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Norton Rose Fulbright is proud to host three events during Australian Arbitration Week. Together, our events will highlight the dynamic and evolving international arbitration landscape in our region.
Our events are intended to provide general information and do not constitute legal advice.
Previous sessions
Session 1:
Liberté, Égalité, Arbitr-abilité: Navigating disruption in global trade
(co-hosted with the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
Speakers:
- Daniel Allman, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Moderated by: Besma Grifat-Spackman, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
Panellists:
- Dr. Elizabeth Sheargold, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
- Benjamin Weiss, Chief Executive Officer, Veracity Worldwide
- Florence Riviere, Executive General Manager, Advisory, Bureau Veritas
Remarks:
- Paul Moing, Head, Victorian Chapter, French-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Session summary:
Against the backdrop of the recently concluded Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement, this panel will examine the broader forces reshaping global trade, investment, and dispute resolution. Bringing together perspectives from industry, geopolitics, and the law, the discussion will explore supply chain resilience, cross-border investment, and the evolving role of dispute resolution in an increasingly complex and fragmented global landscape.
Panellists will discuss how trade relationships between countries are changing, identify the main risks and opportunities for cross-border businesses, and offer practical guidance on navigating significant geopolitical change.
Session 2:
Arbitration in the fast lane: Speed and substance in ICC expedited arbitration
Speakers:
- Moderated by:The Hon, Steven Rares, KC
Panellists
- Sean Marriott, Partner, HFW
- Tejus Chauhan, Regional Director, ICC
- Daisy Mallett, Arbitrator, Mallett Law
- Amanda Neil, Arbitrator and Legal Counsel
Remarks:
- Tamlyn Mills, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Session summary:
Join us for this presentation exploring the role of expedited arbitration in response to calls for greater efficiency and reduced costs in international arbitration. Focusing on the ICC expedited arbitration framework, including amendments under the new ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, speakers will examine how to avoid common pitfalls while achieving fast, high-quality outcomes in the ‘fast lane’ of arbitration.
Speed is no longer optional in international arbitration - but can the fast lane deliver justice without cutting corners? This session dives into the world of ICC expedited arbitration, unpacking what the new 2026 Rules change, where parties trip up, and how to use the procedure strategically. From deciding whether to opt in or out, to managing due process under time pressure, our panel of arbitrators, counsel and users will share the hard-won insights that make the difference between fast and good - and when you can have both.
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Session 3:
Emission Impossible? Resolving carbon market disputes through international arbitration
Speakers
- Moderated by: Alan de Rochefort-Reynolds, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright
Panellists:
- Elisa de Wit, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Tamlyn Mills, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Bryce D Williams, Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration
Session summary:
Join us for a breakfast session at the intersection of climate, carbon markets, and international arbitration.
Our expert panel will lead an energising morning discussion exploring the big issues in voluntary and compliance carbon markets, areas of potential risk and disputation, and the role of international arbitration in addressing them – from contractual clashes and performance standards to the involvement of third parties, regulatory change, sovereign risk, and the use of scientific data and evidentiary issues. Bringing together leading carbon market and arbitration practitioners, this event will canvass emerging flashpoints across the carbon markets value chain.
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Speakers
Florence Riviere leads the Infrastructure Advisory team at Bureau Veritas. She is a trusted advisor with 20 years’ experience advising both public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, energy and industrial sectors. She is dedicated to the efficient, strategic and streamlined planning and delivery of her client’s projects. She advises on market entry, business case, planning and regulatory approvals, site selection, land access and social licence and environmental issues. Florence is also the creator and editor of 5 Minutes of Energy on a Friday, which provides weekly industry insight into the energy sector.
Dr. Elizabeth Sheargold is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University. Her research is primarily in the field of international economic law, with a particular interest in the relationship of rules governing international trade and investment with national security, climate policy and natural resource management. She is currently a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council grant examining national security exceptions in trade and investment agreements, and recently completed a project funded by the Department of Defence titled Australia and Weaponised Trade: Threats and Responses. Before moving into academia, she practised law in the Melbourne office of Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens) and as a Legal Adviser to Judge O. Thomas Johnson at the Iran – United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.
Ben leads the global operations of Veracity Worldwide, the business intelligence and strategic advisory firm specializing in future-facing industries. He is a trusted advisor to corporate executives, investors, boards, and policymakers on political risk and sensitive commercial matters. Over more than a decade with Veracity, Ben has overseen the firm's Asia-Pacific business, established its Australia office, and led initiatives on digital infrastructure, critical minerals, energy security, and responsible business. He is an authority on investment and risk in the Asia-Pacific region. Ben serves on the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Council's (AJBCC) Defense, Security, and Space Industries Advisory Committee and Clean Energy Transition Advisory Committee.
Prior to Veracity, Ben held research roles at think tanks in New Delhi and New York, advised Fortune 500 executives on strategic communications, and worked on Middle East policy in Washington, DC. He has degrees from Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Paul Moing is the Head of the Victorian Chapter of the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FACCI), where he leads partnerships, stakeholder engagement and business development.
