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David Mildon

Address: 

Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3EG
United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
(44) 2078138000
Fax Number: 
(44) 2078138080
Email: 
dmildon@essexcourt.net
Born: 
1955, UK
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
University of Cambridge, UK (1975 – 79), Economics and Law: M.A. and LLB, Certificate of Competent Knowledge (French)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Called to Bar of England and Wales: 1980
Appointed Queen’s Counsel: 2000
Present Position: 
Barrister and Queen’s Counsel, arbitrator and expert determiner based at Essex Court Chambers, London and with an office at Duxton Hill, Singapore.
Professional Experience: 

In practice at Essex Court Chambers, London since 1980. Practice covers a wide variety of commercial litigation and international arbitration. Also involved as advocate in a number of expert determinations and has appeared in various roles in disciplinary proceedings in the insurance and financial services industries. Main fields of practice include oil, gas, and electricity disputes, insurance, banking, shipping, international sale of goods and financial services. Work has also included carbon taxation, renewables and carbon trading. He has appeared as advocate and sat as arbitrator in arbitrations worldwide including Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Paris, Copenhagen, Budapest, Stockholm, Lisbon, Geneva and elsewhere.. He has given papers on oil, gas and electricity related topics at various international conferences and also on shipping issues at The London Shipping Law Centre.

Professional Associations: 

London Court of International Arbitration; ICC United Kingdom; London Maritime Arbitrators Association (Supporting Member); London Shipping Law Centre; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association (Committee member); Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Energy Arbitrators' List; DIAC (Dubai International Arbitration Centre) Panel; SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre) Panel; AIAC (Asian International Arbitration Centre in Kuala Lumpur) Panel; EAA (Electricity Arbitration Association) Panel; Lloyd’s Enforcement Tribunal Chairman (Panel); London Court of International Arbitration; ICC United Kingdom; London Maritime Arbitrators Association (Supporting Member); appointed Chair by SCC (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce).

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 200 international arbitrations as counsel and over 40 international arbitrations as party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or Chairman. These include arbitrations under institutional rules such as ICC, SIAC, DIAC, SCC, LCIA, ICSID, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and AIAC; ad hoc arbitrations subject to UNCITRAL Rules and purely ad hoc arbitrations.

Areas of Specialization: 
Oil & Gas
Mining and Natural Resources
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Investment Treaty
Environmental Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
“Agreements to Agree: Does Expert Determination Provide a Default Solution?”, TDM, Vol. 2, November 2005 (http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com); “Property in commingled gas: the legal structures compared”, OGEL, vol.4, May 2006, (http://www.gasandoil.com/ogel/); Gas Price Arbitrations, published by Globe Business Publishing Limited, 2014, chapter on the “Adjustment Phase”; Singapore International Arbitration: Law & Practice, LexisNexis, 2018, chapter on “Commencing an Arbitration and Constituting the Tribunal” (with Dominic O’Sullivan QC).