George Golvan is a Kings 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 almost 30 years, and has been involved in numerous large commercial and construction matters as counsel, mediator and arbitrator, specialising in complex building and engineering disputes.
He acted as the Chair of the Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) of Sydney's Desalination Plant Project and Sydney’s South-West Rail Link Project. Both major infrastructure projects in NSW. 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 is a member of the Victorian Committee of the Law Council of Australia Construction and infrastructure Law Committee.
Mr Golvan has attended and conducted many workshops and lectures on arbitration, mediation and construction law, and written numerous papers on related topics.