Professor Doug Jones AO is a leading independent international commercial and investor-state arbitrator, with over 40 years’ prior experience as an international transactional and disputes project lawyer. Doug has chambers in Sydney and Toronto and is a door tenant at Atkin Chambers in London. In 2019, he was also appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court.
He has been involved in over 190 arbitrations which include construction, infrastructure, energy, commodities, intellectual property, joint venture, and investor-state disputes spanning over 30 jurisdictions around the world, in disputes of values exceeding some billions $US. He has extensive experience as arbitrator under the ICC, LCIA, AAA, ICDR, KCAB, AIAC (formerly KLRCA), CRCICA, SIAC, VIAC, SCC, DIAC, PDRCI, ACICA, Resolution Institute, AMINZ, QICCA, European Development Fund Arbitration and Conciliation Rules, as well as the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules.
Doug is acknowledged as a leading arbitrator and construction practitioner with high rankings in a number of publications. In 2022, Doug was named Construction Lawyer of the Year by Who’s Who Legal, and shortlisted for Arbitrator of the Year by The Legal 500 UK Bar. In 2025, Doug won the 2025 GAR Award for Best Innovation by an Individual or Organisation. At the 2020 GAR Awards, Doug was named Best ...
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