Andrew’s expertise includes:

• Negotiation and drafting of all types of construction contract and all related contract documentation including contracts based on Australian Standards or drafted specifically to client requirements
• Preparation of risk reviews of contract documentation for tendering purposes including drafting lists of exclusions, clarifications and negotiation points
• Advice on tendering, probity, project briefs and contractual arrangements
• Preparing and creating all interim contract arrangements for pre ordering, early commencement including via letters of intent
• Advising on key legislation affecting the building, construction and infrastructure industries
• Advising on issues management in relation to alternative dispute resolution
• Statutory claims, including those brought under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) and the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)
• Acting in arbitrations, mediations, expert determinations as well as matters requiring urgent interlocutory orders including injunctions and matters before all courts

• Acting for Winten Property Group’s landmark $1bn Denison development in North Sydney including negotiating and documenting the D&C Contract once with one major contractor which was then terminated and negotiated and documented with Multiplex.
• Investa’s major upgrades of commercial building assets at 255 Elizabeth Street, 120 Collins Street, 295 Ann Street and 347 Kent Street.
• 100+ Capex and Opex expenditure contracts for Investa Property Group over all its over 40 commercial building assets.
• Mirvac’s major upgrade of its commercial building asset 31 Market Street.
• Major upgrade projects for retail trust Aventus’s shopping centre assets at Caringbah, Tuggerah and Castle Hill.
• AW Edwards’s contracts for approximately $500m in major Data Centre constructions with Air Trunk, Digital Realty and Equinix as well as infrastructure projects for Sydney Trains, TfNSW and Sydney Cricket Ground Trust.
• The Shore School’s new physical education and sports centre at the School’s prestigious North Sydney campus.

• Recommended Lawyer, Construction, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific