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21 November 2008

Practitioner in Profile

David Bateson

David Bateson is the senior partner in our Hong Kong office where he specialises in construction projects and dispute resolution. David is a founder of the firm's award winning Asian construction practice, which has won the ALB Construction Law Firm of the Year four out of the past six years.

His work involves all forms of project documentation and dispute resolution including arbitration, adjudication, litigation and mediation.

David has been a resident of Hong Kong since 1980. He has extensive experience in acting on major projects in the Asia Pacific region for governments, developers, employers, contractors and sub-contractors.

In recent editions of Asia Law Leading Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Asia Pacific Legal 500, and Guide to World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, David was named a recommended construction lawyer and an expert in commercial arbitration. In the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators, David was named as a leading arbitrator. In the 2008 edition of PLC Which Lawyer David was named as a leading construction lawyer in Hong Kong and China, and a highly recommended dispute resolution lawyer in Hong Kong.

Qualifications

  • 1976: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Law, Cambridge University
  • 1980: Master of Law (Hons), Cambridge University
  • 1980: Denton Hall & Burgin, Hong Kong
  • 1990 - present: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Hong Kong

David is the author of the book Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong and a contributor to Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide published by Sweet & Maxwell.

Professional memberships

  • Law Society of England, Hong Kong and New South Wales
  • Fellow and ex-Vice-President, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
  • Chairman, Buildings Appeal Tribunal
  • Panels of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, CIETAC (China), Qingdao Arbitration Commission (China), FACT (India) and APRAG (Asia Pacific)