Caroline SWARTZ-ZERN

Caroline Swartz-Zern is Special Counsel at the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), where she has consulted since 2020. Caroline is also Senior Manager (Disputes & Investigations) - Legal at SMEC (Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation), based in Melbourne.

Prior to joining SMEC, Caroline gained experience working in private practice for over a decade in Paris, Hong Kong, Perth and Melbourne, and in public international law in Washington DC and Cameroon. Her dual practice of international arbitration (commercial, investment and construction) and investigations & risk advisory, with substantial experience in the mining, oil & gas, infrastructure and renewable sectors, reflects her global focus. She is passionate about effective dispute resolution, which has driven her significant contributions to ACICA, particularly on the Sustainability Task Force, the South Pacific Task Force and the Practice & Procedures Board.

Caroline is qualified in Victoria and New York and studied in the US and France.