Mr Andrew Stephenson > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Level 25
567 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
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Work Department

Construction

Position

Partner

Career

Andrew is our head of projects.  He is one of Australia’s leading projects lawyers with a particular focus on matters involving technology, engineering, construction, infrastructure and international arbitration. He advises clients in respect of contractual project risk allocation, dispute management and dispute resolution. He has successfully run some of Australia’s largest arbitrations and litigation.

In respect of investors from abroad he provides advice in respect of bi-lateral investment treaty protection for inward investment. Likewise he advises Australian investors in respect of available bi-lateral investment treaty protection when Australians are investing overseas.  Andrew’s practice has a truly global reach, with projects in diverse jurisdictions ranging from all Australian States and Territories to Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, Iran, Kuwait, Singapore, China, Malaysia, India and Dubai.

Andrew has lectured at many of the country’s leading Universities, he is also an active member of a number of industry associations and is the Australian correspondent for the London-based International Construction Law Review.

https://www.corrs.com.au/people/andrew-stephenson

Lawyer Rankings

Australia > Infrastructure projects and construction

(Leading individuals)

Andrew StephensonCorrs Chambers Westgarth

Boasting ‘excellent depth of team and industry knowledge‘, Corrs Chambers Westgarth‘s sizeable bi-coastal practice made great strides in expanding its front-end project capabilities with the high-profile lateral hires of Allen & Overy‘s projects co-head Adam Stapledon and project finance partners James Abbott and Simon Huxley (all of whom joined the Sydney office in late 2022). ‘Exceptional problem solverChris Ryder (in Perth) and ‘technically brilliant‘ practice co-head Andrew Stephenson (in Melbourne) are the standout construction lawyers, while Joseph Barbaro is another key Melbourne contact for project delivery and outsourcing. Litigators Carla Mills and practice co-head Matthew Muir are also highly recommended in Sydney and Brisbane, respectively. In Victoria, senior partner John Walter and David Warren act for governments, sponsors, contractors and financiers on road and rail PPPs, rolling stock procurement and social infrastructure projects.