Presenters

Jane Muir, Barrister, Gerard Brennan Chambers
Jane is a commercial barrister based in Brisbane. She appears in State and Federal Courts in Queensland and New South Wales, and represents clients in mediations and arbitrations. At the Bar since 2008, Jane has a broad commercial practice. Her work includes banking, building & construction (in particular, large scale infrastructure disputes), commercial contracts, consumer protection, corporate law, employment, insolvency, insurance, real property and trade practices, matters. She also does a substantial amount of opinion work. Before coming to the Bar, Jane practised for eight years as a solicitor in Sydney, London and Dublin. During that time, she worked in litigation and front end corporate, and banking, roles.


Michael Creedon, Partner, MinterEllison
Michael is the Practice Group Head of MinterEllison’s Projects, Infrastructure and Construction Group in Brisbane. He has over 29 years experience in the engineering and construction industry, including 8 years as a practicing civil engineer both in Australia and the UK. He has an excellent reputation for innovative procurement and project delivery advice across a broad range of industry sectors. Michael applies a common sense approach to identify project risks and providing guidance on the most appropriate delivery model for any given project. Michael is also very experienced at providing contract administration advice and strategic advice concerning the prevention and management of disputes. His civil engineering background means that Michael is able to understand the underlying technical issues – often critical to resolving claims quickly and favourably. Michael has been independently recognised as one of Australia's top lawyers in Best Lawyers International (as published in The Australian Financial Review) for Construction / Infrastructure in 2012-2019, Transportation in 2015-2019, Alternative Dispute Resolution in 2016-2019 and Government Practice in 2016-2019. He is also ranked on the Australian Doyle's Guide as 1 of 3 'Pre-eminent' Queensland front-end Construction Lawyers in 2017-2018. He has been an active member of the editorial board of the Australian Construction Law Bulletin (ACLB) since 2012 and is a sessional lecturer at the University of Queensland in Construction Law.


Jarryd Cox, Lawyer, MinterEllison
Jarryd is a lawyer in the Projects, Infrastructure and Construction group at MinterEllison. In this role, he assists a range of clients in relation to commercial construction contracting and various disputes, with a focus on energy and resources, government, and transport and infrastructure projects. Jarryd has experience in advisory work and contract drafting, including negotiating, drafting and reviewing contracts. He also has experience in providing complex advice to both government and private clients. He has assisted in the conduct of a number of significant infrastructure and transport projects.