Herbert Smith Freehills partners appointed to ACICA Advisory Council; new rules unveiled

Herbert Smith Freehills partners Justin D'Agostino and Laurence Shore have been appointed to the new Advisory Council of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration ("ACICA"). D'Agostino, head of the firm's global dispute resolution group, and Shore, a New York-based partner and arbitrator, will each serve a three-year term from 1 March 2016. They are joined on the Council by other leading arbitration practitioners from Europe, Asia, the US and Australia. The Advisory Council is tasked with counselling the Centre on the implementation of its new arbitration rules, which came into effect 1 January 2016. It will also advise on ACICA initiatives and efforts to promote Australia as a seat of arbitration. Professor Richard Garnett, a consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills' Melbourne office, has been appointed to the ACICA Rules Committee.

Sydney Disputes partner Leon Chung, also an arbitration specialist and a director of ACICA, commented: "We are delighted to see the firm's reputation as an arbitration powerhouse recognised by the appointment of two of our partners, as well as a consultant, to advise ACICA. Arbitration is a developing area in Australasia, and both Herbert Smith Freehills and ACICA are committed to remaining at the centre of those developments."