Presenters

Albert Monichino KC, Arbitrator & Mediator, List A Barristers
Albert Monichino KC practices as a barrister, arbitrator and mediator. Appointed senior counsel in 2010 he has over 30 years of experience in commercial dispute resolution. He is a past President of the Australian branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (‘CIArb’), a Chartered Arbitrator, and is accredited as an advanced mediator. He has consistently been listed by Doyle’s Guide between 2017 and 2023 as one of Australia’s leading arbitration barristers. Albert has acted as arbitrator or as counsel under various arbitration rules in wide-ranging commercial disputes throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes. He has lectured and/or tutored in the CIArb Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration since its inception in 2016. In 2006 he was the Co-Course Director of the inaugural CIArb Asia-Pacific Diploma Course held in Singapore. Albert is the lead lecturer of the subject “Arbitration of International Commercial Disputes” offered by Monash University in June 2023 in its postgraduate law program. Albert also has a broad commercial litigation practice in the superior courts in Australia, including in the area of building and construction. He recently appeared for Amcor in a 45 day Supreme Court trial involving the remediation for asbestos contamination of the former Amcor paper mill site in Alphington, which Amcor sold to the developer, Glenville (judgment in favour of Amcor: [2023] VSC 637).


Jamie O’Regan, Barrister, Dawson Chambers
Jamie acts across a broad spectrum of commercial law with a particular interest in construction, insurance, and bankruptcy/insolvency law. He appears and advises on a wide range of civil disputes, including: multi-party building disputes; domestic building actions; owners corporation disputes and Water Act 1989 (Vic) claims; insurance indemnity disputes; and general commercial matters including contractual disputes and debt recovery and enforcement (including wind-up applications). Jamie is a versatile advocate and is experienced acting for clients, both private and institutional, in the Federal Court and all levels of Victorian Courts and Tribunals. Prior to coming to the Bar, Jamie worked as a solicitor for 7 years in the corporate recoveries, commercial disputes and the insurance practices at national firms. Jamie also worked regionally at a small boutique firm in commerical litigation. Jamie read with David Klempfner and his senior mentor is Timothy Margetts KC.