Daniel Allman is a dispute resolution lawyer based in Sydney.

Daniel specialises in cross-border dispute resolution. He has represented clients in international commercial and investment arbitration, and has experience in energy, finance, and infrastructure, among other industries. His domestic litigation practice has involved disputes with transnational implications as well as general commercial litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Daniel was an associate in the international arbitration practice of a global law firm in New York. He focused on international commercial arbitration arising out of projects in Latin America and investment treaty arbitration related to conflict in Eastern Europe. Daniel also worked as a consultant to a United Nations agency in relation to business and human rights issues in Southeast Asia, and as a solicitor at another international law firm in Australia and on secondment in China.

Daniel is presently registered as an attorney in New York and also practises as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.

Mariel is Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She is an international commercial and investment arbitration specialist.

Prior to joining the HKIAC, Mariel was a Partner at CMS and Co-Head of the global CMS International Arbitration Group. She has over 15 years' experience acting as adviser and advocate in numerous international arbitrations. She has extensive experience in both common law and civil law disputes, including disputes involving Chinese parties, and has full professional fluency in German. She also sits regularly as arbitrator and has experience as arbitrator under the HKIAC, ICC, KCAB, and DIS Rules, and in ad hoc disputes. She is on the arbitrator panels of several institutions.

She is a past co-chair of the HK45 Committee, and a member of the WILHK Advisory Board. She is consistently ranked in both the regional and global editions of the leading legal directories.

Matt Lee is a Principal at Burford with responsibility for leading its investment activity and operations in Australia and focused on working with companies, funds, investors and law firms engaged in complex commercial litigation and arbitration in Australia and abroad. An Australian and US-qualified lawyer with trial, arbitration and appellate experience across Australia, the US, UK, Europe and Southeast Asia, Mr. Lee often works with institutions and law firms assessing multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Lee was Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel, where he focused on representing clients in complex commercial litigation, transnational disputes, international arbitration, class actions, appeals and investigations. Mr. Lee has taught various law courses in both Australia and the US, including transnational dispute resolution at New York University, and was selected as a SuperLawyer Rising Star in 2018 and 2019. He began his legal career working on litigation, advising and appellate matters with the South Australian Crown Solicitor and Solicitor General.

Mr. Lee earned Honors degrees in Law and Arts (Politics) both with First Class Honors from the University of Adelaide and graduated from Harvard Law School after receiving the Fulbright (W.G. Walker) Scholarship and the Law Foundation of South Australia Fellowship.

Susanna is LCM’s Head Of Investments for APAC and is based in the Sydney office.

Susanna leads LCM’s team of Investment Managers in Australia and Singapore and oversees the sourcing, due diligence and management of LCM’s investment activities across the APAC region.

Susanna joined LCM in 2014 as an Investment Manager and since that time has been responsible for managing a multi-million dollar portfolio of dispute projects consisting of commercial disputes, class actions, intellectual property insolvency claims and international arbitration. By that management, Susanna has assisted a large number of companies, insolvency practitioners and individuals to realise results from their disputes which would not have been possible without litigation funding.

Susanna is part of LCM’s investment committees for both APAC and EMEA and is intimately involved in most aspects of LCM’s business, taking part in regulatory and compliance and capital raising activities, investor relations and the expansion of LCM to new jurisdictions.

Prior to joining LCM in 2014, Susanna was a litigation specialist with Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney where she spent 12 years. As a Senior Counsel in the litigation team, Susanna’s practice canvassed class actions, financial institutions disputes, contentious regulatory work (including work for the ACCC) and corporate disputes.

Before joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Susanna practised in London for UK firm Hammonds Suddards Edge where her focus was on construction litigation.

Susanna holds a Bachelor of Arts/ Laws from Macquarie University as well as a Master of Laws (Corporate and Commercial) from the University of New South Wales. Susanna is admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court and continues to hold a current practising certificate.

Susanna has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Third Party Funding since 2020. She is a regular presenter on issues relating to litigation funding and class actions.