Personal bio

Mark is a highly experienced arbitrator, adjudicator and counsel specialising in complex construction, infrastructure, commercial, and real estate dispute resolution.

He has been appointed both as sole arbitrator and chair of an arbitral tribunal in a wide range of commercial disputes including in relation to construction and infrastructure projects, commercial leases, forestry, real estate and commercial contracts.

Mark graduated BA/LLB from the University of Canterbury (Christchurch) in 1993, and was admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1994. Mark completed a LLM (Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2001.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and Fellow and former Council Member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ). He is also a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). He is a member of numerous arbitral panels including the ICC, ACICA, NZDRC and AMINZ.

Mark is one of the founding members of FortyEight Shortland Barristers in the Vero Centre at 48 Shortland Street, in the heart of Auckland’s legal and financial district.