Since 2021, he has developed initiatives spanning sustainability, energy transition, First Nations engagement and diversity, while strengthening connections between French and Australian businesses
Daniel Allman is an arbitration and litigation lawyer dual-qualified in Australia and New York. Daniel works in cross-border disputes throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He represents clients in international commercial arbitration and treaty arbitration, and has experience in energy, oil & gas, mining, and infrastructure, among other industries. His litigation practice involves disputes with transnational implications as well as general commercial litigation.
Besma Grifat-Spackman is a dispute resolution lawyer admitted to practise in England & Wales and France. She has extensive experience advising and representing international corporations and foreign governments in complex, high value dispute before arbitral tribunals and domestic courts involving issues of public international law, international law and the laws of multiple jurisdictions. Her experience includes proceedings under the rules of leading international arbitration institutions such as ICSID, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, ICC and LCIA and matters governed by the laws of Australia, England & Wales and France.
Tamlyn Mills is an experienced dispute resolution practitioner with a broad practice encompassing commercial and corporate litigation, international arbitration and related court proceedings, including the enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments in the Australian courts. Tamlyn has a specialist focus on international arbitration and has acted as counsel to a range of clients in foreign seated arbitrations under the major arbitral rules as well as in domestic ad hoc arbitrations, including undertaking oral advocacy and the examination of witnesses
Steven is a mediator, arbitrator and adjunct professor of law at the University of New South Wales. He has extensive experience in commercial, maritime, private and public international law issues.
In 2022, Steven qualified as a mediator at Harvard Law School. In 2023 he became a professional member of the Resolution Institute as well as a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) and was made a titularly member of the Comité Maritime International.
Sean is a Partner in HFW’s Construction team, based in Perth. He is an ex-engineer and specialises in construction disputes and international arbitration in the oil and gas, mining, power, renewables and public infrastructure sectors, and also in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). He advises contractors on claims and risk management at all stages of the project lifecycle.
He has acted as managing counsel and advocate in construction arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, ICSID and LMAA rules and in court litigation and has acted in some of the biggest construction disputes in Australia. He also has extensive experience in maritime disputes.
Steven is a full time arbitrator and mediator with a truly international practice with offices in London, Singapore and Australia empanelled across the world within institutions and a member of the ICC Australia Arbitration Committee.
As the Regional Director of the ICC based out of Singapore, Tejus is responsible for structuring and implementing ICC’s strategy, overseeing operations and promotion of ICC Dispute Resolution Services (ICC DRS) in over 20 countries covering South, Southeast Asia and Pacific.
Working alongside the case management team in Singapore and overseeing a team of deputy directors in the region, Tejus focuses on assisting government, companies, counsels, and investors in the region understand how they can resolve commercial disputes by raising their awareness about ICC DRS and advising on ICC arbitration proceeding protocol.
Daisy is an independent arbitrator, and also provides legal advisory services.
She has over twenty years of experience resolving complex international disputes for multinational companies and governments. Her experience spans commercial, trade and investment disputes, as well as energy transition, business and human rights, anti-bribery and corruption and modern slavery supply chain risks.
Daisy was formerly a partner at King & Wood Mallesons, and prior to that worked for over a decade in Europe at Freshfields in London and Paris and later at Wilmer Hale in London. Daisy is now based in Sydney and travels as required.
Amanda Neil is an arbitrator and legal counsel, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration. She has extensive experience both in-house and in private practice, having previously served as General Counsel of the Head Group and Special Counsel at Freshfields, where she focused on post-M&A disputes and disputes relating to the finance and energy sectors. Amanda has worked in Sydney, London and Vienna and is qualified as a solicitor in both New South Wales, Australia and England and Wales. She speaks English and German.
Elisa de Wit is an environment and planning, and climate change lawyer based in Melbourne. She leads the Australian climate change and sustainability practice and the firm's global carbon markets practice. Elisa has practised in the areas of environmental, planning and climate change law for over 30 years, including eight years of practice in the United Kingdom.
Bryce Williams is Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and the acting Head of the PCA’s Singapore Office. As Legal Counsel, Mr. Williams has acted as registrar in a range of inter-State, investor-State, and other arbitral proceedings under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr. Williams is also the Court’s representative to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Prior to joining the PCA, Mr. Williams was an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins, where he acted as counsel in international commercial and investment arbitrations. Mr. Williams holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) (Hons) from the Graduate Institute and University of Geneva, and an LL.B. (Hons) and Bachelor of International Studies, both from the University of Sydney.
Alan de Rochefort-Reynolds is a dispute resolution lawyer who focuses on international arbitration and cross-border disputes.
Alan’s arbitration practice includes investor-State disputes and international commercial arbitrations as well as related proceedings in domestic courts. He has particular experience in resources
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