Douglas Samuel Jones, AO, RFD (born 3 October 1949) is an independent international arbitrator based in London, Sydney and Toronto.

[5] Jones began his legal career in 1969 in Brisbane as an articled clerk at Morris Fletcher & Cross, (which later became part of MinterEllison).

[6] In 1976 he was appointed a partner of Morris Fletcher & Cross and head of its National Construction & Engineering group, a position that he continued to hold when he left Brisbane in 1989 to set up the firm's Sydney office.

[6][8] He has previously been a member of the Clayton Utz Board (2002–2006), and served as a partner until 2014, when he retired to become a full time international arbitrator.

In 2010 Jones was appointed as an Australian Government nominee on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Arbitrators,[13] and was re-appointed to this role in 2017.

[21] In June 2012 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the law as a leader in the areas of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, to policy reform, and to national and international professional organisations".

No one in the Australian legal sector has done more to promote Australia as a viable destination to hear international commercial arbitration matters than Doug.