Find Lawyers in Melbourne, Australia for Construction / Infrastructure Law
Practice Area Overview
Construction and Infrastructure Law in Australia is the specialist practice area servicing all aspects of the Construction industry and construction projects from inception to completion. It encapsulates all the legal issues which arise during the tender, construction, delivery, and operation and maintenance phases of construction and infrastructure projects such as:
- residential and mixed use developments;
- commercial and industrial developments;
- essential hard infrastructure assets such as transport, water and energy facilities; and
- essential soft or social infrastructure assets such as schools, hospitals etc.
Practitioners in this area assist clients at all stages of a project’s life cycle from inception through to commission, subsequent regulatory compliance, and litigation. This includes:
- advice in relation to initial concept design documentation;
- guidance in relation to construction tender documentation;
- drafting construction contracts, consultancy agreements, supply agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, and advising on same (to name but a few);
- advising in relation to Security of Payment legislation; and
- representing clients in construction disputes and litigation, whether that be court litigation, arbitration, or expert determination.
Large scale projects may require the practitioner to provide advice in relation to strategy and structuring, project management, joint ventures, land use, and local planning or zoning issues. Construction and Infrastructure practitioners frequently act for large institutional investors, individual land owners, commercial developers, building contractors, government departments, and infrastructure services entities.
As the Security of Payment framework is highly regulated in all Australian jurisdictions, Construction and Infrastructure lawyers must have a sound knowledge of the area given the particularly severe consequences for clients of non-compliance with the relevant statute. This usually entails advising clients in relation to:
- the proper form and timing for payment claims;
- responding to payment claims;
- drafting Adjudication applications and responding to such applications;
- enforcement of adjudicator’s determinations (recovering payment) and appeals from same.
In addition to their core practice areas, construction and infrastructure lawyers are also regularly called upon to advise in relation to complementary areas of practice. Given Australia’s recent period of sustained investment in residential construction, their practice often crosses into other areas such as planning and environment law, property law, and finance/foreign investment law.
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Megan has extensive experience in infrastructure and construction, guiding clients through complex front end negotiations and litigation. She is best known for her commercial and practical approach and the breadth of her experience and expertise, having acted for contractors, major sub-contractors and suppliers, developers, not for profit organisations and statutory insurers. Megan focuses on obtaining a deep understanding of the strategic and practical requirements of her clients through all...
Geoff has 25 years’ experience in the construction and infrastructure sectors. He works with many of the construction industry’s major organisations on projects from start to finish. His expertise includes advice on tenders, contract drafting and negotiation through to project finalisation including claims preparation and advice, as well as dispute resolution. Geoff acts for owners, contractors and facility managers on all types of contracting and procurement. He has experience in...
St John has over 26 years’ experience in New South Wales and Victoria as a construction, engineering, and infrastructure lawyer. St John acts for a diverse range of institutional and private commercial clients in relation to: Project delivery and documentation – Advising in respect of tenders, project delivery methods, and the preparation of project documentation for a diverse range of institutional and private commercial clients. Risk management/insurance – Advising on proj...
John Gurr has a commercial practice, with a particular focus on major infrastructure, resources and construction projects, both locally and internationally. He is recognised in the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers for construction/infrastructure and has for the past five years been recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a pre-eminent or leading construction barrister. John has appeared as counsel in significant domestic and international commercial arbitrations, both ad hoc and under ...
John is a senior construction and infrastructure lawyer, with over 20 years’ experience advising clients on construction and infrastructure projects. He has particular expertise in infrastructure agreements including engineering procurement and construction, design and construct, operation and maintenance and facilities management contracts and development agreements. He drafts and negotiates all manner of construction and construction related agreements including EPC, D&C, ECI, O&a...
Josh has extensive experience practising in the area of construction and major projects. He has advised on a wide variety of infrastructure developments in the areas of transport, hospitals, schools, energy and utilities, residential, and government. Josh’s areas of expertise include advising on risk mitigation strategies for project delivery, acting on behalf of parties in dispute, construction, engineering and infrastructure, commercial law (including contract, acquisitions, public/pr...
With more than 20 years' experience in insurance law and commercial litigation, Patrick acts for local and international insurers and large insureds, advising on complex coverage issues involving professional indemnity, D&O, management liability, public and products liability, recall expense, property and ISR, crime and cyber risk products. Patrick manages medium to large-scale claims as defence counsel and in subrogated recovery actions, and has expertise in class actions as well as regu...
Catie is a projects and infrastructure lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, specialising in energy, transport and infrastructure projects. She has advised and acted for both the public and private sector on large construction, procurement and outsourcing projects, including projects delivered as public private partnerships. Catie also has considerable experience in a broad range of areas including commercial contracts, logistics and supply contracts, legal advisory, property, competit...
Kyle specialises in construction dispute resolution. He also has extensive experience in property-related disputes, including proceedings under contracts for sale of land and commercial leases. Kyle is an advocate for alternative dispute resolution, having acted in numerous arbitrations, mediations and expert determinations. Kyle acts for principals, contractors and consultants and a number of Victorian Government agencies and departments. He has conducted cases before all Victorian courts, t...
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