I am a con­struc­tion indus­try legal spe­cial­ist who helps devel­op­ers, prin­ci­pals includ­ing NSW Gov­ern­ment, local coun­cils, State owned cor­po­ra­tions, major com­mer­cial ten­ants and con­trac­tors, sub­con­trac­tors and indus­try con­sul­tants through­out Australia

I assist my clients with project pro­cure­ment advice, project and relat­ed ser­vices doc­u­men­ta­tion, deliv­ery and con­tract admin­is­tra­tion advice and res­o­lu­tion of dis­putes in the most cost com­mer­cial, effec­tive, effi­cient and hope­ful­ly rela­tion­ship pre­serv­ing way.

My clients seek my advice and assis­tance in draft­ing and nego­ti­at­ing agree­ments for lease, devel­op­ment agree­ments, project deliv­ery agree­ments, design and con­struc­tion con­tracts, infra­struc­ture agree­ments and ear­ly con­trac­tor involve­ment agreements.

Exper­tise 

  • Con­struc­tion 

Sec­tors

  • Pri­vate Clients and Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction

Expe­ri­ence

Con­tracts in which there is a dis­pro­por­tion­ate allo­ca­tion of risk are inef­fi­cient, cost­ly and will invari­ably have dis­as­trous outcomes.

I have helped many clients and have over 20 years’ expe­ri­ence in the con­struc­tion indus­try, in both pri­vate legal prac­tice and in the man­u­fac­ture and sup­ply of build­ing prod­ucts direct to industry.

I work with clients in both the pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tor, and up and down the con­tract­ing chain, assist­ing them to enter into deals that reflect their accept­able lev­els of risk and respon­si­bil­i­ty gen­er­al­ly and for a spe­cif­ic project, including:

  • Project deliv­ery method options 
  • Bespoke and Aus­tralian Stan­dard form devel­op­ment and con­struc­tion con­tract prepa­ra­tion and negotiation
  • Relat­ed doc­u­ments – financier side deeds, deeds of guar­an­tee, access deeds, licences, deeds of nova­tion, deeds of war­ran­ty, deeds of release, design certificates
  • Con­tract admin­is­tra­tion – assess­ment of time and cost issues includ­ing vari­a­tions, latent con­di­tions, site con­di­tions, secu­ri­ty release

Project high­lights

  • Pri­vate town­house devel­op­ment in Syd­ney’s east­ern suburbs
  • Design and con­struc­tion of aged care devel­op­ment in Newcastle 
  • Devel­op­ment of Camp­bell­town City Coun­cil Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Cen­tre oper­at­ed by GenesisCare 
  • Office build­ing con­ver­sion to 1200 bed pur­pose-built stu­dent accom­mo­da­tion (PBSA)
  • Nav­i­ga­tion­al Aid and Avi­a­tion Res­cue Fight­ing Works (ARFF) works pro­cure­ment at West­ern Syd­ney Inter­na­tion­al Airport
  • Engage­ment of replace­ment builder for com­ple­tion of dis­tressed Syd­ney high rise developments
  • Advised on the Raine Square rede­vel­op­ment project in Perth, the head­quar­ters for BankWest and draft­ed and nego­ti­at­ed the bank’s fit out and floor works con­tract with Tier 1 contractor
  • Com­bustible cladding replace­ment on Syd­ney CBD tower
  • Local Gov­ern­ment and pub­lic util­i­ty infra­struc­ture projects – libraries, boat ramps, aquat­ic cen­tres, waste land­fill facilities
  • Devel­op­ment and refur­bish­ment of board­ing facil­i­ties at var­i­ous Syd­ney pri­vate schools
  • Draft and nego­ti­ate var­i­ous demo­li­tion and bulk earth­works con­tracts and con­tracts for VENM sup­ply includ­ing for West­ern Syd­ney Lakes development

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

  • Bach­e­lor of eco­nom­ics (Account­ing), Mac­quar­ie University
  • Bach­e­lor of Laws, Mac­quar­ie University
  • Mas­ter of Applied Law, Com­mer­cial Lit­i­ga­tion, The Col­lege of Law
  • Admit­ted as solic­i­tor of Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2009
  • Entered on the High Court of Aus­tralia Reg­is­ter of Practitioners
  • Mem­ber, Soci­ety of Con­struc­tion Law Australia 

Recent indus­try presentation

  • Prop­er­ty Coun­cil of Aus­tralia, ​‘Avoid­ing the Cliff of Con­struc­tion’ pan­el­list with David Chan­dler OAM (for­mer) NSW Build­ing Commissioner

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