Mark Dempsey SC

Mark is one of Australia’s leading barristers specialising in major construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes throughout Australia and Asia. In addition to his pre-eminent status as a specialist barrister in the field of construction, engineering and infrastructure, Mark has extensive experience in advising and appearing in relation to a broad range of complex commercial and equity disputes at trial and appellate level.

Complementing his extensive practice in litigation, Mark possesses a wealth of experience in all forms of dispute resolution, in particular, arbitration (international and commercial) and mediation. He has appeared in complex, multi-million-dollar international arbitrations in Singapore and Australia as counsel, and practices as an arbitrator and mediator in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia

Over the past several years, Mark has received numerous accolades, and is commended for his highly commercial and strategic approach to matters. He is widely regarded as being a leading construction barrister in Australia.

Mark is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a Fellow and panel arbitrator of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and a Fellow and panel arbitrator and mediator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). He is an accredited mediator pursuant to the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS), an arbitrator, mediator and expert determiner approved with the NSW Bar Association, as well as an accredited mediator with the Supreme and District Courts of NSW.