Tim L’Estrange
About
Nationality
Australian
Languages Spoken
English
Bio
Bio
Tim L’Estrange is an independent Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR, qualified mediator). He is a lawyer with degrees in law and commerce (accounting and financial management). He has strong business acumen, and a very good understanding of financial statements with exceptional experience in corporate and shareholder disputes, mining and resources, oil and gas, professional indemnity, shipping, maritime and sports disputes.
In a professional career spanning forty years Tim represented companies, boards and individuals in some of Australia’s highest profile domestic and cross-border corporate legal disputes and regulatory investigations.
He has held senior executive positions in law and banking in Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. He has been Managing Partner of one of Australia’s leading law firms and the Partner in Charge of two offices of global law firm Jones Day. He is a citizen of Australia.
After completing his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Financial Management) and Bachelor of Laws at the University of New South Wales, he became Associate to Federal Court of Australia Judge the late Honourable Justice John Lockhart AO.
He joined Allen Allen and Hemsley in 1980 (now Allens Linklaters) and in 2001, became National Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution and a Board Member of Allens Arthur Robinson (as it then was named).
In 2003, Tim joined ANZ Banking Group as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, becoming Managing Director for Europe and America in 2007 and finally being appointed as Group General Manager, Governance in 2010. In addition to having P&L responsibility when based in London, he worked closely with Institutional and Functional heads of the bank and liaised closely with global regulators, particularly in the US and UK. His broad in-house experience gives him a unique perspective in understanding the operation and culture of global corporations.
Over his career, Tim has acted in significant matters for clients, often in “bet the company” style matters that impact reputations. Those matters cover a range of industries and legal areas including all commercial disputes, particularly in banking and financial services, insolvency, mining and resources, oil and gas, maritime, aviation, family office, and sport.
Tim joined Jones Day in 2013, as a Partner specialising in global dispute and regulatory investigations.
During his career spanning 12 years with Jones Day, he became the Partner in Charge of both Sydney and then Melbourne offices of the firm.
Tim was the Honorary Permanent Secretary at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, (CAS) (Oceania Division) from 1995 to 2003 and he acted as the Tribunal Secretary in many arbitral hearings over his time with CAS, including during the CAS Ad Hoc Panel established for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He also participated ex officio in meetings of the International Counsel of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) in Lausanne.
Tim was a Director of the Australian Centre of Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) from 2002 to 2005.
From 2010- 2102 he was a director ANZ Specialist Asset Management Ltd, the trustee of the Energy Infrastructure Trust and the Diversified Infrastructure Trust. The former was an open-ended unlisted unit trust investing in energy and related utilities and infrastructure assets and the latter also an open-ended unlisted unit trust which invested in transportation, waste-water treatment, communications and related infrastructure, mining, commodities, health, education and defence assets.
Tim has acted in many of the landmark mediations in Australia, most recently in a claim by parties involved in the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Tim is now a full-time independent arbitrator and mediator who brings first-hand legal experience from two world class law firms together with in-house experience as general counsel and being responsible for a P&L in a global bank. It is this combined experience that has enabled him to establish his arbitrator and mediator practice since retiring from full time practice.
In a professional career spanning forty years Tim represented companies, boards and individuals in some of Australia’s highest profile domestic and cross-border corporate legal disputes and regulatory investigations.
He has held senior executive positions in law and banking in Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. He has been Managing Partner of one of Australia’s leading law firms and the Partner in Charge of two offices of global law firm Jones Day. He is a citizen of Australia.
After completing his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Financial Management) and Bachelor of Laws at the University of New South Wales, he became Associate to Federal Court of Australia Judge the late Honourable Justice John Lockhart AO.
He joined Allen Allen and Hemsley in 1980 (now Allens Linklaters) and in 2001, became National Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution and a Board Member of Allens Arthur Robinson (as it then was named).
In 2003, Tim joined ANZ Banking Group as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, becoming Managing Director for Europe and America in 2007 and finally being appointed as Group General Manager, Governance in 2010. In addition to having P&L responsibility when based in London, he worked closely with Institutional and Functional heads of the bank and liaised closely with global regulators, particularly in the US and UK. His broad in-house experience gives him a unique perspective in understanding the operation and culture of global corporations.
Over his career, Tim has acted in significant matters for clients, often in “bet the company” style matters that impact reputations. Those matters cover a range of industries and legal areas including all commercial disputes, particularly in banking and financial services, insolvency, mining and resources, oil and gas, maritime, aviation, family office, and sport.
Tim joined Jones Day in 2013, as a Partner specialising in global dispute and regulatory investigations.
During his career spanning 12 years with Jones Day, he became the Partner in Charge of both Sydney and then Melbourne offices of the firm.
Tim was the Honorary Permanent Secretary at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, (CAS) (Oceania Division) from 1995 to 2003 and he acted as the Tribunal Secretary in many arbitral hearings over his time with CAS, including during the CAS Ad Hoc Panel established for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He also participated ex officio in meetings of the International Counsel of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) in Lausanne.
Tim was a Director of the Australian Centre of Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) from 2002 to 2005.
From 2010- 2102 he was a director ANZ Specialist Asset Management Ltd, the trustee of the Energy Infrastructure Trust and the Diversified Infrastructure Trust. The former was an open-ended unlisted unit trust investing in energy and related utilities and infrastructure assets and the latter also an open-ended unlisted unit trust which invested in transportation, waste-water treatment, communications and related infrastructure, mining, commodities, health, education and defence assets.
Tim has acted in many of the landmark mediations in Australia, most recently in a claim by parties involved in the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Tim is now a full-time independent arbitrator and mediator who brings first-hand legal experience from two world class law firms together with in-house experience as general counsel and being responsible for a P&L in a global bank. It is this combined experience that has enabled him to establish his arbitrator and mediator practice since retiring from full time practice.
Professional Affiliations
Memberships
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICC Australia), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators (IAMA), International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London Court of International Arbitration Asia Pacific Users’ Council (LCIA), Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
Seats
London, Singapore
Contact Information
Website URL
Arbitrator CV
Legal Expertise
Fields of Expertise
Banking, Commercial disputes, Commodities, Energy law, Maritime Law, Shipping disputes
Jurisdiction Experience
England and Wales, Australia (All States and Territories)