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Michael C. Pryles

Address: 

Suite 304
521 Toorak Road,
Toorak,
Victoria 3142
Australia

Phone Number: 
+613 85905642
Email: 
michael@michaelpryles.com
Born: 
1945 Melbourne
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Australian
Education: 
Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne, 1967; Master of Laws, Southern Methodist University, 1968; Doctor of the Science of Law, Southern Methodist University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Bond University, 1992; Doctor of Laws, University of Melbourne,
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Supreme Court of Victoria (1972), Singapore Bar (2010)
Present Position: 
Arbitrator; Founder President, Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Treasurer, International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
Professional Experience: 

Commissioner, United Nations Compensation Commission; Henry Bournes Higgins Professor of Law, Monash University, Melbourne; Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission; Partner, Minter Ellison, lawyers

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICSID; British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre; JCAA (list of non-resident arbitrators); Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (Long Beach, California); International Arbitral Centre, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Shenzhen Arbitration Commission; Swiss Arbitration Association; AAA; HKIAC; Australia Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; SIAC; Centre for International Commercial Dispute Resolution (Hawaii); Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; CIETAC (Beijing); Nanton Arbitration Commission (Jiangsu); WIPO panel of mediators and arbitrators; Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand, Inc.; Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Appeal Panel, Essential Services Commission (State of Victoria); Accredited Specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration), Law Institute of Victoria; Registered Arbitrator, Republic of China (Taiwan); Thai Arbitration Institute List of Arbitrators; Beijing Arbitration Commission

Arbitration Experience: 

President, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in over 400 arbitrations in Asia, North America, Europe and Australia, in ad hoc and institutional cases concerning commercial and investor-state disputes with asserted values up to Euro 18 billion. For further information see www.michaelpryles.com

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
Construction
Energy
Investment Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China (ICSID Case No. ARB-14-25) Award
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/21, Procedural Order No. 2 (April 19, 2015)
Ulysseas, Inc. v. The Republic of Ecuador, UNCITRAL, Interim Award (September 28, 2010)
Saint Marys VCNA v. Government of Canada, Consent Award (March 29, 2013)
Saint Marys VCNA v. Government of Canada, Confidentiality Order (October 24, 2012)
Saint Marys VCNA v. Government of Canada, Procedural Order No. 1 (September 10, 2012)
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc. v. The Republic of El Salvador, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/17, Order of the Committee Discontinuing the Proceeding and Decision on Costs (August 28, 2013)
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/2, Procedural Order No. 1 (January 27, 2015)
PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd. v. Independent State of Papua New Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/33), Decision on the Claimant's Request for Provisional Measures (January 21, 2015)
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/21, Procedural Order No. 1 (January 27, 2015)
Chapter 5 - Confidentiality - Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration - Third Edition
Ulysseas, Inc. v. The Republic of Ecuador, UNCITRAL, Final Award (June 12, 2012)
Hong Kong Supreme Court Issues First Decision on Model Law - WAMR 1991 Vol. 2, No. 12
Insolvent Company's Debt Should be Arbitrated, Australian Court Holds - WAMR 1990 Vol.1, No. 9
Western NIS Enterprise Fund v. Ukraine, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/2, Order (March 16, 2006)
Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/15 (Italy/Egypt BIT), Decision on Jurisdiction and Partial Dissenting Opinion
Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/15 (Italy/Egypt BIT), Award and Dissenting Opinion
Cargill v. Mexico, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/05/2 (NAFTA), Award (September 18, 2009)
Introduction - Chapter 1 - Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
Confidentiality - Chapter 24
Lost Profit and Capital Investment - WAMR 2007 Vol. 1, No. 1
Final Arbitral Award rendered in 2002 in SCC case 7/2001 145 - SAR 2003 - 1
The Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group - Vol. 15 No. 2 ARIA 2004
Assessing Dispute Resolution Procedures - Vol. 7 No. 3 - 4 Aria 1996
International Arbitration in Australia - Vol. 1 No. 1 ARIA 1990
Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
Publications: 

Published Books: Pryles and Hanks, Federal Conflict of Laws 1974 (Butterworths); Pryles and Iwasaki, Dispute Resolution in Australian Japan Transactions, 1983 (Law Book Company); Sykes and Pryles, Australian Private International Law 1st edition 1979, 2nd edition 1987, 3rd edition 1991 (Law Book Company); Sykes and Pryles, International and Interstate Conflict of Law Cases and Materials, 1st edition 1975, (Butterworths) 2nd edition 1981, 3rd edition 1988 (Law Book Company); Pryles, Australian Citizenship Law, 1981 (Law Book Company); Pryles, Conflicts in Matrimonial Law, 1975 (Butterworths); Pryles, Torts in Private International Law Recueil des cours, vol.227 (1991 II) (Martinus Nijhoff); Pryles, Waincymer and Davies, International Trade Law, first edition 1996, second edition 2004 (Thomson); Pryles, Dispute Resolution in Asia, first edition 1997, second edition 2002 (Kluwer)