Our construction lawyers advise on projects across all major industry sectors, including:
- building - commercial, residential, industrial and tourism
- transport infrastructure - roads, rail, bridges, airports and ports
- resources - contract mining, and mine and process plant infrastructure
- energy - power stations, wind farms, gas pipelines and transmission and distribution assets
- telecommunications - networks and cables
- social infrastructure - hospitals, prisons and water.
We draft, review and negotiate tender and contract documentation to create optimal contractual patterns for project delivery. Our team advise on issues arising across all project phases and devise cost and time effective means of resolving disputes.
We also advise on all forms of alliancing and other relational contracting, complex outsourcing (especially of maintenance and operation) and BOOT/PPP projects.
Our friendly and approachable construction law team are market leaders in their field. Our renowned project management skills and coordinated team approach allow us to give solutions-focused commercial advice.
Our clients include major contractors in the Australian and regional construction industry (such as Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook, Laing O'Rourke, United Group Limited, Bechtel and Multiplex), prominent owners (such as Telstra, BlueScope Steel, Australand, Xstrata, AMP & ING), government departments and authorities and players in the burgeoning fields of project/infrastructure financing (such as Macquarie Bank, ABN Amro and Westpac).
“Mallesons Stephen Jaques has an impressive array of talent in the Asia-Pacific region, fielding five leading nominees from offices in Australia and Hong Kong.”
The International Who’s Who of Construction lawyers 2007