← Back to directory
Juliana Jorissen
King & Wood Mallesons · Australia
King & Wood Mallesons
Reinsurance · Australia
Juliana Jorissen is a trusted adviser specialising in the area of construction litigation and commercial dispute resolution. She is well-known for her international multi-party insight, collaborative approach and commercial thinking, assisting clients in the development of issues identification and claims management strategies and advising on complex contractual and noncontractual disputes. Clients describe Ms Jorissen as the “backbone” of their dispute resolution matters and “a pleasure to work with”.
Ms Jorissen has acted on various disputes relating to oil and gas projects, major commercial and residential developments, rail and port operations, and electricity and gas disputes. She has been retained by market-leading organisations, including including BHP Billiton, CIMIC Group, Laing O’Rourke, Perth Airport and Telstra, to name just a few - to take on some of the most commercially strategic, high-value and complex disputes in the construction sector. Recent examples include:
• advising Perth Airport in respect of ongoing disputes arising from its $330 million expansion projects;
• acting for Telstra in a contractor dispute relating to the provision of subsea cable;
• acting for a contractor in a dispute on the significant Ichthys LNG project;
• advising BHP Billiton on numerous construction disputes, including in respect of a $17 million adjudication application, a dispute with engineers regarding design defects in major housing development and a dispute regarding demolition of a major production plant.
While experienced in every aspect of dispute resolution, Ms Jorissen specialises in achieving commercially sensible outcomes via alternative dispute resolution methods including adjudication, mediation and arbitration. She frequently acts as lead advocate in arbitration hearings.
From the directory
Search all experts → Related experts
Alex Bourne
Australia
Unified Lawyers
1 jurisdictionLegal
When you’re involved in a family law matter, like divorce, separation, child custody, parenting arrangements and property settlements, an experienced family law specialist is one of the most important people to have on your team. Family…
View profile →
Amanda Banton
Australia
Banton Group
1 jurisdictionLegal
Amanda is the Managing Partner of Banton Group, established in February 2020. Banton Group is a preeminent litigation firm and one of the largest private litigation/insolvency practices in Australia. Its work encompasses some of…
View profile →
Bill d’Apice
Australia
Makinson d’Apice Lawyers
1 jurisdictionLegal
Makinson d’Apice is a commercial law firm in Sydney, Australia. Today we have one of the largest and most knowledgeable C&NFP practices in Australia. We provide the sector with specialist expertise as well as a team that understands the…
View profile →