Arbitrator & Mediator
Nationality: Australian & American
Languages: English
Peter Mason is an independent arbitrator and mediator with over 30 years industry experience.
Peter brings to his arbitration and mediation practice a long and successful track record as a disputes lawyer in private practice in both Australia and the United States, and as a senior international lawyer and senior corporate leader at a multi-billion dollar global enterprise.
Before his Arbitrator career, Peter spent more than 20 years as Global General Counsel at UNICEF, a highly respected, multi-billion dollar, mission-driven international enterprise, with 15,000 staff and operations in over 152 countries, where he oversaw the legal support and advice to all business units and offices around the world, leading and in-house team and managing outside counsel in numerous jurisdictions. While at UNICEF, Peter was responsible for managing organisational risk and ensuring compliance. He designed and negotiated complex international financing for development and public private partnerships. He was a trusted and confidential advisor to four successive UNICEF global chief executives.
Prior to his senior role at UNICEF, Peter practiced as a disputes lawyer at AllensLinklaters in Sydney, Australia before relocating to New York as a litigation lawyer at Paul, Weiss and then at the law firm Pillsbury.
At UNICEF, Peter held a number of senior leadership roles as Global General Counsel. He was a member of the Global Management Team, Security Management Team and various AdHoc project boards overseeing significant corporate shifts.
Peter was also the Chair of the Investment Committee overseeing a billion-plus dollar sustainable investment funds for UN organisations, and a member of the UNICEF Finance Committee, Innovative Finance Board, and Audit Committee.
Peter has significant experience negotiating major international commercial transactions such as high-value contracts for vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, logistics, insurance, and related finance agreements.
He also has extensive experience leading successful negotiations of complex and sensitive agreements with governments and non-state entities.
Peter is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and has completed numerous training in mediation since 2012. Born in Papua New Guinea, Peter is a national of Australia and America.
Arbitration
Peter has over thirty years’ experience resolving commercial and other disputes through negotiation, litigation, or arbitration. Representative matters include:
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