John Kettle

John is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (LL.B) and Oxford University (BCL). He is admitted in Australia, Ireland and England. John has over 25 years’ experience in major advisory, transactional and project work across many sectors with a nationally significant practice in corporate, competition, energy and utilities. He also has a strong understanding of […]

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Dianne Hodge

Dianne has 20 years’ experience acting for many major landlords and tenants in retail leasing matters. This includes advising in respect to specialty, mini major and major tenant leases, as well as variations, renewals, assignments, surrenders and sub-leases. In 2015, Dianne was recognised by the Law Institute of Victoria as an Accredited Specialist in Commercial […]

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Matthew Taylor

With more than 15 years’ experience, Matthew’s practice has primarily involved large-scale construction disputes in the Supreme Court of NSW, domestic and international arbitrations and adjudications under the Security of Payments regime. He regularly advises contractors and principals, including councils and the Commonwealth departments in relation to project delivery issues and in security of payment […]

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Robert Feldman

Robert specialises in advising on complex information technology (IT) projects – from project procurement inception through to contract award; project delivery through to the operate and maintain phase. Overall, Robert has over 20 years of IT, corporate/commercial and construction experience gained in private practice, in-house roles and directly within the IT industry. He has extensive […]

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Paul Calvert

Paul specialises in advising on major projects and construction. He has advised on a wide range of projects, ranging from procurement, supply, refurbishment, minor works and civil works contracts through to large scale infrastructure projects and iconic mixed use developments. He has significant project administration and management experience ‘through the life cycle’ of a construction […]

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Chris Dirckze

Chris has over 22 years’ experience in banking and finance both domestically and internationally. Chris brings a unique offering and expertise having worked in-house at Brookfield Multiplex and at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in credit risk, global markets and loan markets. Internationally, Chris has worked in London for four years gaining considerable experience in […]

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Liam Chambers

Liam is a property and development specialist, who acts for both public sector and private clients on their major property transactions, development projects and competitive procurements. He acts for State and local government agencies on major property transactions, funding arrangements, infrastructure projects, facilitated transactions and dealings with State land and non-freehold tenures. He also advises […]

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Adrian Clifford

Adrian specialises in construction and development law, and has extensive experience in a variety of dispute resolution work, which has included working for contractors, owners, developers, financiers and other building professionals. Adrian’s dispute resolution work covers all relevant Courts, tribunals, adjudications, arbitration, expert determination and mediation. The majority of dispute resolution work relates to termination […]

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Daniel Middleton

Daniel specialises in construction, and has extensive experience drafting and negotiating contracts for the design, construction and procurement of major building, infrastructure and energy projects and the subsequent operation, maintenance, leasing and sale of those assets. He is recognised as an experienced practitioner, who offers specific expertise in disputes and non-contentious matters relating to the […]

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Russell Ensbey

Russell is a Special Counsel in the Property and Construction Group and assists in leading the Construction team. Russell has over 27 years of experience in acting for and advising government, developers, contractors and consultants on a broad range of domestic and commercial construction projects. Russell has particular expertise in back-end construction litigation. For over […]

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Michael Owens

Michael has more than 25 years of experience in corporate litigation, dispute resolution, and intellectual property. He advises rights owners and users on the development, protection and management of their intangible assets including inventions, brands, business secrets, copyrights, contracts, and reputations. He also advises on competition matters, including restrictive trade practices, consumer regulation and non-compete […]

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Jonathon Hadley

Jonathon Hadley is a partner in the corporate advisory group at Gadens and has over 19 years’ experience in employment, industrial relations and workplace health and safety law. Jonathon has represented clients in a wide range of industries including oil and gas, construction, labour hire, traffic management, retail, government agencies, and medium to large private […]

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