Gain the information, strategies & tools needed to navigate the legal and commercial realities of contracting in today’s environment. Get expert tips on drafting contracts and clauses. Understand why you should include IP clauses in your next contract. Learn how to effectively draft dispute resolution clauses and avoid critical mistakes. Pick up the key tricks in the contract review process and the pitfalls to look out for.

Presenters

Lawrence Lee, Partner, Lavan
Lawrence has extensive experience in project disputes involving long term , energy and resources contracts, joint venture and farmin agreements, EPC , contracts, offtake agreements, and royalty and land access agreements. , Lawrence's practice is focussed on large and complex litigation and , arbitration, energy & resources disputes, project disputes including , construction disputes and restructuring and insolvency matters. He is also , highly experienced in scheme of arrangement court work in Perth. , Lawrence also has significant experience in financial services disputes and , in restructuring and special situation matters.


Madeleen Rousseau, Principal, Meyer West IP
Madeleen specialises in intellectual property law. Before moving to Australia in 2007 she was a partner in a leading South African intellectual property firm. Prior to joining Williams + Hughes, Madeleen was a senior member of the Technology and IP team of one of Australia's largest law firms. She has 20 years' legal practice providing strategic and commercial advice on a wide range of trade mark, copyright and commercial matters relating to governance, risk and management issues involving IP. Madeleen is admitted to practice law in Australia and South Africa.


Peter Ward, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Peter Ward is a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers and was previously a partner of an international law firm. He has practised for more than 20 years across a wide variety of commercial disputes and government law, with a particular focus on construction and infrastructure matters. Peter has been recognised in Best Lawyers in the fields of Construction and Infrastructure Law, International Arbitration and Transportation Law; in Doyle's Guide in the field of Construction Law; and was named in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide for his "indubitable skills and knowledge".


Alyson Eather, Senior Associate, DLA Piper
Alyson Eather is a partner in the DLA Piper Finance and Projects team. Alyson's core legal skills are advising the private and public sectors on the legal aspects of major projects, including complex contract risk review and strategic procurement and probity. Alyson has acted for a range of mining and infrastructure clients advising on a variety of forms of construction contracts and project and mining infrastructure related contracts both in Australia and internationally.


Simon Davis, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Simon Davis is a barrister and arbitrator at Francis Burt Chambers. He has a general commercial, civil and construction practice and accepts arbitrator appointments in the same areas. Since joining the Bar in 2004 he has worked as counsel on a range of actions and arbitrations across several industry sectors, appearing before various different courts and tribunals both as lead counsel and as a junior. Since 2015 Simon has acted as arbitrator on several commercial arbitrations, both international and domestic. Before coming to the Bar, Simon had twelve years experience in major commercial law firms in London, Paris and Perth. In Perth from 2000 to 2004 he was at Allens Arthur Robinson, where his practice covered international and domestic commercial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, for a range of commercial and resources clients. In London and Paris from 1993 to 2000 Simon was a disputed solicitor at Freshfields, where he gained particular experience in international arbitration, both commercial and construction/technical, acting for a variety of governmental, industrial and commercial clients in arbitrations governed by common and civil law systems. Simon is admitted to practice in Western Australia, Victoria and England and Wales. He is a Fellow and Councillor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and an Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Law of the University of Western Australia, where he co-teaches International Commercial Arbitration.