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Mr Matthew White BA, LLB (Syd), BCL (Oxon), MCIArb

Matthew White SC, FCIArb
Job title: Senior Counsel
Country: Australia

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: Australia
Disciplines: Other dispute resolution, Arbitration

Personal bio

Resident in Sydney and available for arbitration work in Australia and Hong Kong and generally.

Practised as a solicitor at Minter Ellison and Phillips Fox in Sydney and Rowe & Maw in London between 1989 and 1999, primarily in commercial litigation, insurance and professional indemnity disputes.

Practised at the Bar in NSW from 1999, appointed Senior Counsel 2013. Practised in building and construction, insurance, property, defamation, employment and industrial disputes, equity and general commercial litigation. Practice included arbitrations concerning building and construction disputes.

Completed the Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from CIArb in 2020. Director of 5 Oceans International Arbitration and Mediation, located in Sydney and Singapore.