David Bateson

David Bateson is a leading international arbitrator who has been involved in over 200 arbitrations in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. He has acted as Chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, or sole arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of the AIAC, ADGM,BANI, CIETAC, DIAC, KCAB, HKIAC, LCIA, ICC, PCA, SIAC ,TAI and VIAC, or in ad hoc arbitrations.

He has extensive experience in disputes in a variety of industry sectors including, construction, resources, commodities, insurance, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, shipping and telecommunications, and investor state.

He has been variously described by guides as “pre-eminent and widely experienced,one of the top arbitrators in the region” who is “excellent at pretty much everything he is doing” and “a very good arbitrator, writing a very good award, well able to control an arbitration and culturally sensitive".

He is listed in Chambers Most In Demand Arbitrators in Asia and Singapore (Band 1). He has extensive experience acting as arbitrator in the Middle East.

He has over 42 years of legal experience and is a specialist in all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has been resident in Asia since 1980, and before that he lived in Africa, Fiji and New Zealand. He is now based in Singapore.

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Riverplace,60 Havelock Road,10-14,A3
Singapore
169658