Dr Nav Sedaghati is the Founder and Principal Solicitor of Sedaghati Law. He brings more than two decades of legal and commercial experience spanning private practice, the Bar, in-house leadership, board and executive roles, and major project delivery.

His experience extends across the full lifecycle of complex matters: transaction structuring, contract drafting and negotiation, governance, risk allocation and project delivery, through to claims, regulatory response, litigation, mediation, arbitration and expert determination. He has advised and acted in connection with joint ventures, PPPs and multi-billion-dollar infrastructure, construction, renewable energy, electricity and transport projects, as well as complex corporate, intellectual property, finance and cross-border matters.

Dr Sedaghati has practised as a solicitor and managing partner, barrister, general counsel and group head of legal, compliance and company secretariat, and head of legal on major infrastructure projects. He has also held senior executive, non-executive and company-secretarial appointments.

This breadth gives him a perspective informed by external counsel, advocacy, in-house decision-making, project delivery and commercial leadership. He approaches matters with legal precision, commercial judgment and a clear understanding of how legal strategy must operate in practice.

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Dr Nav Sedaghati, Founder and Principal Solicitor of Sedaghati Law

Profile

A career across private practice, the Bar, in-house leadership and major projects.

Dr Sedaghati's experience spans the roles and matters most relevant to the firm's advisory, disputes and project work.

Disputes, Advocacy & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Experience across litigation, mediation, arbitration and expert determination in commercial, corporate, construction, energy, intellectual property, finance and cross-border matters, informed by practice as both solicitor and barrister.

Projects, Renewable Energy & Infrastructure

Front-end contracting, project delivery, contract administration, claims and disputes across PPPs and major transport, construction, electricity, hydro and renewable energy projects.

Corporate, Commercial & Board Advisory

General counsel, head of legal, company secretarial, governance, executive, non-executive and commercial advisory experience.

Recognition

Award-recognised dispute resolution and advocacy.

Recognition includes mediation, advocacy and dispute resolution experience across commercial and project matters.

Winner

Australian ADR Awards, Mediator of the Year, 2025.

Finalist

Australian Law Awards, Barrister of the Year, 2020.

Finalist

Australian Law Awards, Barrister of the Year, 2019.

Dr Nav Sedaghati in barrister attire, used as a restrained advocacy heritage image

Credentials

Qualifications, admissions and professional background.

A concise summary of credentials relevant to the firm's advisory, disputes, ADR and cross-border positioning.

Qualifications

Doctor of Business Administration - Queensland University of Technology
Master of Laws - Australian National University
Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics
Asia Pacific Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme
Building and construction qualifications

Admissions and registrations

Dr Sedaghati is admitted as a legal practitioner in Australia and New Zealand and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He previously held registration as a Foreign Lawyer of the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Professional standing

Fellow - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow - Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Fellow - Financial Services Institute of Australasia
Accredited mediator under the Australian Mediator and Dispute Resolution Accreditation Standards (AMDRAS), with appointments to professional panels for mediation, arbitration and expert determination.
Holder of an Australian builder licence
Former Adjunct Lecturer and Subject Coordinator, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 2011-2021, teaching Corporate Law, Civil Practice, Evidence and World Trade Law.