Tom Anderson

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Tom has been in the Projects & Construction team since February 2017 and regularly provides advice to top tier contractors, particularly in the context of the construction, infrastructure and mining and resources sectors. Tom transferred to our Dubai office in February 2022.

Since joining Clyde & Co’s Perth office as a graduate in 2016, Tom has gained experience working on arbitrations and litigation arising out of high profile projects in the mining and resources sector, dealing with applications for rapid adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act, seeking and contesting applications for urgent injunctive relief arising parallel to arbitral proceedings and ICC Emergency Arbitration proceedings.

Tom has also gained transactional experience advising on the drafting of project supply chain suites of documents for rail and road projects for an international contractor and negotiating and drafting of new commercial tenancy leases in high-end shopping centres.

Experience

• Advising the head contractor on disputes with various separate subcontractors for significant packages of work in relation to the onshore facilities of an LNG project in Australia, including arbitration under the ICC rules.
• Acting for an international engineering enterprise in defending claims in an UNCITRAL arbitration brought by a subcontractor on the Roy Hill Project in Western Australia.
• Acting for a large construction contractor in defending Supreme Court of Western Australia proceedings brought by its supplier in relation to alleged non-payment of amounts due under a supply contract for a wind farm project in Western Australia.
• Advising a major contractor on the Elizabeth Quay project and acting on their behalf in litigation in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and ACICA fast track arbitration with various subcontractors.
• Acting for an Australian engineering and project management group in defending Supreme Court of Western Australia proceedings in relation to the alleged defective design of buildings at several iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
• Acting for a joint venture in the preparation of a full supply chain suite for use on a major road transport project in Western Australia.
• Advising a major fashion retailer on leasing in shopping centres in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.