Greens List Barristers

Anthony Lo Surdo SC FCIArb Silk : 2011|Bar : 1996| Admitted : 1987

Anthony Lo Surdo SC was called to the NSW Bar in 1996 and was appointed as senior counsel in 2011. He is a member of the NSW and VIC Bars specialising in ADR, banking, contract, corporations, insolvency, insurance, professional indemnity, property, and sports law.

Phone : +61 2 9223 3181

Mobile : 0407 015 945

Email : losurdo@12thfloor.com.au

Chambers : Lonsdale Chambers

Accredited Mediator

Anthony is a Nationally Accredited Mediator.

 

Profile

Anthony Lo Surdo SC was called to the NSW Bar in 1996 and was appointed as senior counsel in 2011. He practices from chambers in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, London and Dubai.


He is a member of the New South Wales and Victoria Bars specialising in ADR, banking, contract, corporations, insolvency, insurance, professional indemnity, property, and sports law.


Although a general commercial Silk, he has been recognised by Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession in 2011 and 2015-2020 as a leading Australian Insolvency and Restructuring Silk.


Anthony is an exponent of all forms of ADR and especially mediation, arbitration and expert determination.


Anthony is a highly regarded mediator with a particular expertise in the resolution of complex multi-party disputes. He is a Nationally Accredited and Advanced Mediator (Resolution Institute), a Fellow of Resolution Institute and a Fellow of ACICA. He is also internationally accredited as a mediator by the International Mediation Institute, the Singapore International Mediation Institute and by the Mediator Accrediting Council of Papua New Guinea. He is a member of the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Mediation Panel, the ACICA Mediation Panel, the mediation panels of the Supreme Court of NSW and the District Court of NSW. Additionally, he is a mediator under the Northern Territory Government, Petroleum Regulations, the Queensland Competition Authority and on the ACMA Register of Bargaining Code Mediators.


He has been ranked by Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession in 2018-2023 as a leading mediator and is also experienced in conducting virtual or online mediations across various platforms including Zoom.


Anthony is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and registered in the Australian Register of Practising Arbitrators as a Grade 1 Arbitrator. He is also registered as a domestic and international arbitrator by the National Court of Papua New Guinea and by Dubai International Arbitration Centre. 


He is regularly appointed as an arbitrator both domestically and internationally.


Anthony was ranked by Doyles Guide in 2019-2023 as one of the country's leading arbitration Silks.


He is a Mediator and Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (both in the general and football lists). He is also an arbitrator with the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, the Asian International Arbitration Centre, the Thailand Arbitration Centre, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, the Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Arbitration Centre, the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, the ACMA Register of Bargaining Code Arbitrators and with the Victorian Commercial Arbitration Scheme.


Anthony is a leading international and domestic sports lawyer. He is a member of the CAS, the National Sports Tribunal, the Football Australia (FA) Appeals Committee, a Deputy Chair of the FA Dispute Resolution Chamber and a member of the AFL NSW/ACT Appeals Board. He is Co-Chair of the FA Disciplinary and Ethics Committee, Chair of the Appeals Tribunal of Football NSW and the Acting Racing Appeals Tribunal (NSW).


He is also a part-time Senior Member of NCAT sitting predominantly on its Appeal Panel.


Anthony is registered as an Expert Determiner by Resolution Institute and has acted as an expert determiner.


 

Memberships & Committees

Victorian Bar


To get in touch with Anthony Lo Surdo SC FCIArb | or for more information please contact the Clerk on:

+61 3 9225 7222clerkb@greenslist.com.au

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