Professor Doug Jones

Adjunct Professor
AM FCIArb FIAMA

Doug Jones 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. He has practised extensively throughout Australasia and Asia in project, structuring and financing, contract drafting and advice during project implementation and dispute resolution since his first admission to practice in 1972.

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.

In January 1999 Doug was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his services to construction law and dispute resolution.

• Foundation Fellow (1976)
• Graded Arbitrator (1985 - date)
• Member, National Council (1991-1995)
• Hon Secretary & Committee Member, Qld Branch (1979-1990)
• Committee Member, NSW Chapter (1991-1995)

1980 - date : Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ( London)

• Chartered Arbitrator (2007)
• Fellow (1980)
• Deputy President (2010)
• President Elect (2011)
• Vice President (2009)
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees (2006-2008)
• Elected Member of the Board of Trustees (2005-2008)
• Chairman of the Australian Branch (2002 - 2005)
• Committee Member, Australian Branch (1995 - 2005)

1983 - date: International Bar Association

• Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the IBA (2007-2009)
• Member of Conflicts of Interest Working Group of the IBA International Arbitration Committee (2002 - 2004)

1987 - date: Committee Member, Construction and Infrastructure Group, Law Council of Australia

1989 - 2007: Vice-President, Asia Pacific Council, London Court of International Arbitration

1996 - date: Member, Dispute Review Board Foundation

1997 - date: Member, International Arbitration Club ( London)

2001 - date: Professorial Fellow, Melbourne University, Australia

2002 - date: Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration

• President (2008 - date)
• Vice President (2002-2008)

2002 - date: Vice Chair, Inter-Pacific Bar Association Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Committee

2004 - date: Member, Juris Doctor Advisory Board of the University of Melbourne, Australia

2004 - date: Adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame, Australia

2005 - date: Arbitrator Member, Society of Construction Arbitrators ( London)

2005 - date: Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG)

• Vice President (2009)
• Member Arbitration Panel (2005 - date)

2006 - date: Adjunct Professor of Law, Murdoch University, Australia

2006 - date: Executive of the Dispute Resolution Board Australasia

• President (2009 - date)
• Committee Member of the Executive, (2006 - date)

2006 - date: Member, CIDC International Advisory Group, India Construction Industry

2007 - date: Member, Australian Council of the International Project Finance Association

2007 - date: Honorary Fellow, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

2009 - date: Honorary Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers

2009 - date: Director of the Board, Roads Australia

2009 - date: Member, Council of Distinguished Advisors, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law, California, United States