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Daniel Forster

Daniel Forster

Counsel

Counsel
Daniel Forster

Daniel is Counsel in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team, specialising in private international law and cross-border dispute resolution. He has worked in Clifford Chance's London and Sydney offices, expertly navigating complex and novel issues related to choice of law and forum, contract, and corporate insolvency.

Daniel advises and represents global technology companies, multinational corporates, and financial institutions, leveraging his extensive experience in business-critical litigation and arbitration. He holds a Master of Laws and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney focusing on private international law. 

Daniel's experience includes disputes in England, Ireland, the United States of America, Hong Kong, and Australia, including representing companies in parallel proceedings across multiple jurisdictions. More recently, Daniel has acted in a cross-border contract and intellectual property dispute, a cross-border insolvency dispute, and an anti-trust dispute involving a stay application on appeal. He also acts in insolvency proceedings and advises on significant restructuring mandates. In the aviation sector, Daniel has represented leading aircraft leasing companies in cross-border insurance and contract disputes as well as represented an aircraft manufacturer on various disputes in different jurisdictions. He has appeared in various arbitrations, including under the HKIAC and ACICA Rules, and advised on foreign state immunity issues in enforcement situations

  • A global technology company in business-critical cross-border litigation concerning alleged breach of contract and allegations of intellectual property infringement, involving parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. 
  • A group of global aircraft leasing companies in cross-border insurance and contract disputes in respect of aircraft located in Russia. 
  • A global technology company in successfully resisting a stay of local competition proceedings in the High Court of Australia, involving parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. 
  • An association of financial institutions in relation to complex cross-border insolvency matters, involving parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions.

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Career and qualifications

  • Admitted as a solicitor in Australia, 2013
  • Macquarie University, Bachelor of Commercial (Finance) with the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours, 2013
  • The College of Law, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, 2013
  • University of Sydney, Master of Laws, 2017
  • Joined Clifford Chance, 2019
  • University of Sydney, Doctor of Philosophy, current Doctoral Candidate

Professional bodies

  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member of the London Court of International Arbitration
  • Associate of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration