Presenters

Anthony Lo Surdo SC, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Anthony is a commercial silk specialising in banking, building and construction, contract, corporations, insolvency, professional negligence, property and sports law. He is an internationally accredited mediator (IMI) and accredited as a Leading Mediator (AMDRAS) and an Advanced Mediator (Resolution Institute). He has been ranked by Doyles Guide in 2018-2025 as a leading mediator. 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 accredited as an arbitrator in Dubai and PNG and registered by the National Court of Justice of PNG as an international and domestic arbitrator. He was ranked by Doyles Guide in 2019-2025 as one of the country’s leading arbitration Silks. He is a panel member of many of the world’s leading international arbitral institutions and is regularly appointed as an arbitrator both domestically and internationally. Anthony has sat as both a sole and panel arbitrator including as Chair in over 100 domestic and international arbitrations involving complex commercial, disciplinary and governance disputes. Anthony is a leading, internationally recognised, sports law Silk and regularly sits as an arbitrator on international and domestic sport tribunals including the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Football Australia Appeal Panel and Disciplinary and Ethics Committee and the National Sports Tribunal. He was recognised in the Lexology Index, Australia & New Zealand, 2025 in the category, “Sports & Entertainment” and by the Lexology Global Index, 2025 in the category of “Sports.” Anthony is a part-time Senior Member of NCAT sitting on its Appeal Panel and in the Occupational Division. Further information about Anthony’s ADR expertise is available at: www.silkmediator.com.au.


Sian Jones, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Sian has over 20 years’ experience in commercial litigation, focusing primarily on property litigation and advisory since joining Colin Biggers and Paisley in 2017. As an experienced litigator, Sian has been involved in numerous disputes concerning breaches of contract including option agreements, development management agreements, property class actions, negligence, Australian Consumer Law claims, shareholder and partnership disputes. Sian enjoys working closely with a diverse range of clients from property developers to landowners, option holders, faith-based organisations and community housing providers. Sian has been a committee member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia Seniors Living and Alternative Housing since 2021. Sian holds a Master of Law and Legal Practice from the University of Technology Sydney. Sian was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in April 2006, the Federal Court and High Court of Australia.