Professional Profile

Dr. Malcolm is the former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands. He is admitted to practice in Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Lucia and Belize, with his primary areas of practice being banking and finance, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), construction and real estate, corporate and commercial, regional integration and economic development. He is an alumnus of Munro College; The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill; Norman Manley Law School; Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London; and UNCTAD Virtual Institute, in collaboration with the Universities of Barcelona and Chile. He has worked collaboratively with lawyers and other professionals from across the globe, including in the area of capacity building.

Dr Malcolm is also the Director, Mona Law Institutes Unit; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law at Mona, University of the West Indies; Partner, Malcolm Gordon, Attorneys-at-Law; Consultant, Fulford Chambers (Turks and Caicos Islands); former Head, Legal Unit, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; former Chair, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Caribbean Branch; Fellow, Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution; Secretary General, Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited; Member, Technical Advisory Group, Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT) Project; Panelist, Asian International Arbitration Centre; Panelist, Dispute Resolution Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (DRC); Member, Sports Law Association of Malaysia; Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); and Executive Director, Street Law Caribbean Limited.

He has represented both public and private sector persons and entities from across the Caribbean region. Insofar contract law is concerned, the experience of Dr Malcolm has included negotiation, advisory, documentation, contract review and audit, arbitration and dispute management, and capacity-building work. The scope of work has included commercial and residential, sea and airport, marine and other infrastructure projects.

Location

Kingston, Jamaica

Nationality/ies

Jamaica

Proficient Language(s)

English

Main Profession

Attorney

Current Ocupation

Dispute Management Practitioner and Law Lecturer

Gender Identity

Male

Date of Birth

October 15, 1969

Employer and/or Professional Affiliation(s)

Malcolm Gordon, Attorneys-at-Law
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited

Bar admissions

Jamaica
British Virgin Islands
St Lucia
Dominica
Belize

Degrees / Certificates / Education

PhD
LL.M.
L.E.C.
LL.B.

Relevant memberships in professional organizations

FCIArb
FAIADR

Arbitral institutes that they are listed as an arbitrator with

AIAC
JAIAC
DRCTnT

Arbitral institutes that they have experience with

LCIA
AIAC
DRCTnT

Date of first appointment as arbitrator

July 2017

Date of most recent appointment as arbitrator

September 2021

Number of appointments as arbitrator

9

Highest value of arbitration dispute appointed as an arbitrator for

USD 5 million

Number of arbitral awards issued

6

Number of arbitration disputes they were counsel to

12

Highest value of arbitration dispute they were counsel to

USD 135 million

Jurisdictions they have experience in

Jamaica
British Virgin Islands
St Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
Anguilla
Belize
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
St Lucia
Dominica

Applicable jurisdictional laws to arbitration that they have experience in

Jamaica
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Barbados
St Kitts and Nevis
Florida
Belize
Grenada
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Guyana
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Bahamas

Value of arbitrator liability insurance

N/A