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James Drake KC
Position
James is a full-time arbitrator, with a practice covering a wide range of international commercial and sporting disputes.
James has extensive experience in international commercial arbitrations (whether as sole or co-arbitrator or chairman) under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) and the Swiss Arbitration Centre (SAC), as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. He is a member of ICC (Australia), the LCIA, a fellow of the CIArb, a fellow of the Australian Centre for International Arbitration (ACIA), a member of the CIArb’s Presidential Panel, and a chartered arbitrator.
His recent appointments in the commercial arena have included disputes in areas such as: commodities and international sale of goods, energy, oil rigs, finance, share sales, corporate fraud, joint ventures, limited liability partnerships, insurance/reinsurance, and international infrastructure projects. His recent commercial appointments are listed below.
James also has had extensive experience in sport arbitrations and is a member of the panel of arbitrators for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (in Lausanne) (CAS) and of Sport Resolutions (SR). His recent appointments in sport arbitrations are listed below.
Career
Qualified South Australia 1985; New South Wales 1987; New York 1991; British Virgin Islands 2007; called 1998; Lincoln’s Inn; tenant 1999. Former partner of Owen & Davis (since merged with Fulbright & Jaworski) in New York; former solicitor with Baker and McKenzie in Sydney and New York; former accountant with KPMG.
Memberships
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
International Chamber of Commerce (Australia)
The Asian International Arbitration Centre
The Court of Arbitration for Sport
Sport Resolutions
Fellow – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow – Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Member – London Court of International Arbitration
Education
University of South Australia (1980 BA); University of Adelaide (1985 LLB Hons); Columbia University of New York (1992 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2James Drake KC
– 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘An excellent chair of a tribunal which role he approaches with knowledge, thoroughness and skill.’
7 King’s Bench Walk ‘has a large number of very experienced insurance practitioners, and arbitrators – all of high quality’ and remains ‘one of the go-to sets for complex insurance arbitrations.’ The set’s expertise extends to arbitrations arising from a wide range of sectors spanning international business and commerce, commercial claims, aviation, shipping, commodities, and logistics, as well as energy and natural resources disputes. Members specialise in sitting as independent arbitrators or party-appointed co-arbitrators with the set’s former judges, including Lord Jonathan Mance, Sir Stephen Tomlinson and Sir Jeremy Cooke, being particularly sought-after. A wide offering at the junior end enables the set to offer solutions to resolving lower value international trade, commodities, and insurance claims. Stephen Hofmeyr KC, Siobán Healy KC and James Drake KC also have an enviable track record of high-profile arbitrations.