren has been described as \"stand[ing] apart from and above other litigation partners\", as having \"exceptional ability, both as a technical lawyer and as a strategic thinker\", and as \"resilient and tough\".
Darren draws on the depth of his experience and expertise to help his clients achieve their commercial objectives when faced with the wide range of legal, regulatory, commercial, insurance and brand issues often associated with significant commercial disputes, incidents and inquiries.
He is experienced in class actions, commercial proceedings, royal commissions and parliamentary committees of inquiry, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, as well as domestic and international arbitrations.
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TAGS
Arbitration · Mediation
INDUSTRY
Financial Services,Professional Services
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