About

Formerly known as Leighton Contractors and part of the CIMIC Group, CPB Contractors is one of Australia’s largest construction companies and has a number of projects in its home market of Australia as well as abroad. Distinguished in-house lawyer and inclusion on The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: Australia and New Zealand in 2016, Jean-Paul Wallace is a member of the executive committee of the company and manages a team of over 20 people covering both legal and company secretarial functions. As the largest operating company within the CIMIC Group with over $7bn AUD annual turnover across Australia, the legal team is concerned with a number of different issues including, but not limited to, contract negotiations, planning regulations and litigation, advice being dispensed not simply with the law in mind but with the required business context too. The company recently hired deputy general counsel and legal manager Nicola Foate to join the array of talented professionals in the legal team. Deborah Cubeddu Sauchella is another important member of the legal function as manager of legal – corporate and disputes.