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  • Julie Wright

    Partner
    Sydney
    T: +61 2 9296 2316
    M: +61 408 400 915
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Julie Wright is a partner in the Construction practice in our Sydney office. Julie specialises in construction and engineering law dispute resolution. Julie's experience includes litigation, arbitration and adjudication as well as various forms of alternative dispute resolution.

    Julie advises both contractor and principal clients on a wide range of projects. She has acted for both claimants and respondents in preparing and defending claims under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW).

    Julie is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney. She lectures an undergraduate course in Contracts Formation and Management at the University of Sydney. Julie is also a Grade 3 Arbitrator with the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia.

    In ALB's Guide to Construction Law 2009, clients said Julie was "excellent at disputes, as she offered practical and pragmatic advice that delivered outcomes", and Julie was recommended for construction disputes in the Legal 500 2010.

    Julie was listed in Mallesons Construction - Tier 2, Chambers Global 2011.

    Julie was named as a Key Individual in Chambers Asia Pacific Guide 2012 which noted Julie as "one of the people to watch in the future" and Julie was also named in the Best Lawyers 2012 guide in the Australian Financial Review.

    Julie has been listed in Mallesons Construction - Tier 1, Legal 500 2012.

    Julie Wright has been listed as a leading individual for Construction in Best Lawyers 2012.
 

 Experience

 
  • 1993: Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Hull, England
  • 1994: Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, York, England
  • 1994-1996: Trainee Solicitor, Rowley Dickinson, Manchester, England
  • 1996-1998: Solicitor, Hammond Suddards, Manchester, England
  • 1998-1999: Solicitor, Blake Dawson Waldron, Sydney
  • 1999-2006: Solicitor and Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2007: Masters of Construction Law, University of Melbourne
  • 2007 - 2012: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2008: Professional Certificate in Arbitration, University of Adelaide
  • 2009: Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Sydney
  • 2012 - present: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Representing a major national services corporation in an arbitration with a government body
  • Acting for an infrastructure contractor in a noise-related dispute in Sydney
  • Advising the developer of a large manufacturing plant in NSW in defending a claim by the head-contractor
  • Acting for a major contractor on a tunnelling dispute in NSW
  • Acting for a national contractor in a claim against a developer pursuant to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) and in the Supreme Court
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • National Association of Women in Construction
  • Society of Construction Law, UK
  • Mediator, provisionally acredited to the panel of LEADR
  • Lecturer, University of Sydney