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About
Provided by Mark van Brakel
Practice Areas
Mark is the head of the Asia-Pacific and Australian litigation practice and has extensive experience in complex and strategically significant litigation, international arbitration and contentious regulatory work. He has acted for leading corporations in the energy and resources sector in Australia on matters ranging from major engineering and project disputes, joint venture disputes and arbitrations, through to responding to regulatory investigations and associated civil penalty proceedings. He also acts regularly in director and shareholder disputes.
Mark has been voted by his peers as one of Australia’s Best Lawyers for Litigation since its inception in 2009, and across multiple categories including Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Regulatory, and ‘Bet the Company’ litigation. He has been voted as Western Australia's Alternative Dispute Resolution ""Lawyer of the Year"" for 2014, the International Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year” for 2015 and 2018, ""Lawyer of the Year"" for 2019 - Regulatory Practice.
He maintains rankings in all prominent directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Doyles Guide where he ranks as “pre-eminent” for commercial litigation in Western Australia. He is also ranked for Arbitration and Commercial Litigation by Who's Who Legal: Australia & New Zealand 2024.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Mark van Brakel is based in the firm's Perth office, often acting on disputes which arise from Western Australia's energy and resources sector and dividing his time between the conduct of litigated and arbitrated matters, many of which have cross-border dimensions.
Mark van Brakel is based in the firm's Perth office, often acting on disputes which arise from Western Australia's energy and resources sector and dividing his time between the conduct of litigated and arbitrated matters, many of which have cross-border dimensions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very strong in the area and has good client communication skills to boot."
"Mark van Brakel is an exceptional lawyer. He has a very strong reputation as one of the leading litigators."
"He is very strong in the area and has good client communication skills to boot."
"Mark van Brakel is an exceptional lawyer. He has a very strong reputation as one of the leading litigators."
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