Professional Career and Education
- Member, International Law Commission, 2023-2027
- Honorary Professor, Auckland University Law School 2021 –
- Barrister and International Lawyer: 2015 –
- Legal Adviser, to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission: 2015 –
- Chief International Legal Adviser, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: 2011-2015
- Ambassador of New Zealand to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 2008-2011
- International Trade Law Adviser and Head of Trade Law, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2004 – 2007.
- High Commissioner of New Zealand to Samoa, 2001-2004
- Deputy Director, Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1998 – 2001
- Deputy High Commissioner of New Zealand to Samoa, 1995 – 1998
- First Secretary, New Zealand Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1991 – 1994
- Legal Adviser, Legal Division, Ministry of External Affairs and Trade, 1988-1990
- Lecturer of Law, University of Auckland Law School, New Zealand, 1979
- PhD in Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987
- MJur (with Distinction), University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1979
- BA/LLB (Hons), University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1978
- Honour: Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, 2015
“I have been fortunate to be present at some key moments for New Zealand in international law as a negotiator, adviser, advocate and arbitrator.”
Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 2013
Counsel for New Zealand, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Advisory Opinion requested by the SRFC, 2014. Photo Credit: ITLOS
Current Practice and Appointments
- Member, International Law Commission, 2023-2027.
- Member of the ICSID ad hoc Annulment Committee in Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/4).
- Member of the ICSID ad hoc Annulment Committee in Alhambra Resources Ltd. and Alhambra Coӧperatief U.A. v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/12).
- Special Advisor, 2022 Review of the New Zealand Intelligence and Security Act
- Legal Advisor to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
- Member of the Pool of Arbitrators of the WTO Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement.
- On the Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
- Appointed to the Roster of Panel Chairs for the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
- Independent Barrister providing legal advice to Governments and inter-governmental organisations.
New Zealand Agent before the International Court of Justice in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v Japan, New Zealand Intervening)