George Golvan is a Queen's Counsel who holds degrees in Law and Jurisprudence from Monash University and the degree of Juris Doctor ( J.D.) from Arizona State University. Mr Golvan practices in the areas of Building and Construction Law, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Tenancy, Banking and Insurance, and general Commercial and Corporate Law.
Mr Golvan has also actively practised mediation and arbitration for over twenty-five years, and has been involved in numerous substantial commercial and construction matters as counsel, mediator and arbitrator, specialising in complex building and engineering disputes. He currently is the Chair of the Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) of Sydney's Desalination Plant Project. Mr. Golvan has acted in a large number of matters as mediator, both privately and in cases referred from the County Court, Supreme Court and Federal Court. He is a Grade 1 Arbitrator and Past Chairman of the Institute of Arbitrators (Victorian Chapter) and the Building Dispute Practitioners Society. He was a member of the panel of Conciliators appointed by the Governor-in-Council pursuant to the Retail Tenancies Act 1986, and is a member of the Victorian Executive of the Law Council of Australia Construction Law Committee.
Mr Golvan has attended and conducted many workshops and lectures on arbitration and construction law, and written numerous papers on related subjects. He has been an assessor at LEADR Mediation Courses, conducted the Victorian Bar Readers' Mediator workshops, organised and assisted in conducting the General and Advanced Mediation Workshops arranged by the Institute of Arbitrators, and has lectured in the General and Advanced Arbitration Courses. He has also acted as a trainer for Bond University Mediation Workshops. He has been a guest lecturer in ADR and Construction Law at Latrobe University, Monash University, and at the University of Melbourne.
Mr Golvan has conducted over 1,500 Commercial, Construction and Building Dispute Mediations. Mr Golvan is a Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators, Australia and is a Grade 1 Arbitrator. Fees; By Negotiation