Phillip has practised construction law for almost 30 years and has been a partner in Minter Ellison for more than 20 years.  He currently heads the Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure group in the Melbourne office of Minter Ellison.

During Phillip's many years of practice he has bridged both commercial front end work and dispute work.  This breadth enables Phillip to constantly draw upon the insights developed through one activity and utilise those insights in the other – the ability to spot difficulties and opportunities in a dispute environment is assisted by extensive background in contract drafting – the ability to recognise fragile aspects of a contract is assisted by observing contracts in a dispute context.

Phillip's experience allows him to give advice as to the most suitable procurement methodology and to fine tune the standard methodologies, such as EPC, EPCM, alliancing, ECI and DCM, to best suit the needs of a particular project.  

This procurement experience, coupled with Phillip's dispute resolution experience, allows Phillip to provide cradle to grave support and to anticipate the points of tension which may arise.

Phillip will be presenting a session on "Dealing with the government: The new focus" at the Melbourne masterclass on 21 October.