Mark van Brakel is a senior litigation partner with extensive experience in complex and strategically significant litigation, international arbitration and contentious regulatory work. He 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. Mr van Brakel has more than 20 years’ experience advising key clients including Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), China Metallurgical Corporation, Minara Resources, Norilsk Nickel and Resolute Mining. He has been voted by his peers as one of Australia’s Best Lawyers for Litigation since its inception in 2009, and in Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration in 2013 and 2014, as well as Western Australia's Alternative Dispute Resolution "Lawyer of the Year" for 2014.
