Paul Hibberd
Current
(self employed)
Education
- The Australian National University
Background and Experience
Maritime affairs public international lawyer (self employed)
February 2012 – Present (2 years 1 month)Canberra
- Advice to Governments on preparations for maritime boundary negotiations including the preparation of relevant documentation.
- Assistance with the preparation of submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and the presentation and defence of such submissions, including associated legal and project management advice.
- Advice and drafting assistance regarding maritime zones legislation.
- Drafting of legislation regulating the conduct of deep seabed mining.
Commonwealth Secretariat
Legal Adviser
Commonwealth Secretariat
March 2010 – December 2011 (1 year 10 months)London, United Kingdom
Project manager on legal and technical assistance projects to Commonwealth member countries in relation to the delimitation of maritime boundaries, drafting and implementation of maritime zones legislation and the preparation and presentation of submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Preparation of advice on the implementation of multilateral treaty obligations by Commonwealth member countries and the impact of such treaties on sovereign power to negotiate maritime boundary agreements.
Drafting of joint management agreement provisions for shared areas of continental shelf beyond the EEZ.
Management of project budgets and consultants, liaison with high level executive and parliamentary representative of client governments, coordination of multiple inputs to submissions.
DLA Piper
Senior Associate
DLA Piper
October 2001 – February 2010 (8 years 5 months)Canberra
Complex administrative law and legislative interpretation advice to Australian Government clients.
Ad hoc public international law advice to private sector and foreign government clients, including in relation to international aviation law and maritime boundaries issues.
Australian Government procurement, contracting and probity advice and the negotiation and drafting of tender process documents and contracts.
Secondments to several agencies, including the Department of Human Services and Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Litigation: including representation at coronial inquest and complex commercial disputes.
Senior Legal Officer
Office of International Law, Australian Attorney-General's Department
September 2000 – June 2001 (10 months)Canberra
Legal research and advice on maritime delimitation issues.
Research, advice and drafting of treaty provisions relating to the unitisation of hydrocarbon deposits in the Timor Sea.
Preparing Australian Government responses to communications by individuals to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Advice on other issues of public international law as required.
Legal Counsel
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
July 1997 – September 2000 (3 years 3 months)
- Advice to CASA on issues of public international law relevant to the performance of the Authority's functions.
- Advice on the interpretation of legislation administered by the Authority.
- Legislative drafting and the preparatio of drafting instructions.
- Commercial law, contracting and procurement advice.
- Legal-policy advice and policy development.
- Administrative law advice and litigation.
- Advice on corporate issues.