Gavin Phillips
Clayton Utz
Partner
Melbourne
Overview
Gavin offers public and private entities extensive expertise in structuring, negotiating and closing large and complicated infrastructure projects. Based on his experience, he has the ability to advise clients on a full range of collaborative and traditional project delivery options, the pros and cons of each option, and provide guidance on which options will best meet their goals.
Gavin has also worked on a broad-range of infrastructure projects, with extensive experience guiding clients on road, rail and energy and resources projects.
Notable Work
- Major Road Projects Victoria: advised on a new Program Delivery Approach to help generate significant efficiencies in procurement and delivery of major road projects in Victoria.
- Major Road Projects Victoria: advises on the procurement and delivery of major road projects in Victoria.
- Level Crossing Removal Project: advises on the procurement and delivery of the State's level crossing removal project.
- ARTC: advised on the Beveridge to Albury sections of the Inland Rail Project.
- Cross River Rail Development Authority: part of a team that advised on the procurement of the Tunnels and Stations PPP package for the Cross River Rail Project in Brisbane.
- New Zealand Government authority: advised on the procurement of the Auckland City Rail Link.
- Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria): Part of a team advising on the refranchising of Melbourne's tram and train network.
- Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria): advised on a refresh of the Victorian standard form construction contracts and model clauses for Public Construction Procurement in Victoria.
- Multiple government agencies: Advised on a number of augmentations and end of term arrangements for the PPP projects.
- Energy transition: advises various public and private clients in the water and energy transition sectors, including with respect to water treatment, energy generation and transmission.
Insights
Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix No 130: adjudicators and submissions, delays as nuisance, half-truths in land sales, rectification
15 Nov 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix No 129: bifurcated arbitration, security of payment across border, statutory trusts
25 Sep 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 128: proportionate liability in arbitrations; security of payment, liquidated damages, subcontracting
26 Aug 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 127: defect rectification, Infrastructure NSW, contract formation
18 Jul 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 126: overpayments, wasted expenditure, builders' duty of care, anti-slavery
5 Jun 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 125: public interest immunity, arbitration agreements, AS4000 and more
2 May 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 124: security of payment, prior negotiations, interest rate or penalty
20 Mar 2024 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 123: proportionate liability, bank guarantees, who can receive a payment claim
5 Feb 2024 | Article
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Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 122: construction costs escalation, adjudications, access to performance securities, law reforms
20 Dec 2023 | Article
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Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 121: contracting out and construction contracts under the ACL, NSW net zero and infrastructure, variations
24 Nov 2023 | Article
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Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 120: completion, adjudicator's reasons, heads of agreement
20 Oct 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 119: conditional completion certificates, termination rights, refusing payment
20 Sep 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 118: conditions precedent, insolvency in construction, cladding
4 Aug 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 117: combustible cladding, price escalation clauses, security of payment
19 Jul 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 116: proportionate liability and arbitration, expert witnesses, bank guarantees
30 Jun 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 115: further defects, payment claims and adjudication, quantifying damages
19 May 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 114: Infrastructure Australia reforms, contractor's duty of care to road users, execution formalities
26 Apr 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 113: separable portions and practical completion, Qld statutory trust roll-out
30 Mar 2023 | Article
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Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 112: payment schedule timeframes, the Design and Building Practitioners Act duty of care
8 Mar 2023 | Article
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Media Release: Clayton Utz announces 1 January 2023 partner promotions
9 Dec 2022 | Media Release
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